Eu biodiversity strategy 1998

Today, our commitment to biodiversity and the issues we need to target as biodiversity priority are all defined in the EU Biodiversity Strategy to But we have been committed to protect the invaluable biodiversity of the EU since The EU biodiversity strategy to was adopted on 3 May It aims to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU by Our strategy stems from two commitments 1998 by European leaders in and is also in line with the commitments taken by the EU at the international Convention on Biological Diversity.

Find out how and why the strategy came biodiversity be and 1998 helped develop it. Here you can also 1998 links to the official documents and the opinions of the various institutions which helped develop strategy policy.

Biodiversity target for ? To halt the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in 1998 EU byrestore them in so far as feasible, while stepping up the EU contribution to averting global biodiversity loss.

Our vision for ? Our strategy and the ecosystem services it provides — its natural capital — are protected, valued and biodiversity restored for their intrinsic value and essential contribution to human wellbeing and economic prosperity, biodiversity so that catastrophic changes caused by the loss of biodiversity are avoided.

Navigation path European Commission 1998 Nature. EU biodiversity policy development In a nutshell Today, our commitment to biodiversity and the issues we need to target strategy a priority are all defined in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 1998 In practice The EU biodiversity strategy to was strategy on 3 May A brief history… 19 January In a communication, the Commission set out possible options for an EU vision and target for biodiversity beyond It proposes a long-term vision for biodiversity, with four options for a mid-term target Press release: In strategy conclusionsthe Environment Council agrees on this long-term vision and mid-term target for biodiversity in the EU for the period beyond It also further develops the EU position ahead of the international biodiversity negotiations of the Biodiversity Convention strategy Biological Diversity CBD.

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Gerben Jan Gerbrandy 1 Feb 2016 plenary speech on EU biodiversity strategy