; (5) climate change threatens native fish, wildlife, and plant species; (6) the 2019 global assessment report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that— (A) 1,000,000 wildlife and plant species worldwide are now threatened with extinction; and (B) 75 percent of the land-based environment, and approximately 66 percent of the marine environment, have been significantly altered by human actions; (7) the conservation of new and existing landscape and seascape corridors, through which native species can transition from 1 habitat to another, plays an important role in helping— (A) to conserve native biodiversity; and (B) to ensure resiliency against impacts from a range of biotic and abiotic stressors; (8) the conservation, restoration, and establishment of new ecological connections to facilitate the movement of species into more suitable habitats is a key climate change adaptation strategy; (9) the protection of new and existing corridors is often one of the first steps in restoration and recovery planning; (10) States have recognized the importance of habitat connectivity, including— (A) a New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers' Conference on the importance of connectivity for ecosystem adaptability and resilience, biodiversity, and human communities; and (B) an expired 2007 policy resolution of the Western Governors' Association; (11) the strategic plan of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to respond to accelerating climate change entitled Rising to the Urgent Challenge acknowledges that processes such as pollination, seed dispersal, nutrient cycling, natural disturbance cycles, predator-prey relations, and others must be part of the natural landscapes we seek to maintain or restore … and are likely to function more optimally in landscapes composed of large habitat blocks connected by well-placed corridors