Nature is humanity’s lifeline. Human health, food, economies and well-being depend on nature. Yet nature is in crisis. One million of the world’s estimated 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. Meanwhile, ecosystem degradation is affecting the well-being of 40 per cent of the global population. The spotlight on nature and biodiversity highlights updates. The Biodiversity Strategy Austria 2030+ outlines Austria’s plan to protect and enhance biodiversity through 2030 and beyond. Recognizing biodiversity as crucial to human survival, the strategy addresses the urgent need to counter biodiversity loss driven by factors such as habitat destruction, climate change, and pollution. It includes a ten-point program aimed at improving the status of. In September 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit adopted an international framework to guide development efforts, entitled ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. The SDG framework has a total of 17 goals, 169 targets and 247 indicators — 92 of which are environment related. The SDG monitoring aims to measure status and progress on the. Ensure that all areas are under participatory, integrated, and biodiversity inclusive spatial planning and/or effective management processes addressing land and sea use change, to bring the loss of areas of high biodiversity importance, including ecosystems of high ecological integrity, close to zero by 2030, while respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. We are experiencing a dangerous decline in nature and humans are causing it: We are using the equivalent of 1.6 Earths to maintain our current way of life and ecosystems cannot keep up with our demands. (Becoming Generation Restoration, UNEP) One million of the world’s estimated 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. (IPBES) 75 percent of the Earth’s land. The global authority for the environment with programmes focusing on climate, nature, pollution, sustainable development and more. Biodiversity underpins our existence on this planet Biodiversity gives us the food in our fridges, the water in our taps and the clothes on our back. It underpins all of the goods and services that are required for the survival of human societies and for the future of all life on the planet. Given the critical role that biodiversity plays in our daily lives, one would think that we would guard.