ECOWAS to implement 30 by 30 plan on biodiversity protection

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said it is ready to implement a regional 30 by 30 plan to secure at least 30 per cent of the planet by 2030.

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Salako, made this revelation on Tuesday in Abuja at the ECOWAS coordination meeting.

He said that the target was to preserve life-giving ecosystems and immediately halt the human-induced extinction of wild species.

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The healthier our region’s biodiversity is, the better it will be at withstanding future climate and biodiversity shocks and the more resilient it will be to continue to deliver for the people,” he said.

According to him, the ECOWAS region was the only part of the world that was looking at its contribution to halting biodiversity loss through a regional lens—a template critical for global success and securing nature for future generations.

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