The report focused on eight actions that the administration could take to conserve public and private lands while combating climate change, respecting tribal sovereignty, and expanding access to nature for underserved communities.
In this piece, author Jeremy Hance recounts a 2017 conversation with Wilson and way could be his greatest legacy: the idea of protecting half the planet in a natural or regenerating states for the benefit of people and nature.
A global initiative to protect 30 percent of the earth's land and oceans by 2030 is gaining momentum. But scientists warn that as the world warms, many conservation areas will become less suited to the types of ecosystems they were intended to protect.
