Biodiversity, nature and soil
EU Fact Sheets
01-11-2017
The 1992 UN Conference on the Environment and Development marked a major step forward for the conservation of biodiversity and the protection of nature thanks to the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity. In 2011 the EU committed itself to halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in the EU by 2020. Other objectives set out in the Habitats Directive or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) remain to be achieved. Since 1992, LIFE has been the most important financial instrument for the protection of biodiversity in the EU.
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- agricultural policy
- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- biodiversity
- climate change
- conservation of resources
- cooperation policy
- cultivation of agricultural land
- deterioration of the environment
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental cooperation
- environmental policy
- environmental protection
- EU action
- EU environmental policy
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- forest conservation
- forestry
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- natural environment
- soil protection
- sustainable agriculture