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Critics are raising concerns about the new COP15 global biodiversity agreement to set aside vast swaths of land and water, reduce consumption, and dedicate massive spending to protect ecosystems.
On Dec. 19 in Montreal, nearly 200 nations agreed to adopt the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which consists of four groups of goals with 23 targets for 2030. The agreement calls for at least 30 percent of the world’s lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and oceans to be placed under conservation by 2030. An additional 30 percent or more of areas with degraded ecosystems are to be put “under effective restoration.”
Dan McTeague, president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, said the agreement brokered under the auspices of the United Nations threatens liberty and prosperity….