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Biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean. Solutions to upscale EU biodiversity conservation policies Date: November 04, 2022
Place: TBC, Brussels - Belgium
Description of the event:
On 22 June 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a Nature Restoration Law, setting an overarching target of restoring 20% of the EU’s land and sea area by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. This proposal comes at a time when binding targets and concrete commitments and actions to restore nature and stop biodiversity loss are extremely necessary. This Regulation will require Member States to develop National Restoration Plans and will influence public authorities at national, regional and local level, as they would play a role in mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services, and in planning, funding, implementing and monitoring restoration programmes.
In addition, other fundamental EU policies related to the marine environment are under review and evaluation, as the Maritime Strategy Framework Directive, to be revised by 2023, following an impact assessment and consultations with experts and stakeholders and the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, whose implementation was the object of a report published in May 2022 by the EC.
With this event, organised back-to-back with the Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community (MBPC), the SEArica Intergroup aims at up-taking policy recommendations from the MBPC project focusing on the mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation into marine and maritime policies.
Type of event: Hybrid
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