Angus Hervey (@fixthenews): "Brazil committing to conserve 80% of the Amazon by 2030 is a new global benchmark. Yes, implementation will be hard. Yes, enforcement matters. But for the most biodiverse country on Earth to put that number into a formal, legal commitment changes what “ambition” means in biodive…"

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Brazil committing to conserve 80% of the Amazon by 2030 is a new global benchmark. Yes, implementation will be hard. Yes, enforcement matters. But for the most biodiverse country on Earth to put that number into a formal, legal commitment changes what “ambition” means in biodiversity geopolitics. It redraws the outer edge of what’s considered normal.

Brazil commits to conserving 80% of the Amazon by 2030. Brazil has published its long-delayed UN biodiversity plan, pledging to conserve 80% of the Amazon, eliminate deforestation across all biomes by 2030, and align nature protection with climate policy. “Long-delayed” makes it sound bad, but for the world’s most biodiverse nation, the scale of ambition shifts the global baseline, and that’s gorgeous. Implementation depends on funding and enforcement

Angus Hervey, Elizabeth Isaacson, and Vedrana Koren

Jan 25

7:45 PM

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