SACRAMENTO - (INT) – California is striving to conserve 30% of state lands and coastal waters by 2030.

In the past 12-months, California has added approximately 1,000 square miles of conserved land bringing the statewide total to 24.4% of lands and 16.2% of coastal waters.

The launch of the 30x30 initiative in 2020 calls for protecting and restoring nature as a climate solution. It calls for additional protection of 6 million acres of land and 500,000 acres of coastal waters in the next seven years to achieve ‘30x30’.

Story Date: May 19, 2023