This Canada’s 2030 Nature Strategy: Halting and Reversing Biodiversity Loss in Canada (2030 Strategy) builds on existing initiatives in all regions and sectors across the country, recognizing that these efforts have not been and will not be enough, as biodiversity continues to decline in Canada. A vision to 2050 will serve as a guide for designated actions: “Nature is healthy, thriving, and sustaining and enriching the lives of current and future generations, and all Canadians have re-established their relationship with and are honouring their responsibilities to nature.” Six pillars will ensure our path to 2030 is inclusive, adaptable, and evidence-based: 1) Recognizing, upholding, and implementing the rights of Indigenous Peoples and advancing reconciliation, as Indigenous Peoples are the original caretakers of the lands, waters, and ice; 2) Ensuring a whole-of-government, whole-of-society approach to create policy coherence and draw on the strengths of every segment of society to build and deliver the solutions we need; 3) Supporting a resilient economy and improving efficiency and certainty, as our prosperity is inherently linked to a healthy environment; 4) Empowering on-the-ground action by reflecting regional differences, supporting communities, and adopting flexible community-based approaches; 5) Using the best available science and knowledge, incorporating new insights, sharing information, and giving equal weight to western science and Indigenous Knowledge; and 6) Applying integrated, holistic approaches to ensure our actions are inclusive and transparent. Main Targets listed in this text are: Conserve 25% of land and inland waters by 2025 and 30% by 2030; Conserve 25% of marine and coastal areas by 2025 and 30% by 2030; Restore degraded ecosystems to improve biodiversity and ecosystem services; Reduce pollution to levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity; Sustainable management of agriculture, aquaculture, and forestry to ensure biodiversity conservation; Increase financial resources for biodiversity conservation from all sources; Enhance the benefits of biodiversity and ecosystem services to all people; Strengthen implementation through participatory planning, knowledge management, and capacity building. The 2030 Strategy is both a promise and a map: a promise to current and future Canadians, Indigenous Peoples, and the world, in terms of nature-positivity. So the long-term visions here established states: “Nature is healthy, thriving, and sustaining and enriching the lives of current and future generations, and all Canadians have re-established their relationship with and are honouring their responsibilities to nature”. This long-term vision is paired with a Canadian mission to achieve the 2030 targets, among its general Mission which is: “Working together to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and put nature on a path to recovery by taking urgent action to bring about transformative change for the benefit of all living things, including people”. This text also sets specific actions among related projections at different grounds: protecting 30% of Canada’s land and waters by 2030; working to recover species at risk; restoring degraded lands and ecosystems; engaging, partnering, and working with Indigenous governments and organizations; integrating nature and climate action; ensuring sustainable management and use of biological resources, ect.
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