December
Sierra Club BC: Sierra Club BC welcomes Premier Eby’s commitment to protect 30% of lands by 2030
- December 09 2022
- Topics:
- British Columbia, Economy, Government
- Summary:
- David Eby (NDP BC government) commits to UN “30 by 30” scheme to “protect” 30% of BC’s geographical area by partitioning it off as conservation areas.
- Actors:
- Government of British Columbia (NDP)
- David Eby, premier
- Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
- Nathan Cullen, minister
- Sierra Club BC
- Government of British Columbia (NDP)
Sierra Club BC welcomes the B.C. government’s commitment to protect 30 per cent of the province’s land by 2030, including a mandate to work with Indigenous communities to create Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.
The commitment was made in Premier David Eby’s mandate letter to Nathan Cullen, B.C.’s new Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship. The mandate letter also calls for the development of a “new conservation financing mechanism to support protection of biodiverse areas.”