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handle is hein.crs/govekrs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ ~ Research Service 30 by 30: A Two-Year Status Update on E.O. 14008 February 24, 2023 30 by 30 is a global initiative to conserve 30% of the Earth's lands and waters by 2030, which the concept's founding researchers propose would reduce threats to biodiversity, avoid catastrophic climate change and ... secure essential ecosystem services. Global efforts toward 30 by 30 at various jurisdictional levels have been ongoing since 2019. At the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in December 2022, over 190 countries committed to 30 by 30 (among other commitments) by joining the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Some U.S. states and localities-but not all-also have resolved to support 30 by 30, as have some tribal leaders. The Biden Administration formalized a 30 by 30 policy for the United States at the federal level through Section 216 of E.O. 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. The section specified that the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other relevant Secretaries and agencies, must issue a report recommending steps that the United States should take to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. The E.O. specified that the report must propose guidelines for determining what lands and waters qualify for conservation and must establish mechanisms to measure progress toward reaching the goal. Implementation of Federal 30 by 30 The Biden Administration launched its federal 30 by 30 framework, America the Beautiful, and issued the report required by E.O. 14008, Consening and Restoring America the Beautiful, in 2021. The report specified principles for the Administration's efforts in pursuit of 30 by 30, such as ensuring conservation benefits all Americans and honoring private property rights and tribal sovereignty, among others. The report recommended that the federal government publish annual progress reports and create an American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas to collect information on areas being managed for conservation purposes. However, the report did not explicitly specify what lands and waters qualify for conservation, nor did it establish mechanisms to measure progress. The Administration issued a one-year progress report on America the Beautiful in December 2021, which highlighted projects and programs that the Administration considered to be furthering the initiative but did not include cumulative conservation statistics. The Administration also invited the public to participate in development of the atlas in January 2022. The atlas has not yet been launched. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12116 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress