Public Consultations on the EU Strategy to Conserve Biodiversity and Ensure the Provision of Ecosystem Services by 2020

 

The objective of this consultation is to gather input from a wide range of stakeholders on possible policy options for the European Union's post-2010 EU biodiversity strategy, which will be assessed by the Commission as part of the process of its development. The closing date is 22 October 2010. Many authoritative reports confirm that global biodiversity remains under severe threat, with losses occurring at 100 to 1000 times the normal rate. More than a third of species assessed are facing extinction and an estimated 60% of the Earth’s ecosystems have been degraded in the last 50 years.

In 2001, the EU set itself the target to halt biodiversity loss in the EU by 2010. Efforts to tackle biodiversity loss were subsequently stepped up, and an EU Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) was adopted by the Commission in 2006 to accelerate progress. Despite the efforts to date, however, there are clear indications that the EU has not achieved its target.

Consultations on the new EU Strategy to Conserve Biodiversity are made on-line, at the following website. Contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities are welcomed through the filling in of an online questionnaire.

Additional information:

EU Biodiversity Policy Development

Source: European CHM on Biodiversity