Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas.
In their survey of 12,000 people from eight countries – Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and the United States – Sundström and his colleagues found high levels of support at the domestic level.
Argentinian and Brazilian respondents were the most supportive of their governments expanding protected areas – at 87.9% and 90% respectively. Swedish and US respondents were slightly less in agreement, at 66.3% and 71.2% respectively. Public support across all eight countries averaged 82.4%.
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P. Michaelsen, A. Sundström, & S.C. Jagers, Mass support for conserving 30% of the Earth by 2030: Experimental evidence from five continents, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (35) e2503355122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2503355122 (2025).