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Implementation of TARGET 2 of the EU
2020 Biodiversity Strategy
Claudia Olazábal
Unit – Biodiversity DG ENV
European Commission
Nature Directors Meeting
Denmark, 22 May 2012
Target 2 - EU2020 Biodiversity Strategy
By 2020, ecosystem services are maintained and
enhanced through the establishment of Green
Infrastructure and the restoration of at least 15%
of degraded ecosystems
 Action 5: Improve knowledge about ecosystems and their
services in the EU
 Action 6: Establish priorities for restoration and promote the use
of Green Infrastructure
 Action 7: Ensure no net loss of biodiversity and ecosystem
services
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A DUAL MANDATE
EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy
Council conclusions (15/3/2010), endorsed by the European Council on 26/3/
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Adoption of a long term (2050) vision:
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
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Adoption of a mid term (2020) headline target:
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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CBD Strategic Plan- Aichi Targets
 Global Target 14
ecosystems that provide essential services, including services related to water,
and contribute to health, livelihoods and wellbeing, are restored and
safeguarded';
 Global Target 15 ‘
By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon
stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and restoration, including
restoration of at least 15 % of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to
climate change mitigation and adaptation and to combating desertification‘
 Global Target 5
‘[…] degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced […]‘
 Global Target 11
" By 2020, at least 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas, and 10% of
coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for
biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and
equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of
protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and
integrated into the wider landscapes and seascapes
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INTERINSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
 Council Conclusions March 2010, June 2011, December
2011
 European Parliament report on the EU 2020 Biodiversity
Strategy (April 2012)
 European Economic and Social Committee opinion 2011
Target 2 - EU2020 Biodiversity Strategy
By 2020, ecosystem services are maintained and enhance
through the establishment of Green Infrastructure and the
restoration of at least 15% of degraded ecosystems
 Action 5: Improve knowledge about ecosystems and their services in
the EU and inclusion in accounting systems
 Action 6: Establish priorities for restoration and promote the use of Green
Infrastructure
 Action 7: Biodiversity proofing methodology and ensure no net loss of
biodiversity and ecosystem services
Actions should take place in a chronological sequence
However need to work in parallel
Need to ensure close connections between the parallel developments
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Knowledge-base
Action 5
Mapping & assessment of ecosystems and services (by 2014)
Economic value assessment and integration into accounting and reporting
systems(by 2020)
Policy tools
Action 6a
Restoration prioritisation framework
(by 2014)
Action 6b
Green Infrastructure Strategy
(by 2012)
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Target 3
Agriculture
and forests
Baseline
Maintenance of
ecosystem services
Policy initiatives
Target 1
Nature
legislation
Action 7a
Biodiversity proofing
methodology (by 2014)
Strategic approach
to compensation
Action 7b
No Net Loss initiative (by
2015)
Target 2
By 2020, ecosystems and their services are maintained and enhanced by establishing
green infrastructure and restoring at least 15% of degraded ecosystems
Other EU legislation,
WFD, MSFD…
Target 5
Invasive
alien species
Target 4
Sustainable
fisheries
KNOWLEDGE GATHERING
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Green infrastructure (5 studies)
Biodiversity proofing
Estimating Target 2 financing needs
TEEB follow-up study for the EU
Mapping of ecosystems and ES
Options for reaching restoration target
Options for NNL initiative
Strategic questions- orientation debate
 What is meant by 'restoration' and by
'degraded ecosystem'?
 What is the reference point for the target?
 What is the scale at which the 15% target
should apply?
 What are the links with other targets and
existing legislation?
OVERALL DEFINITION TARGET 2
• Definition « degraded ecosystems » -«restoration »
When the obligation is triggered
What is the obligation of result
 IA of the Biodiversity Strategy proposed a definition
 Work is ongoing in CBD context to establish
definition
THE REFERENCE BASELINE
• 2010?
 EEA Biodiversity Baseline
 Complemented by assessment of ecosystems and
mapping of ecosystems services (Action 5- ongoing to
be completed by 2014)
SCALE OF THE 15% RESTORATION
• 15% restoration target is a target for the EU and Member States
• Several options for implementing the 15% target:
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A 15% target for the EU as a whole and/or for each bio-geographical
region.
A flat rate 15% undifferentiated target for each Member State;
A 15% target for each ecosystem type within each Member State;
A target based on the relative contribution of each Member State to the
total stock of degraded ecosystems across the EU;
A target per ecosystem type based on the relative contribution of each
Member State to the total stock of the degraded ecosystems of this type
across the EU.
A target for each Member State based on the lowest net cost to the EU
for achieving the 15% target.
• Possible additional middle ground scenarios combining different aspects
LINKS WITH OTHER TARGETS AND
LEGISLATION
•Contributions will come from
 Targets 3 (Agriculture forestry),
 Target 4 (fisheries and marine environment),
 Target 5 (invasive alien species)
•Whether and how to count contribution of existing legislation
 Favourable conservation status (Nature legislation- open
ended see Target1)
 Good Ecological Status (Water Framework Directive- 2015)
 Good Environmental Status (Marine Framework Directive2020)
How to translate this into and area unit?
LINKS WITH OTHER TARGETS AND
LEGISLATION
•Contributions will come from several envisaged actions
 MS assisted by COM to map and assess the state of ecosystems
and their services (A5):
DIAGNOSIS
 MS assisted by COM to develop a strategic framework to set
priorities for restoration (A6a): PRIORITISATION
 COM to develop Green Infrastructure Strategy (A6b): GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE AS A TOOL
 COM and MS to develop methodology to assess impacts of EU
funded projects, plans & programs -Biodiversity Proofing (A7a)
PRIOR SCREENING TO AVOID DETERIORATION
 COM to propose an initiative on net loss of ecosystems and
their services (A7b) NO DETERIORATION AND CONSERVATION
AIM
Thank you for your attention
Ecosystem Assessment homepage:
http://biodiversity.europa.eu/ecosystem-assessments
Environment and economics webpage:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enveco/index.htm
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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