This Senate resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Government should create a national biodiversity strategy to conserve and restore biodiversity for current and future generations. The resolution cites scientific findings that human activities have altered large parts of land and ocean, threatened about 1,000,000 species, and caused major declines in many animal and plant populations. It urges goals and actions such as conserving not less than 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 ("30x30"); protecting threatened and endangered species; using climate adaptation and mitigation tools like climate refugia and corridors; restoring habitats and species; reducing unnecessary pesticide use; addressing invasive species; and retaining intact ecosystems.
The resolution calls for coordination across Federal agencies and collaboration with States, Tribes, private landowners, and others. It asks that the strategy include indigenous knowledge and honor Federal trust obligations to Native Americans, promote equitable access to nature, establish regular monitoring and reporting (including a quadrennial assessment to Congress), review relevant laws and programs, integrate biodiversity into foreign policy and assistance, support research, and identify funding approaches and reductions of subsidies that harm biodiversity. The text also notes that the United States is not a party to certain international biodiversity agreements and does not currently issue a national biodiversity outlook.
This resolution is a formal statement from the Senate urging a national strategy; it does not itself create binding law or set specific new regulations. It signals a push for a coordinated plan across agencies and partners, an aim to reach a 30x30 conservation goal by 2030, and regular reporting on biodiversity. Specific programs, regulations, or funding changes are not detailed in the resolution.
No publicly available information on estimated costs or specific funding amounts is provided in the resolution. The text requests that a strategy include funding existing conservation programs, develop new funding sources, and reduce subsidies that harm biodiversity, but it does not state dollar amounts or budget plans.
Supporters in the text say there is an unprecedented biodiversity crisis caused largely by human activity. The resolution lists harms such as habitat alteration, direct exploitation, climate change impacts, pollution, and invasive species, and it notes declines in many species groups. It argues a national strategy would help protect ecosystem services (pollination, water filtration, soil health, disease buffering, medicines, recreation), promote social equity, coordinate federal action, include Indigenous knowledge, and provide U.S. leadership internationally.
No publicly available information in the resolution describes opponents' views or specific objections to the proposal.