4.3 Lands

Expand protected lands to 30% by 2030, 50% by 2050.

2024
17.6%
of the world's lands are protected
2030
30%
of the world's lands are protected
2050
50%
of the world's lands are protected

How Is KR 4.3 tracking?

Our Lands KR is targeted to safeguard 30 percent of the world’s lands by 2030, and 50 percent by 2050. That’s a prodigious stretch goal from the 18 percent now protected.

We focus on our largest long-term storehouses of carbon: peatlands, wetlands, grasslands, and permafrost. These natural sinks capture and sequester greenhouse gases for tens of thousands of years.

Insufficient Progress

17.6% of the world’s lands are protected

Source: Protected Planet, 2024

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