ANNEX to the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 "Bringing nature back into our lives"

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Document­datum 25-05-2020
Publicatie­datum 26-05-2020
Kenmerk 8219/20 ADD 1
Van Secretary-General of the European Commission, signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU, Director
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Council of the European Union

Brussels, 25 May 2020 (OR. en)

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ENV 277 ENER 154 CLIMA 95 ECOFIN 361 AGRI 143 DEVGEN 51 FORETS 11 SUSTDEV 55 MARE 7 RELEX 360 PECHE 124 WTO 84 SAN 166 ONU 24 RECH 180 FAO 9

COVER NOTE

From: Secretary-General of the European Commission, signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU, Director

date of receipt: 20 May 2020

To: Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union

No. Cion doc.: COM(2020) 380 final i - Annex

Subject: ANNEX to the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 "Bringing nature back into our lives"

Delegations will find attached document COM(2020) 380 final i - Annex.

Encl.: COM(2020) 380 final i - Annex

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 20.5.2020 COM(2020) 380 final i

ANNEX

ANNEX

to the

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030

Bringing nature back into our lives ANNEX

The measures presented in this action plan are or will be taken forward in line with the better

regulation principles, including evaluations and impact assessments as appropriate

Key actions to be taken by the Commission Indicative timetable

A COHERENT NETWORK OF PROTECTED AREAS

Criteria and guidance for identifying and designating additional protected 2020 areas and ecological corridors, on appropriate management planning, and on how other effective area-based conservation measures and urban greening can contribute to the EU 2030 nature protection targets

Assessment of the EU’s progress in meeting its 2030 targets on protected by 2024 areas and whether additional action, legislative or other, is needed

AN EU NATURE RESTORATION PLAN

Proposal for EU nature restoration targets 2021

Guidance on the selection of species and habitats to ensure that at least 30% 2020 of protected species and habitats not currently in favourable status are in that category by 2030, or show a strong positive trend

Revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive and enhance 2022

Integrated Pest Management provisionso

Review and possible revision of the EU Pollinators initiative 2020

Measures to ensure that Member States’ CAP Strategic Plans set explicit as of 2020 national values for relevant targets of the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork

Strategies, supported, inter alia, by CAP instruments and implementation of the Habitats Directive

Action Plan for Organic Farming for 2021-2026 2020

Revision of the Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection 2021

New EU Forest Strategy including a roadmap for planting at least 3 billion 2021 additional trees in the EU by 2030

Further develop the Forest Information System for Europe as of 2020

Guidelines on biodiversity-friendly afforestation and reforestation and closer 2021 to-nature-forestry practices

Assessment of the EU and global biomass supply and demand and related ongoing sustainability

Study on the sustainability of the use of forest biomass for energy production 2020

Operational guidance on the new sustainability criteria on forest biomass for 2021 energy

Review of the data on biofuels with high indirect land-use change risk and 2021 setting up of a trajectory for their gradual phase out by 2030

New action plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine 2021 ecosystems

Guidance and support to Member States to identify sites and help mobilise 2021 funding for the restoration of 25,000 km of free-flowing rivers

Technical guidance to Member States on their measures to review water 2023 abstraction and impoundment permits and to restore ecological flows in the revised River Basin Management Plans

Set up the EU Urban Greening Platform under a new ‘Green City Accord’ 2021 with cities and mayors

Technical guidance on urban greening and assistance to mobilise funding and 2021 capacity building for Member States, local and regional authorities, including for the development of Urban Greening Plans

Integrated Nutrient Management Action Plan 2022

ENABLING TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE

Assessment of the effectiveness of the new cooperation-based biodiversity 2023 governance framework, and of need for an enhanced, legally-binding or other, approach to biodiversity governance

Review and possible revision of the Environmental Crime Directive 2021

New sustainable corporate governance initiative adressing human rights, and 2021 environmental duty of care and mandatory due diligence across economic value chains

Help to build an EU Business for Biodiversity movement as of 2020

Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy 2020

Delegated act under the Taxonomy Regulation to establish a common 2021 classification of economic activities that substantially contribute to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems

Methods, criteria and standards to better integrate biodiversity considerations 2021 into public and business decision-making at all levels, and to measure the environmental footprint of products and organisations

Promote an international natural capital accounting initiative 2021

Establish a new Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity 2020

Proposal for a Council Recommendation on encouraging cooperation in 2021 education for environmental sustainability, including biodiversity education

THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR AN AMBITIOUS GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY AGENDA

Broker an agreement for an ambitious post-2020 biodiversity framework at 2020-21 the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

(CBD COP15)

Broker an ambitious agreement on marine biological diversity of areas as of 2020 beyond national jurisdiction and on three vast Marine Protected Areas in the

Southern Ocean

Assess the impact of trade agreements on biodiversity, with follow-up where as of 2020 needed

Measures to avoid or minimise the placing of products associated with 2021 deforestation or forest degradation on the EU market

Revision of the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking 2021

Proposal for further tightening of the rules on EU ivory trade 2020

NaturAfrica initiative to protect wildlife and key ecosystems As of 2021


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