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The North American Wilderness and Protected Area Committee analyzed the status of protected areas for the entire continent for the World Parks Congress and determined that US, Canada and Mexico are at 12% of their land base in protected areas, short of the Aichii Target 11 CBD 2020 Goal of 17%. The new Convention on Biodiversity goal is expected to be 30% by 2030. More importantly though, is whether the existing areas actually protect current biodiversity and if the nation commits to increasing from 12% to 30%, which lands are the most important to protect if biodiversity is set as the primary goal. Panelists on the webinar will explore the current effectiveness of biodiversity conservation, especially in light of climate change, within existing national parks, wilderness areas, national conservation areas and other legally protected federal and state public lands and discuss actions needed to meet the Convention on Biological Diversity’s goals of 30 by 30.