30x30 is a worldwide initiative for governments to designate 30% of Earth's land and ocean area as protected areas by 2030. To do so, governments must strive to protect lands, rivers, lakes, and wetlands, and at the same time, they should fully and highly protect the oceans to help safeguard marine ecosystems and fisheries that provide food, jobs, and cultural sustenance to billions around the world.

The 30x30 targets will help maintain global biodiversity and defend against the climate crisis. They will preserve the integrity of ecosystems on which we all depend, provide safe havens to help wildlife adapt to climate change, and sustain natural systems that store carbon, such as forests, mangroves, seagrasses, wetlands, and grasslands.