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