2.Progress, issues and expectations of CBD implementation within the EU- Jorg Roos EN
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Progress, issues and expectations of CBD
implementation within the EUJörg Roos, European Commission
DG Environment
Third EU-China Biodiversity Strategy Dialogue, 06/09/2010
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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
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Biodiversity included in SDS and 6th EAP as
priority
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Stakeholder consultations:
Malahide Conference
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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
introductionand spread of
invasive species
ST1Sustainable land
management
ST2Sustainable use
of naturalresources
ST3Protecting habitats
and species
ST6EU’s contribution
to globalbiodiversity
ST4Working with natureGreen Infrastructure
ST5Preventing the
introductionand spread of
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 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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For more information go to:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature
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Thank you very much for your attention