EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
On 20 May 2020, the Commission published the ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 – Bringing nature back into our lives’, containing specific actions to be delivered by 2030. As a core part of the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy aims to protect nature and reverse ecosystem degradation, while also building society’s resilience to future threats such as climate change impacts and disease outbreaks by protecting wildlife and fighting illegal wildlife trade.
The strategy includes the protection of at least 30% of land and sea in the EU; an EU Nature Restoration Plan; and measures to tackle the global biodiversity challenge.
During an exchange of views on 5 June, Commissioner Sinkevičius emphasized that the protection of biodiversity would be a key component of the Recovery Package and announced legally binding restoration targets expected in early 2022. ENVI welcomed the ambitious strategy, stressing the need for urgent action on biodiversity protection, and to ensure full implementation and sufficient funding.
On 28 May 2021, the ENVI Committee adopted an Own-Initiative-Report on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, followed by adoption in Plenary on 8 June 2021. Supporting the initial strategy's ambition, the final text also calls for the Commission to establish a framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil and to carry out an assessment of options to mobilise the minimum €20 billion per year required for nature protection.
- Communication - EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives
- European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives
- Procedure on the Legislative Observatory
- ENVI Committee hearing on 14 January 2021: "Facing the sixth mass extinction and increasing risk of pandemics: what role for the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030"
Rapporteur and shadows
Rapporteur: César LUENA (S&D)
Shadows: Alexander BERNHUBER (EPP), Soraya RODRIGUEZ RAMOS (RE), Marco DREOSTO (ID), Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens/EFA), Alexandr VONDRA (ECR), Nikolaj VILLUMSEN (GUE/NGL)