IL HR0964

Urges the federal government to establish a national biodiversity strategy to conserve and restore the nation's biodiversity, coordinate federal agency actions, and provide global leadership on the biodiversity crisis

Calls for supporting the national goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters to protect biodiversity by 2030

Highlights that human activities have altered 75% of terrestrial environments and 66% of marine environments, threatening approximately one million species with extinction and causing a 68% decline in wild animal population sizes

Emphasizes that biodiversity loss disproportionately impacts communities of color, low-income communities, and tribal communities who have been excluded from conservation efforts

Requests the strategy promote collaboration among federal, state, and tribal governments, honor federal trust obligations to tribal nations, and deliver on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals