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BAP
Duration:	2006 - ongoing
Scope:	European Union
Policy area:	Biodiversity
Legal status:	Non-legally binding
Type of instrument:	Regulatory
Form of instrument:	Action plan
Language:	English
URL:	BAP website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	EC DG Environment
Country(ies):	Belgium
Date:	4.5.2011

The Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is an European Union policy instrument which provides strategic European response to tackling biodiversity loss and establishes a detailed set of target driven objectives and actions at both national and European level.

Objective	To halt the decline of biodiversity in the EU by 2010 and to restore habitats and natural systems
Target	Biodiversity loss
Policy and/or legal framework	UN Convention on Biological Diversity; EU Biodiversity Policy
Monitoring, assessing and reporting	Indicators,Annual reporting
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, European Union Birds Directive, European Union Habitats Directive, NATURA 2000, Bonn, Bern Convention, Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, Ramsar, United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea
Keywords	Biodiversity/ecosystems/conservation/marine environment/NATURA 2000

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