HI SCR56

Urges the United States government to establish a national biodiversity strategy to conserve and restore the nation's biodiversity, secure ecosystem services, advance UN Sustainable Development Goals, and coordinate actions among federal agencies, Indigenous communities, and other stakeholders.

Requests the strategy include efforts to conserve at least 30 percent of United States lands and waters by 2030, establish science-based conservation targets, protect threatened and endangered species, and review existing biodiversity-related laws and programs.

Calls for the strategy to fund conservation initiatives addressing local stressors including sediment and nutrient runoff, invasive species, and unsustainable harvesting practices.

Directs increased public awareness and stakeholder engagement in developing the strategy, including input from Indigenous communities, communities of color, low-income communities, and private landowners.

Requires transmission of the resolution to the President, congressional leaders, federal agency heads, Hawaii's Governor and Congressional Delegation, and the Board of Land and Natural Resources.