Partner Commitments
Partner Commitments and Efforts
Federal commitment to conserve 30% of Land, Waters and Seas by 2030
In the face of population growth, urbanization, industrial development, global climate change, and biodiversity loss, nature is in trouble. To help protect nature, Canada has committed to ambitious domestic and international biodiversity goals – conserve 30% of lands, waters and seas by the year 2030.
Provincial and Territorial Commitments
Provinces and Territories govern approximately 80% of Canada’s lands and inland waters. This means that they play a big role in the fate of Canada’s biodiversity.
Area protected and commitments as of the end of 2023...
Saskatchewan
9.8% protected
Commitment: 12%
British Columbia
19.7% Protected
Commitment: 30% by 2030
Yukon
21.1% protected
Commitment: add 4% by 2025
Alberta
15.5% protected
Commitment: None
Northwest Territories
15.8% protected
Commitment: None
Nunavut
10.2% protected
Commitment: None
Manitoba
11.1% protected
Commitment: 30% by 2030
Ontario
10.9% protected
Commitment: None
Quebec
16.9% protected
Commitment: 30% by 2030
Newfoundland and Labrador
7% protected
Commitment: None
Nova Scotia
13.6% protected
Commitment: 20% by 2030
Prince Edward Island
5.1% protected
Commitment: 7%
New Brunswick
10.3% protected
Commitment: None
International Targets
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted during the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) following a four year consultation and negotiation process. This historic Framework, which supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and builds on the Convention’s previous Strategic Plans, sets out an ambitious pathway to reach the global vision of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050. Among the Framework’s key elements are 4 goals for 2050 and 23 targets for 2030.
Collaborative Commitments
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