Extractive industries threaten global goal to protect 30% of nature by 2030, report finds

Mongabay
Oct 21, 2026, 3:50 pm58 ptsTrending
A new report by Earth Insight finds more than 61.5 million hectares (151.9 million acres) of protected and conserved areas — an area roughly 2.5 times the size of the United Kingdom — overlap with ongoing and planned oil and gas blocks across the tropical countries. Another 42.7 million hectares (105.5…

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