We’re Almost at Protecting 30% by 2030, but The Target Hides a Trap

Send us Fan Mail The Continent We Misplaced: Earth Is 26.8% Protected, Not 18.5%. So Why Is Nature Still Collapsing? What if humanity “lost” a protected area bigger than Antarctica? A new Nature study says the UN scorecard missed forgotten parks, municipal watersheds, sacred groves and Indigenous-stewarded lands. The real total may be 26.81% of land, just 3.2 points from the 30 by 30 goal. 🌍 But here’s the catch: most of the newly counted land sits in the same “rocks and ice” regions. Half of...