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The UK has today (Wednesday 26 February) outlined its commitment to the implementation of UN COP15 biodiversity framework by publishing its National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan (NBSAP) - showing how we intend to meet all the global targets and goals .聽

The resumed session of the 聽in Rome, Italy, will focus on unresolved items from Cal矛, Colombia in October 2024, including an international strategy to mobilise finance for nature and the mechanism to review global progress against the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

A partnership between Defra, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and Northern Ireland鈥檚 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, the NBSAP commits the UK to achieving all 23 of the Global Biodiversity Framework targets at home and outlines how its four countries will work together to fully implement each of these, including commitments to:

• Expand protected areas to at least 30% of the land and seas
• Reduce pollution from all sources to levels that are not harmful to biodiversity
• Enhance biodiversity and sustainability in agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry
• Ensure sustainable, safe and legal harvesting and trade of wild species聽

The NBSAP draws on commitments made by the UK, its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies 鈥� which make a significant contribution to global biodiversity 鈥� to summarise our collective ambition to work together to address biodiversity loss.

Achieving these goals to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 will be part of the global pathway towards a world living in harmony with nature by 2050.

Nature Minister Mary Creagh said:

鈥淭he UK continues to drive progress on nature protection and restoration both at home and across the world.聽聽

鈥淚t鈥檚 never been more important to tackle the nature and climate crises, and that鈥檚 why we will continue to press for concerted action to ensure full implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

鈥淭here is more work to do with our international partners, and the UK will be at the forefront of negotiations in Rome.鈥�

Ruth Davis, the UK鈥檚 Special Representative for Nature, said:

鈥淲e need urgent action to address the nature crisis and that means working to halt biodiversity loss both internationally and at home.

鈥淭he launch of the NBSAP is a signal of the UK鈥檚 commitment to match international co-operation聽on nature with domestic activity to protect and enhance our natural world.

鈥淲e will continue to play our part in achieving our international nature targets, while working with other nations to make a difference across the globe.鈥�

Natural England Chair Tony Juniper said:

鈥淣ature underpins our economy, health and security. We rely on ecosystems for food, water and air, for resilience in the face of climate change and in sustaining our physical and psychological wellbeing.

鈥滼ust five years remain for us to meet the ambitious but critical Global Biodiversity targets agreed by world leaders at COP15. It is crucial that we ramp up action and work together to protect and restore our natural environment, including for the benefit of future generations.聽

鈥淭he Plan published today sets out how international commitments will translate into action on the ground across the UK and we look forward to working with government and our many partners to deliver what鈥檚 needed to recover nature.鈥�

The Plan published today sets out how international commitments will translate into action on the ground, so that we can deliver the changes needed to recover nature.鈥�

The UK is also supporting other countries to ensure that this global agreement is implemented, including by sharing technical and scientific expertise with partners all around the world, and supporting work to halt and reverse nature loss across the globe.

The Government is committed to protecting and restoring nature, and has launched a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement plan so that we can now meet our domestic and international targets and re-establish the UK as an international leader on the environment, as part of the Plan for Change.

We will honour the UK鈥檚 international commitments to deliver 30by30 鈥� protecting 30% of the UK鈥檚 land and sea by 2030 鈥撀爐o ensure that at least 30% of the Earth鈥檚 land and ocean is being effectively conserved and managed by 2030, and to playing our part in achieving the global 30by30 target adopted at the UN Biodiversity Summit COP15 in December 2022.聽

Additional information:

• Blueprint for halting and reversing biodiversity loss: the UK鈥檚 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for 2030, jointly published by Defra, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and Northern Ireland鈥檚 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs,聽summarises the UK鈥檚 response to the GBF to drive action at UK level to change the global picture.

• In December 2022, 196 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity came together to agree the GBF, which consists of four goals and 23 targets, with the overall mission of halting and reversing biodiversity loss globally by 2030 to put nature on a path to recovery for the benefit of people and planet,

• The UK will also support other countries to deliver the National Biodiversity Strategy, from sharing technical and scientific expertise with partners all around the world, to supporting work to halt and reverse nature loss across the globe.