PTI

Montreal, December 13

India has about 27 per cent of its space underneath conservation and may comfortably attain the goal of defending 30 per cent of land and water by 2030, in response to a senior delegate negotiating for the nation on the COP15 biodiversity convention right here in Canada.

J Justin Mohan, the Secretary of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), famous that India is already a member of the High Ambition Coalition (HAC), a gaggle of 113 international locations that goals at bringing 30 per cent of the geographical space underneath conservation by 2030, also called 30X30 goal.

“With our protective area network comprising reserved forests, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, mangroves, Ramsar sites, eco-sensitive zones, and community reserves, India has already achieved about 27 per cent of the area under conservation,” Mohan instructed PTI.

“We are now focusing on more areas to be brought under conservation through biodiversity heritage sites and Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMS). India can comfortably achieve the targets of 30X30 in 2030,” he defined.