Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health
Improve biodiversity and protect and support the ecological functions of water features, soil, and local vegetation.
Objectives
- Remediate contaminated land for productive reuse.
- Protect or restore natural features, water bodies, and habitat to enhance biodiversity and optimize ecological function and connect to broader ecological corridors.
- Protect rare, threatened, and endangered species.
- Protect and enhance soil fertility in urban farms.
- Protect and enhance native vegetation.
Indicators
- Species of plants/acre.
- % plantable area supporting native plant communities.
- Forest area: % preserved, % interior, as applicable.
- Width of riparian buffer along waterways.
- Acres of wetland protected, preserved, or restored.
- Restored or intact hydrology and groundwater.
- Proportion of important sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity within protected areas.
- Percentage of connected corridors, conservation easements, other contiguous protected areas.
Illustrative Targets
- Increase plant biodiversity by 50% by 2030.
- Create 25 ft buffers of native vegetation along all waterways by 2030.
- Remove 100% all non-native invasive plants by 2030.