‘America the Beautiful’ Plan Debuts the Biden Administration’s Approach to Conserving the Environment and Habitat

The Biden administration on Thursday introduced its “America the Beautiful” plan to conserve 30 percent of the nation’s land and water by 2030, calling it the country’s first-ever national conservation goal and issuing a stark warning about the state of the country’s natural areas.  

“Nature in America is in trouble and Americans across the country are seeing and feeling the impact,” said Brenda Mallory, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. “We need a collective, all hands on deck national effort to conserve and restore the land and water upon which we all depend.”

Administration officials said the decade-long, “voluntary” and locally-led effort would address the “catastrophic extinction crisis” facing the planet by protecting critical habitats and biodiversity. They said the plan would also help combat climate change, create jobs and promote racial equity, in part by making natural spaces more accessible to underserved populations.

Read the article at Inside Climate News here: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052021/america-the-beautiful-plan-debuts-the-biden-administrations-approach-to-conserving-the-environment-and-habitat