EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy: status & implementation - Anne Teller Biodiversity Unit DG Environment European Commission
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EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy:
status & implementation
Anne Teller
Biodiversity Unit
DG Environment
European Commission
EU leaders commitment:
A long term (2050) vision
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 well-being and
economic prosperity, and so that catastrophic changes caused
by the loss of biodiversity are avoided.
A headline target to 2020
Halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of
ecosystem services in the EU by 2020, and restoring
them in so far as feasible, while stepping up the EU
contribution to averting global biodiversity loss
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EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020
2050 Vision
2020 Headline target
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Full Combat Help avert
Maintain and Sustanaible Sustainable Invasive
implementat restore Fisheries & global
agriculture Alien
Nature ecosystems GES biodiversity
and forestry Species
legislation loss
Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Target 5 Target 6
20 Actions / Monitoring (indicators)
Common Implementation Framework
BISE http://biodiversity.europa.eu/
Target 1 – Nature conservation
To improve significantly the status of all species and habitats
covered by EU nature legislation by 2020
Tools: - MS Reporting under Art. 17 of HD by June 2013
- MS Reporting under and Art. 12 BD by end 2013;
- EU assessment due by end 2014-beginning 2015
Knowledge/research Issues:
- Lack of data
- Different interpretations of definitions
- Different monitoring, assessment, reporting approaches
- Link with ecosystem & genetic health
Governance: Reporting Expert Group under Nature Directives
Target 2 - Ecosystem maintenance and restoration
By 2020, ecosystems and their services are maintained and
enhanced by establishing green infrastructure and restoring at
least 15 % of degraded ecosystems.
Tools: - Mapping & Assessment of Ecosystems and Services (2014)
- Restoration Prioritisation Framework (2014)
- Green Infrastructure Communication (2013)
- Biodiversity proofing of EU budget
- No Net Loss of biodiversity & ecosystem services by 2015
Knowledge/research Issues:
- Lack of (access to) data,
- Different monitoring, assessment, reporting approaches
- Knowledge gaps (ecosystem condition/services,
interactions nature & social-ecological systems, valuation)
Governance: MAES WG, GI/RPF WG, NNL WG
4-step approach Action 5 MAES ‘Report once use many ’
Target 2 – Action 5
One of the keystones of the strategy providing the knowledge
base and reference against which future changes will be measured
MAES as overarching “roof” assessment,
• linked to global initiatives to protect biodiversity.
• IPBES: the international platform of biodiversity and
ecosystem services is expected to deliver by 2018 a global
assessment based on regional assessments of biodiversity and
ecosystem services.
• Natural Capital Accounting: the UN statistics division is
developing environmental economic accounts (SEEA), which
will complement national economic accounts.MAES analytical framework •First output of the MAES working group. •Sets a conceptual framework for mapping and assessment linking human well-being to biodiversity •Makes proposals for a typology of ecosystems and ecosystem services linked to accounting systems
Knowledge/research issues
• Development of systematic, long-term strategy for generation and
assessment of data concerning ecosystem condition
• Methodologies for assessment of ecosystem condition
• Relation between species & habitat status (Art. 17) and
ecosystem condition
• Measurement of ecosystem services – physical metrics
• Valuation of ecosystem services – opportunities and constraints of
monetary valuation
• Better knowledge about ecosystem services and social benefits for
human health, identity, feeling of place, social exclusion
• development of technologies, information systems and processes
for green infrastructure (green roofs, walls, management systems
for buildings, etc.)
• Metrics for assessment of equivalence in terms of ecosystem
descriptors, ecosystem condition, ecosystem servicesTarget 3a – Sustainable Agriculture
By 2020, significant improvement in the conservation status of
species and habitats affected by agriculture (cf. Target 1) and in
the provision of ecosystem services through biodiversity-related
measures under the CAP.
Tools:
- Reporting under Art. 17 of HD and Art. 12 BD;
- Agri databases (IACS, FSS)
- MAES
- RDP
Knowledge/research Issues:
- Access to agricultural data, lack of data on genetics
- Agricultural measures & biodiversity conservation
- Managed ecosystems, social benefits
- Innovative & diversified solutions
Governance: Agriculture & Biodiversity WGTarget 3b – Sustainable Forestry
By 2020, Forest Management Plans in line with Sustainable
Forest Management (SFM) are in place for all forests and
conservation status of forest species and habitats has improved
significantly (cf. Target 1)
Tools:
- Reporting under Art. 17 of HD and Art. 12 BD;
- MAES
- EU Forest Strategy (2013)
- SFM negotiation
Knowledge/research Issues:
- Access to forest inventory data
- Link between forestry measures & biodiversity
- Managed ecosystems, social benefits
- Impact assessment (energy, industry, biomass)
Governance: Standing Forestry CommitteeTarget 4 – Sustainable Fisheries & GES
Achieve Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) by 2015/2020 and
Good Environmental Status by 2020, as required under the
Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Tools:
- Reform of CFP
- Natura 000 marine sites designation
- Reporting under MSFD, WFD & Nature Directives;
- MAES
Knowledge/research Issues:
- Access to fisheries data
- Fish stock management measures & biodiversity (MSY)
- Sustainable ecosytem-based fisheries, management tools
- Spatial planning, social benefits
- Quality descriptors (GES)
Governance: MSFD Coordination GroupTarget 5 – Invasive Alien Species
By 2020, Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and their pathways are
identified and prioritised, priority species are controlled or
eradicated, and pathways are managed to prevent the
introduction and establishment of new IAS
Tools:
- Reporting under EU Plant & Animal Health Regimes
- Reporting under Nature Directives / EU Red Lists
- EASIN by JRC
- New legislative instrument to fill gaps
Knowledge/research Issues:
- Lack of data, long-term monitoring
- Broad impact of IAS and interaction with biodiversity
- Economic instruments
Governance: To be established, inc. Scientific Review GroupTarget 6 – Global Biodiversity
By 2020, the EU has stepped up its contribution to averting
global biodiversity loss
Tools: - Footprint indicator, OECD markers;
- ABS Protocol (by 2015)
- BEST in overseas territories
Knowledge/research Issues:
- Indirect drivers of biodiversity loss (consumption,
resource efficiency, trade-related impacts genetics
- Lack of data on resource mobilisation for global
biodiversity (CBD COP-10 follow up)
- Biodiversity proof’ EU development cooperation
- Access to genetic resources and the fair and
equitable sharing of benefits arising from their use
Governance: Biodiversity & Development Cooperation WGPolicy reporting timeline
2nd EU Art.17 BDS Mid-
3rd EU Art.17 MAES 2020
Report Term
Report
22 MAY Review
MAES Event BDS
MAES 2015 BDS Final
MSFD Report
EU
WFD EEA
REPORT REPORT SOER
2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2020
Global
MARCH 2014 COP13 COP14
COP14 COP15
5NR TO CBD
OCT. 2014 COP12 MAY 2015 IPBES Final Report
OCTOBER 2013 GBO4 MDG Assessment Strategic
Mid-Term Review
CBD SBSTTA17 Plan
Strategic Plan
GBO4Conclusions
• Need for involving scientific community in close
collaboration with DG Research & Innovation (governance)
• Need to closely align research's work programme with
(biodiversity) policy agenda Need to find ways to fund
monitoring and assessment
• Need to think creatively how best to make use of different
funding instruments under H2020 and beyond, including
financial instruments
• Need to work on how to better reap the outcomes of EU
funded research and feed into policy process and vice versa
(science-policy interface)Towards more evidence-based policy 1. Inclusive process to assess interactions between people and environment and enhance mutual benefits (social justice) 2. Transparent and independent (peer-review) process to support decision-making (and avoid conflict of interest) 3. Dynamic interaction between ‘science’ and policy on emerging (or re-emerging) policy issues 4. Operational policy & management options and scenarios (policy tools) 5. Innovative funding / calls (ERA Net of policy makers, crowd-funded research projects)
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