Overview
As a part of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the Commission will work closely with the European Parliament and Member States to ensure a high level of EU ambition and mobilize all efforts for the good of the world’s biodiversity. The EU is ready to lead all efforts to agree an ambitious new global framework for post-2020 at the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and use external action to promote its ambition.
Actions
To enable such EU leadership on the international biodiversity scene, the European Commission has planned the key following actions:
| Key actions to be taken by the Commission | Indicative timetable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal for further tightening of the rules on EU ivory trade | 2020 | ||
| Broker an ambitious agreement on marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction and on three vast Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean | as of 2020 | ||
| Assess the impact of trade agreements on biodiversity, with follow-up where needed | as of 2020 | ||
| Broker an agreement for an ambitious post-2020 biodiversity framework at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) | 2020-21 | ||
| Measures to avoid or minimise the placing of products associated with deforestation or forest degradation on the EU market | 2021 | ||
| Revision of the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking | 2021 | ||
| NaturAfrica initiative to protect wildlife and key ecosystems | as of 2021 | ||
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| Originally Published | Last Updated | 13 Oct 2020 | 08 Nov 2021 |
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