Watch as Joe Biden gives speech on recent conservation efforts
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Your support makes all the difference.President Biden delivered remarks about conservationism and the actions his government has taken to ensure the wellbeing of the environment. Thursday to celebrate conservation actions enacted by his administration.
On Thursday 11 May, the US president talked about the $1 billion program named the “America the Beautiful Challenge” to advance the goal of conserving 30 per cent of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030.
Earlier in March, Mr Biden had announced action to establish two new national monuments, Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada and Castner Range National Monument in Texas, in order to protect more than half a million acres of public lands and honouring Tribal Nations and military veterans.
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