2.Progress, issues and expectations of CBD implementation within the EU- Jorg Roos EN

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http://biodiversity.europa.eu

Progress, issues and expectations of CBD

implementation within the EUJörg Roos, European Commission

DG Environment

Third EU-China Biodiversity Strategy Dialogue, 06/09/2010

http://biodiversity.europa.eu/

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Biodiversity: why does it matter?

A moral duty: to conserve the sheer variety of life on earth

An environmental asset: healthy ecosystems play a vital role in regulating the environment – eg a major tool for climate change adaptation

An economic imperative: ecosystem goods and services provide a whole range of direct and indirect economic benefits

Our life support system


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Ecosystem goods & services

Provision of goods – food, fibre, fuel, medicines

Regulation of the air we breathe and quality of our waters

Soil fertility, pollination and other essential support services

Cultural benefits – from aesthetic enjoyment to spiritual solace

TEEB Report 2008:« The annual welfare loss generated by loss of ecosystems

services will amount to 6% of the global GDP by 2050 »


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Loss of biodiversity in the EU

Europe has suffered more human-induced fragmentation than any other continent (MEA, 2001)

50% of wetlands and high-nature-value farmland gone 40% of all European bird species have unfavourable

conservation status

EU Health Check 2009« 50% of species and up to 80%

of habitats of European conservation interest have unfavourable conservation

status »


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EU policy development

EU contracting party to Convention on Biological Diversity (since 1993)

1998

EU biodiversity strategy

2001

European Council agrees

to halt the loss of Biodiversity by

2010

2001

Biodiversity included in SDS and 6th EAP as

priority

2004

Stakeholder consultations:

Malahide Conference

2006

EC Commu-nication and Action Plan


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EU Biodiversity Action Plan

Covers relevant sectors and horizontal policy areas in a unified way

Provides a joint approach by identifying what needs to be done at Community level and at MS level

4 Policy areas

10 Key Objectives

150 Priority actions

46 Targets


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Assessment of Progress

Key findings of EC’s final assessment Despite important progress in delivery of the BAP, the overall goal of halting biodiversity loss in the EU by the end 2010 has not been achieved

Expansion of the Natura 2000 protected areas network (18% of EU)

Improved knowledge base

Lack of integration of biodiversity considerations into other policies

Funding gap

Policy gaps


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EU post-2010 vision and target - adopted March 2010 -

By 2050, European Union biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides – its natural capital – are protected, valued and appropriately restored for biodiversity’s intrinsic value and for their essential contribution to human wellbeing and economic prosperity, and so that catastrophic changes caused by the loss of biodiversity are avoided.

By 2020, Halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU and restore them insofar as feasible, and step up the EU's contribution to averting global biodiversity loss.


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EU post-2010 Biodiversity Strategy

European Commission develops a new biodiversity strategy to be adopted after the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2010 in Nagoya

ST4Working with nature

(Green Infrastructure)

ST5Preventing the

introductionand spread of

invasive species

ST6EU’s contribution

to globalbiodiversity

ST1Sustainable land

management(agriculture, forestry)

ST2Sustainable use

of naturalresources(fisheries)

ST3Protecting habitats

and species(nature conservation)

ST4Working with nature

(Green Infrastructure)

ST5Preventing the


invasive species

ST1Sustainable land

management

ST2Sustainable use

of naturalresources

ST3Protecting habitats

and species

ST6EU’s contribution

to globalbiodiversity

ST4Working with natureGreen Infrastructure

ST5Preventing the


invasive species


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Key actions

Biodiversity in the EU Inform and engage the public with a communication

campaign on biodiversity to take place in 2009 and 2010

Knowledge base for biodiversity

Completion of Natura 2000 network

An effective strategy for invasive species

Engage business community including launching new Business and Biodiversity (B@B) initiative

Development of and investment in ‘Green Infrastructure’


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Key actions

Global biodiversity

Ensure robust environmental assessments (SEA/EIA) systematically for sensitive aid operations

Further strengthen the integration and mainstreaming of biodiversity into EU external assistance

Enhance our understanding of the impact of EU consumption of food and non-food commodities (e.g. meat, soy beans, palm oil, metal ores) on biodiversity


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EU Biodiversity Campaign


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EU Biodiversity Baseline

State and trends of the different biodiversity and ecosystem components in 2010 to measure and monitor progress in the EU


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Biodiversity Information System for Europe


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Spatial assessment of Europe's ecosystem services and biodiversity

Water quality regulation Timber increment Storm (% nitrogen retention) (dry matter production in forest Dg km -2) (% coastal wetland)


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Natura 2000 NetworkThe largest co-ordinated network of conservation areas in the world

Total : > 26,000 sites = ~ 18% of EU 27

territory


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Invasive Alien Species

Strategy to be published in 2011 – Establish a comprehensive EU framework for alien species

An internationally agreed "three-stage hierarchical approach"

prevention, including trade-related aspects, and information exchange,

early detection, warning and rapid response, including prevention of spread and eradication,

monitoring, control and long-term containment:


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Business and Biodiversity Platform – B@B

Tools and methodologies for companies to protect biodiversity and mitigate risk related to biodiversity loss

To share experiences and best practices, learn from the peers, and develop a dialogue on biodiversity protection

Target Group: SMEs to larger companies and other interested parties such as business associations etc.


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Green Infrastructure

‘Green infrastructure’ is an interconnected network of natural areas, including agricultural land, greenways, wetlands, parks, forest reserves, native plant communities and marine areas that naturally regulate storm flows, temperatures, flood risk and water, air and ecosystem quality.


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EU priorities for global biodiversity policy

Success at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 10)

Ambitious 2020 biodiversity target and strategic plan

To successfully conclude negotiations on the Access and Benefit Sharing Protocol at CBD COP 10 in Nagoya, Japan

Mobilization of resources

Enhance synergies between biodiversity conservation climate change policies

Recognition of the economic value of biodiversity


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EU priorities for global biodiversity policy

Improve and strengthen the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services

EU welcomes the outcome of the third meeting on an Intergovernmental Science Policy Interface on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Agree at the United Nations General Assembly by the end of 2010 on the establishment of an IPBES

First meeting of the IPBES in 2011


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