From aspiration to implementation of the 30% solution.

In closing the COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity in late 2022,Huang Runqiu,China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment and COP15 president,celebrated the agreement to protect≥30% of the world by 2030.Recognizing Indigenous and traditional territories,where applicable,he said the agreement marked a’historic moment’in global efforts to save nature,calling the deal’a package we can all be proud of’ [1].