Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 16
16
Deferred
Clarify ‘effective means’ of protection, monitoring, and recourse for 30by30 land
Recommendation
We recommend that in its response to this report the Government clarify— • what it considers to be ‘effective means’ of protection against loss or damage to important biodiversity values for the purposes of designating land in England as ‘protected’ for the purposes of the 30by30 commitment; 57 • how it is proposed to monitor whether land designated under the commitment continues to be protected from biodiversity loss and damage, and • what recourse is available to Ministers to ensure protection in circumstances where the arrangements in place for protection have proved ineffective. (Recommendation, Paragraph 90)
Government Response Summary
The government is developing detailed guidance and an assessment/reporting process for its 30by30 commitments and plans to publish these, along with its action plan, later in 2025.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Our 30by30 update at COP16 confirmed our vision for 30by30 on land in England, and the criteria for land that can contribute to this target. We are developing more detailed guidance on how the criteria should be interpreted, including how the protection criterion can be applied in practice. We plan to publish this guidance, alongside our 30by30 action plan, later in 2025. We are also developing the assessment and reporting process to enable additional land to contribute towards 30by30 in England. We aim to ensure this process enables land to be withdrawn from the target if it is clear that biodiversity outcomes are no longer being delivered. We will provide an update on the assessment and reporting process later in 2025.