{"id":350914,"date":"2024-11-12T08:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T07:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350914"},"modified":"2024-11-12T08:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T07:03:40","slug":"30-by-30-land-grabs-kept-at-bay-for-now-ft-margaret-byfield-of-american-stewards-of-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350914","title":{"rendered":"30-by-30 land grabs kept at bay \u2013 for now (ft. Margaret Byfield of American Stewards of Liberty)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"398\" data-attachment-id=\"350915\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=350915\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?fit=2845%2C1563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2845,1563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Margaret-Byfield_YT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?fit=723%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?resize=723%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?resize=1024%2C563&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?resize=768%2C422&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?resize=1536%2C844&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?resize=2048%2C1125&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?resize=1200%2C659&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/0Margaret-Byfield_YT.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/11\/11\/30-by-30-land-grabs-kept-at-bay-for-now-ft-margaret-byfield-of-american-stewards-of-liberty\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/ghoffman\/\">Gabriella Hoffman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think that they are getting more pushback back than they realized, and that they thought they would be further along, so that that\u2019s a credit to our side of the fight\u2026.We know that they\u2019re going to continue to push this as you mentioned this. You know [it] had its roots in 1980\u2013the iterations of 30 by 30. So once they get these kind of plans going, they never really quit. I think even though we may be seeing some success \u2013 and I do think we are \u2013 I think we\u2019re part of the reason why they haven\u2019t been able to do this, particularly stopping the natural asset company, investment company here in the US that set them back big time. And so I think also it\u2019s a combination of the whole messaging: this nature crisis, the climate crisis, is based on a false narrative.\u201d \u2014 Margaret Byfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Episode 468 of District of Conservation, Gabriella welcomes back American Stewards of Liberty executive director Margaret Byfield. Margaret chats about COP16 currently happening in Colombia, biodiversity\/nature credits, the status of 30-by-30, natural asset companies, natural capital accounts, and the future of property rights. 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