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| − | |Description= The strategy | + | |Description= The European Commission has adopted an ambitious new strategy to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU by 2020. There are six main targets, and 20 actions to help Europe reach its goal. Biodiversity loss is an enormous challenge in the EU, with around one in four species currently threatened with extinction and 88% of fish stocks over-exploited or significantly depleted. |
|Objective= To anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of significant reduction or loss of biodiversity at the source. This will help both to reverse present trends in biodiversity reduction or losses and to place species and ecosystems, including agro-ecosystems, at a satisfactory conservation status, both within and beyond the territory of the European Union (EU). | |Objective= To anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of significant reduction or loss of biodiversity at the source. This will help both to reverse present trends in biodiversity reduction or losses and to place species and ecosystems, including agro-ecosystems, at a satisfactory conservation status, both within and beyond the territory of the European Union (EU). | ||
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| EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy | |
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| Duration: | 1998 - ongoing |
| Scope: | European Union |
| Policy area: | Biodiversity |
| Legal status: | Non-legally binding |
| Type of instrument: | Regulatory |
| Form of instrument: | Strategy |
| Language: | English |
| URL: | EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy website |
| Format: | html |
| Access: | Free |
| Publisher: | European Commission Environment DG |
| Country(ies): | Belgium |
| Date: | 3/11/2011 |
The European Commission has adopted an ambitious new strategy to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU by 2020. There are six main targets, and 20 actions to help Europe reach its goal. Biodiversity loss is an enormous challenge in the EU, with around one in four species currently threatened with extinction and 88% of fish stocks over-exploited or significantly depleted.
| Objective | To anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of significant reduction or loss of biodiversity at the source. This will help both to reverse present trends in biodiversity reduction or losses and to place species and ecosystems, including agro-ecosystems, at a satisfactory conservation status, both within and beyond the territory of the European Union (EU). |
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| Policy and/or legal framework | United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) |
| Monitoring, assessing and reporting | A new strategy based on the integration of MAR into the EU legislation on nature, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and, to the extent feasible, Cohesion Policy |
| Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | CBD,CAP,CFP,WFD |
| Keywords | Biodiversity loss, biodiversity policy, European Union |
| FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
| Biodiversity | No FOREST EUROPE indicators for this Policy instrument | Forest biodiversity |
