{"id":3496380,"date":"2022-06-23T09:09:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T08:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/spain-bets-on-green-hydrogen-in-clean-energy-push-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T09:35:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T08:35:18","slug":"eu-tables-nature-restoration-law-to-reverse-biodiversity-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/en\/eu-tables-nature-restoration-law-to-reverse-biodiversity-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"EU tables \u2018Nature Restoration Law\u2019 to reverse biodiversity loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Commission tabled a new Nature Restoration Law on Wednesday (22 June) with legally binding targets and \u20ac100 billion for EU member states to restore nature and reverse biodiversity loss in agriculture, forests, oceans and urban areas.<\/p>\n

The aim of the proposed regulation is to restore natural degraded ecosystems, in particular those with the most potential to remove and store carbon, and to reduce the impact of natural disasters linked to global warming.<\/p>\n

The Commission proposal came as Europe is hit by extreme weather, with Italy affected by severe droughts and water shortages already before the beginning of summer, and intense rain storms leading to severe flooding in Spain.<\/p>\n

Restoring forests and grasslands helps repair land degraded by industrial pollution, poor agriculture, erosion and climate change. Replanting those lands helps store more carbon into the soil and improves water retention at a time when rainfall patterns are getting more extreme, says Andr\u00e9 Faaij, a Dutch scientist who contributed to the United Nation\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).<\/p>\n

\u201cSome see the war as a perfect excuse to pull the brakes\u201d on biodiversity and green farming practices, said European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans, who presented the new law to the press on Wednesday (22 June).<\/p>\n

Legally binding targets for Member States<\/b><\/p>\n

Today, 81% of EU protected habitats are in poor condition, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). At national level, assessments indicate a low number of habitats with good conservation status, with intensive agriculture, urban sprawl and pollution putting pressure on land and habitats.<\/p>\n

To reverse this, the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law sets an overarching target of restoring 20% of the EU\u2019s land and sea area by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.<\/p>\n

Targets for nature restoration in different ecosystems will apply to every EU member state, complementing existing laws.<\/p>\n

The proposed targets \u2013 seven in total \u2013 seek to address the issue from several fronts, such as reversing the decline of pollinator populations by 2030, stopping net loss of green urban spaces by 2030, with a subsequent increase of 5% by 2050, and removing river barriers so that at least 25,000 km of rivers are turned into free-flowing rivers by 2030.<\/p>\n

In agricultural ecosystems, the aim is to achieve an overall increase in biodiversity, and to achieve a positive trend for grassland butterflies and farmland birds. Additionally, the targets include restoring and rewetting drained peatlands. Forest ecosystems and marine areas are also included among the spheres of intervention.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are presenting today isn\u2019t just about nature or nature\u2019s beauty, even though it\u2019s, of course, extremely important. It\u2019s much more than that,\u201d said Virginijus Sinkevi\u010dius, the EU\u2019s Environment Commissioner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you prevent soil erosion, you\u2019re acting on food security, not only in the long term but also in the short term. When you restore wetlands, you\u2019re avoiding floods in the cities downstream,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of knowledge now about the climate benefits of nature-based solutions. And with this new law, we can start putting all this into practice\u201d.<\/p>\n

The new law will benefit from substantial EU funding: around \u20ac100 billion will be available for biodiversity spending, including nature restoration.<\/p>\n

But this investment will largely repay for itself, the EU executive said. According to the Commission, every \u20ac1 spent into nature restoration adds between \u20ac8 and \u20ac38 in economic value, thanks to the ecosystem services they support.<\/p>\n

Benefits include food security, climate resilience and mitigation, and improved human health.<\/p>\n

No \u2018one-size-fits-all\u2019<\/p>\n

Under the proposal, EU member states will have two years after the adoption of the legislation to prepare their national restoration plans.<\/p>\n

Brussels will evaluate those plans, propose improvements or point out to existing issues, but it will not formally approve them, and there will be no obligation for EU governments to change them.<\/p>\n

The goal is to give member states room for manoeuvre to decide the best national measures to comply with the targets since each geographical area presents very different characteristics.<\/p>\n

However, legally binding targets are set for 2030, 2040 and 2050. This means that governments will be held accountable for the progress they make, and there will be checkpoints to make sure that they comply with the obligations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ecosystems in the EU and in the member states of the EU is so different that it is not possible from Brussels to define what are the restoration measures that work in Italy and in Finland and in Malta and in Greece,\u201d a senior Commission official explained.<\/p>\n

The proposed targets include:<\/p>\n

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  • Reversing the decline of pollinator populations by 2030 and increasing their populations from there on,<\/li>\n
  • No net loss of green urban spaces by 2030, a 5% increase by 2050, a minimum of 10% tree canopy cover in every European city, town, and suburb, and net gain of green space that is integrated to buildings and infrastructure,<\/li>\n
  • In agricultural ecosystems, overall increase of biodiversity, and a positive trend for grassland butterflies, farmland birds, organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and high-diversity landscape features on agricultural land,<\/li>\n
  • Restoration and rewetting of drained peatlands under agricultural use and in peat extraction sites.<\/li>\n
  • In forest ecosystems, overall increase of biodiversity and a positive trend for forest connectivity, deadwood, share of uneven-aged forests, forest birds and stock of organic carbon,<\/li>\n
  • Restoring marine habitats such as seagrasses or sediment bottoms, and restoring the habitats of iconic marine species such as dolphins and porpoises, sharks and seabirds,<\/li>\n
  • Removing river barriers so that at least 25,000 km of rivers are turned into free-flowing rivers by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Source: <\/b>Euractiv<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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