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The 30×30 targets will help maintain global biodiversity and defend against the climate crisis. We must protect at least 30 percent of our lands, rivers, lakes, and wetlands by 2030 and also fully and highly protect at least 30 percent of our oceans by 2030 to help safeguard marine ecosystems and fisheries that provide food, jobs,…

Connecting Decision-Makers with the Power of Google Earth EngineGEODE (the Global Environmental Online Decision Engine) is a web-based mapping and modeling system currently under development at the Conservation Biology Institute. The goal of the GEODE project is to put the power of Google Earth Engine into the hands of environmental scientists, decision makers, and land managers –…

Governments achieve target of protecting 17% of land globallyAmid growing pressure to protect nature, an area greater than the landmass of Russia has been added to the world’s network of national parks and conservation areas since 2010. As of today, about 17% of land and inland water ecosystems and 8% of marine areas are within…

Which industry is most vulnerable to climate change? The $100 billion coffee industry is one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change. The plants that grow arabica beans thrive in cool regions with distinct rainy and dry seasons. But global warming is causing those regions to shrink. Within the next seven decades, arabica is…