r/UpliftingNews • u/DocHolidayPhD • 8h ago

We’re surprisingly close to conserving 30% of the world’s land. Almost every country has agreed to conserve 30% of the land and sea by 2030. Study shows 27% of land may already be conserved for biodiversity, if you also count areas that aren’t globally recognised. But more work needs to be done.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1147778
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u/zerked77 7h ago

While this is good news I hope our decades long climate change denial doesn't render it all moot.

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u/Typical_Bumblebee194 6h ago

It's kinda relevant....we are a semi- arid location, and to empty an aquifer that is particular to Uvalde and is also connected to the Edwards Aquifer that waters San Antonio is incredibly damaging to both aquifers.

I do apologize for listing my post on here, however.

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u/bluenoser613 2h ago

*except the US

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u/Typical_Bumblebee194 7h ago

But in Uvalde, Texas there is a group of 6 individuals...not ranchers, just ordinary persons attempting to take over water rights from the Buda Aquifer. They want to drain over 700acrefeet from a basin that holds just a bit above that. One of the persons on that group of 6 is a home builder, another appears to be a 26 year old "influencer".

It's ironic that there's neighborhoods in some Texas areas that have empty housing bc there is no water availability.

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u/Typical_Bumblebee194 7h ago

And sorry....I know it's not uplifting.

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u/Eruionmel 7h ago

It's also not at all relevant to the post itself.

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u/FarthingWoodAdder 6h ago edited 6h ago

I’ll be honest and say….i just don’t buy this. It seems like it’s been too easy and with not enough hurdles. Not to mention, it just feels like good news is nonexistent these days. 

Also, just because it’s preserved doesn’t mean the animals and plants there aren’t dying on masse. 

Sorry, it just seems to be too good to be true. 

Edit: Yeah, this claim is greenwashing bullshit. Users here need to stop being so naive and stupid and quit posting things like this .  https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/midway-2030-deadline-countries-falling-far-short-promise-protect-nature--ecmii-2026-10-14/

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u/InterruptedAnOrgy 6h ago

The article you linked also says we're nearing 30% protection of land though? The exact same thing this post is saying? It isn't talking about the oceans and already says "more work needs to be done."

So I guess what I don't understand is how this is "greenwashing bullshit" but the article you linked, which says the same thing, isn't.

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u/Avatara93 6h ago

The OP says land and sea.

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u/InterruptedAnOrgy 5h ago

OP says governments have agreed to do that, which is true as far as I know. Even the ocean part: https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/100-countries-in-high-seas-treaty-nears-universal-ratification/

Whether they do it or not is still an open question but actual land protection sits just below 30% right now and the agreements have actually been made to achieve the 30x30 goal. I don't see any daylight between OP's post and reality