Press Release: Biodiversity: Commission announces new strategy to halt biodiversity loss within ten years

The Commission has presented a new strategy to protect and improve the state of Europe's biodiversity over the next decade. The strategy includes six targets which address the main drivers of biodiversity loss, and which will reduce the main pressures on nature and ecosystem services in the EU by anchoring biodiversity objectives in key sectoral policies.

The global aspects of biodiversity loss are also addressed, ensuring that the EU contributes to combating biodiversity loss around the world. The strategy is in line with the commitments made by the EU in Nagoya, Japan, last year.

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ESO: Background Information: EU biodiversity strategy to account for value of nature http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-biodiversity-strategy-to-account-for-value-of-nature/

European Commission: Memo/11/268: Q&A on the Communication an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/268&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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