Natural Environment

Protecting and conserving the environment so that it thrives with our presence

Our target: By 2030, at least 30% of land will be protected for nature across the West Midlands.

Summary of latest findings:

• A new methodology for measuring 30×30 progress has been released, with a number of additional land use types now considered to be protected for nature.
• This means that 3.1% of the West Midlands is currently contributing towards the target, with a further 4.0% on track to contribute by 2030.
• Using the previous methodology, only 2.3% of the West Midlands contributed towards the target.
• 11% of land in the West Midlands is currently designated for nature and has the potential to count towards the 30×30 target with additional management.
• Approximately 7% of England is considered protected for nature.

Progress: We currently rate progress on achieving our target as:

Consult the latest roadmap report for more details on this theme, further background and information.

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