What is the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy?

The EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy aims to help rebuild Europe’s biodiversity by 2030. That would be a positive boost for people, the climate and the planet.

The actions set out in the strategy include:

  • expansion of protected land and marine areas in Europe
  • restoring degraded ecosystems by reducing the use and harmfulness of pesticides
  • increasing funding for actions and better monitoring progress.

In October 2020, the Environment Council adopted conclusions on biodiversity. It endorsed the targets of the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy.

Member States recognised the need to step up efforts by addressing direct and indirect factors affecting biodiversity and nature loss and reiterated their call for biodiversity targets to be fully taken into account in other sectors such as agriculture, fisheries and forestry.

Biodiversity is the foundation of life. It is necessary for people for environmental and climatic reasons. It helps protect health and keep the economy running. However, it is disappearing at an alarming rate: according to scientists, the number of species dying out every day reaches 200.

The EU and its Member States want the EU’s biodiversity to recover from 2030. In the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, they committed to creating a network of well-managed protected areas, which will comprise at least 30% of the EU’s land and sea. The strategy is a key element of the European Green Deal.

In the conclusions of October 2020 The Council reaffirmed the EU’s determination to lead by setting an example by addressing the global biodiversity crisis and by co-creating a new ambitious global biodiversity framework at the 2021 UN Biodiversity Conference.

The EU welcomed the political commitment made in the Kunming Declaration adopted at the October 2021 High-Level Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The EU sees this declaration as a good starting point for achieving ambitious global biodiversity targets.

Biodiversity provides people with food, drinking water and clean air. The balance in nature also depends on it. It is essential for the environment and for combating climate change. It is also important for our health and preventing the spread of infectious diseases.

Biodiversity is also important for the economy. According to the World Economic Forum, almost half of the world’s GDP (around €40 trillion) depends on the environment and its resources. The largest sectors are highly dependent on nature: construction, agriculture and the food industry, which together generate nearly EUR 7.3 trillion in the global economy. Therefore, healthy ecosystems are also essential for the economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Human activities that cause pollution, changes in habitats and climate change put pressure on species and ecosystems. According to scientists, 1 million species of plants, insects, birds and mammals around the world are currently threatened with extinction: the number of species dying out every day reaches 200.

Source: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/pl/policies/green-deal/

Source: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/pl/policies/biodiversity/

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