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EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy
Start date:	2011
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:	EC DG Environment
Country(ies):	Belgium
Date:	3/11/2011

The EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy has been adopted by the European Commission to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the European Union (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	Halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in the EU by 2020, and restoring them in so far as feasible, while stepping up the EU contribution to averting global biodiversity loss
Target	Full implementation of EU nature legislation to protect biodiversity Better protection for ecosystems, and more use of green infrastructure More sustainable agriculture and forestry Better management of fish stocks Tighter controls on invasive alien species A bigger EU contribution to averting global biodiversity loss
Policy and/or legal framework	UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Monitoring, assessing and reporting	The EU 2010 biodiversity baseline, the EU biodiversity indicators, Shared Environmental Information System and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security, the European Forest Data Centre and the LUCAS Land Use Cover Area Frame Survey
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	Birds Directive, CAP, CBD, CITES, Habitats Directive, WFD
Keywords	Biodiversity loss, biodiversity policy, sustainable forestry, threatened species/habitats, European Union

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
Biodiversity	Threatened forest species, protected forests	Forest biodiversity