California has now conserved 25.2% of its lands and 16.2% of its coastal waters with a little more than five years left to conserve 30% of each, officials say.
Four years after unveiling an ambitious plan to conserve 30% of California's lands and coastal waters by 2030, state officials on Monday announced that they are closing in on that target. Since the start of the so-called 30x30 Initiative, California has added nearly 1.5 million acres — or roughly 2,350 square miles — of conserved lands, according to a progress report from Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Natural Resources Agency.
The grant awards were 'an acknowledgment of past sins, a promise of accountability, and a commitment to a better future,' Newsom said in a statement at the time. Additionally, the state's effort to transform more than half of its 100 million acres into multi-benefit landscapes that can absorb carbon and combat climate change will help reach the 30x30 goal, officials said.
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