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S. Res. 248 is a Senate resolution calling on the federal government to develop a comprehensive national biodiversity strategy to address what it describes as an unprecedented global extinction crisis. The resolution documents alarming declines in wildlife populations—including a 68 percent average decline in mammal, bird, fish, amphibian, and reptile populations, and approximately three billion fewer birds in North America since 1970—and connects these losses to threats to food production, human health, and economic security. The proposed strategy should coordinate federal agency efforts and collaborate with states, tribal governments, private landowners, and international partners to achieve specific goals, including protecting at least 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, addressing climate change impacts on biodiversity, and incorporating indigenous knowledge in conservation planning. The resolution emphasizes that biodiversity loss disproportionately affects communities of color, low-income communities, and tribal nations, and calls for equitable resource allocation and inclusive decision-making in conservation efforts. While this resolution expresses the Senate's policy preference rather than creating binding law or appropriating funds, it requests that any national biodiversity strategy include regular monitoring, reporting to Congress every four years, and adequate funding to support conservation programs.

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