Buzzword of the Month - Nature Positive

Nature Positive = Stop nature loss + Add more nature than we have now (credit South West NRM CEO Dr Manda Page)

Nature Positive is perhaps the MOST used buzzword right now when it comes to climate action. In October last year the Australian Government hosted it’s Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney – aimed at accelerating collective action to drive investment in nature and strengthen activities to protect and repair the Australian environment.

Nature Positive in its simplicity is like a basic equation:

Nature Positive = Stop nature loss + Add more nature than we have now.

The concept started grabbing international headlines in 2021 when leaders at the 47th G7 Conference collectively called for the world to become net zero and nature positive.

The next year commitment became more globalised when 188 countries (including Australia) collectively agreed to reverse nature loss by 2050.

This was to be achieved by protecting 30% of land, waters and seas, and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030.

You might have heard it called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework or the Australian Government’s policy of 30 by 30 .

Since then, Nature Positive has become somewhat of a movement embraced by governments, policy-makers, businesses and industries worldwide with acknowledgement that First Nations peoples must play a key guiding role.

In Australia, a nature positive approach underpins our national Strategy for Nature 2024-2030 which coordinates delivery on all of our international environmental obligations and targets.

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Published eNews #400, March 2025