H.C.R. NO. 105 Summary

• Urges the United States government to establish a national biodiversity strategy to conserve and restore the nation's biodiversity, secure ecosystem services, and advance UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• Calls for the strategy to include robust public input from federal and state agencies, Indigenous communities, communities of color, low-income communities, and private landowners to strengthen restoration efforts.

• Requires the strategy to include specific actions supporting conservation of at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, establishing science-based biodiversity targets, and protecting threatened and endangered species.

• Directs the strategy to address local stressors including sediment and nutrient runoff, invasive species, and unsustainable harvesting practices through adequate funding of conservation initiatives.

• Notes Hawaii contains over 550 endangered species (25% of nation's total) but receives only 3% of federal conservation funding, with 71% of residents supporting extinction prevention measures.