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CommitteeENVIRapporteurCésar Luena (S&D)
Published in the Official Journal · 29 Jul 2024
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Who showed up
103 submissions from industry — companies and their trade associations — against 107 from civil society: NGOs, consumer organizations, environmental groups and trade unions.
Industry 103Civil society 107Public authorities, academia, other 24
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The consultation closed on 22 Aug 2022 — it ran from 24 Jun 2022.
Für Mensch und Umwelt 22. August 2022 Statement on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Nature Restoration (COM(2022) 304 final; 2022/0195 (COD)) by the Department of Plant Protection Products of the German Environment Agency (UBA IV 1.3) We greatly appreciate the Commission’s dedicated policy initiatives and the main goals of the ‘European Green Deal’ as well as its key…
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
As the draft regulation has already been published and submitted to the other EU institutions we lack the understanding of this feedback process. Never before the European Commission (EC) has asked for a public feedback in this way after the proposal being already published. Therefore, we do not understand how the EC will make use of it.
Opinia Państwowego Gospodarstwa Leśnego Lasy Państwowe do wniosku dotyczącego rozporządzenia Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady w sprawie odbudowy zasobów przyrodniczych Projekt rozporządzenia w sprawie odbudowy zasobów przyrodniczych powstał w wyniku realizacji celów Unijnej strategii na rzecz bioróżnorodności 2030.
Filed in Polish · English published by the European Commission
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Dear Commission, Blaireaux Agro NV is an agricultural undertaking in Flanders, Belgium. Please find enclosed the concerns and concerns raised by Blaireaux Agro NV on the proposal for a European nature restoration law proposed by the European Commission on 22.06.2022.
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We welcome EU’s initiative to strengthen efforts in reducing biodiversity loss and restoring ecosystems. Scientific evidence reveals a necessity to manage these issues better, yet we are not convinced that EU’s proposed Nature Restoration Regulation addresses this topicality with the appropriate legal and institutional means. There are 3 fundamental aspects that deserve reconsideration from our point of view: 1.
Dear Commission, Please find enclosed the concerns and concerns raised by P.Th.G. dassen on the proposal for a European nature restoration law. Relying on the attached concerns and objections to the European nature restoration law being taken into account in the decision-making on the European nature restoration law, Eighth, P.Th.G. dashes
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Betriebsvorstellung Ich habe ein abgschlossenes Hochschulstudium der Agrarwissenschaften und bin seit 18 Jahren selbstständiger Landwirt in Brandenburg. Mein Standort ist durch geringe und zudem schlecht verteilte Niederschläge und viele Hitzetage gekennzeichnet. Zudem besteht aufgrund des sandigschluffigen Substrats und des Reliefs eine mittlere bis hohe Wasser- und Winderosionsgefahr.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
The CGB, a specialised association representing French beet growers, wishes to comment on this draft Regulation. As regards the overall aspect, the CGB is in favour of harmonising European frameworks for agro-ecological transition in order to limit distortions of competition between Member States, but the same requirements should be imposed on products imported into the EU.
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Diestsevest 32 bus 3b | 3000 Leuven 016 47 99 98 [email removed] www.groenekring.be FEEDBACK NOTE n20220822 Onderwerp From: Groene Kring To: European Commission Datum: 22 augustus 2022 CONCERNING: REGULATION ON NATURE RESTORATION INTRODUCTION Groene Kring is a Flemish (Belgian) young farmers organisation. We unite and represent young farmers.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Dear, please find attached the full feedback from the Boerenbond, the largest agricultural and horticultural organisation in Flanders. We are very concerned about the European Commission’s proposal for a new nature restoration law and its potential impact on the agriculture and horticultural sector.
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This is a year of important international moments for nature and climate, with the UNFCCC COP27, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15 and Ramsar COP14 all taking place in 2022. The EU and its Member States can play a leading role in the international arena if they do things right at home.
Forum Natur Brandenburg | Am Kanal 16-18 | 14467 Potsdam Forum Natur Brandenburg e.V. 14.08.2022 Rückmeldung Schutz der biologischen Vielfalt: Ziele für die Wiederherstellung der Natur im Rahmen der EU-Biodiversitätsstrategie Wir begrüßen den grundsätzlichen Ansatz des Verordnungsentwurfes, erlauben uns jedoch folgende Hinweise: - - - - Wenn durch die Umsetzung der Verordnung Ertragseinbußen für Bewirtschafter…
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Dear Commission, Please find enclosed the concerns and concerns raised by Hoogbosch Propriété Belge NV on the proposal for a European nature restoration law. Relying on the attached concerns and objections to the European nature restoration law being taken into account in the decision-making on the European nature restoration law, Eighth, Hoogbosch Propriété Belge NV P.Th.G. dashes
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Please find Sveminence’s reply in the attachment Consultation on nature restoration proposal Svemin (the Swedish Association of Mines, Mineral and Metal Producers) repressions around 60 companies with more than 13 000 employees in mining, outsourcing and technology.
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment. We see a need for significant corrections. The focus of the Regulation on the protection of habitats alone is no longer sufficient to meet the challenges of the protection of species.
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Geachte Commissie, Gelieve in bijllage de bezorgdheden en bezwaren van Claumat NV op het voorstel voor een Europese natuurwet terug te vinden. Vertrouwende dat in bijlage ingediende bezorgdheden en bezwaren ten aanzien van de Europese natuurherstelwet mee worden genomen in de besluitvorming ten aanzien van de Europese Natuurherstelwet, hoogschtend, Claumat NV P.Th.G. Dassen
Appreciatie Natuurherstel Verordening EU - inbreng LTO Nederland In het onderstaande wordt, in vier blokken (brede aspecten, algemeen verordening, overwegingen en artikelen) een eerste appreciatie vanuit LTO Nederland gegeven. Dit betreft de ene keer opmerkingen, de andere keer vragen en een aantal keren een beoordeling.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) welcomes the Commission’s initiative to develop a regulatory framework to enable Europe's poorly functioning ecosystems to recover and bring nature back. As concessionary of the Rhône River in France and 100% renewable energy (RE) producer (water, wind, sun), CNR has developed a unique model of synergy between economic activity, innovation and environmental preservation around its…
“Bringing nature back into our lives” is the main goal enshrined in the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy. The proposed EU Regulation on Nature Restoration is a crucial piece of legislation to achieve this goal. Wetlands International Europe welcomes the proposal of the European Commission and calls on the European Parliament and Council to adopt an even more ambitious regulation and put the EU at the forefront of…
We welcome the European Commission’s proposal for the Nature Restoration Law. We support the Commission’s overall ambition to enhance health and resilience of ecosystems which are vital for forest industry. Healthy and resilient ecosystems enable competitiveness as well as raw-material and energy self-sufficiency in the EU region and they are cornerstones for forest industry, which is committed to safeguard the…
Europe’s forests face significant climate change challenges. At the same time, forests and timber offer significant potential for solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change. In order to make the best use of these potentials against the uncertainties of climate change, it is essential that forests are actively adapted to the new realities and replaced by the use of wood in all areas of emission-intensive…
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We share the concern about biodiversity loss and the need to put in place measures to halt biodiversity. However, the consequences of legislating in this area without thorough knowledge of the reality of the areas that occupy this type of ecosystem, both scientific, technical and administrative, can have an effect contrary to the desired effect.
Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission
22 sierpnia 2022 r. Opinia Ministerstwa Klimatu i Środowiska – Departament Leśnictwa i Łowiectwa nt. wniosku Rozporządzenie Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady w sprawie odbudowy zasobów przyrodniczych z dnia 22.06.2022 r.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
FEEDBACK 1(1) Marja Rankila Heidi Lettojärvi 22nd August 2022 Nature Restoration Law 25.000km free flowing rivers The Proposal aims to restore at least 25,000 km of free-flowing rivers by 2030 through the removal of obsolete barriers. Finnish Energy welcomes the clear wording that removal of obsolete barriers is not aimed at barriers used for generating low-carbon energy, such as hydropower.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Stellungnahme zum Landesbauernverband Brandenburg e. V. „Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über die Wiederherstellung der Natur“ 2022/0195 (COD) [address removed] OT Ruhlsdorf vom 22.06.2022 Tel.: [phone removed] Fax: [phone removed] Internet: www.lbv-brandenburg.de e-Mail: [email removed] 22.08.2022 Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
The Nature Restoration Law, is a mandatory legally binding instrument with ecosystem-specific targets in time to be implemented equally across EU, with no flexibility at all by being a Law proposal. Portugal proposes that this Nature Restoration Law is turned into a Directive. Portugal as a Member State, wishes to have the flexibility to make the right choices applied to specific local conditions.
Born Free welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback. The biodiversity crisis we are experiencing in Europe and globally is unprecedented. The decline in nature and biodiversity undermines our wellbeing and resilience and jeopardises the future of a million or more species, including our own. The EU has a key role to play in halting and reversing that trend and must lead by example.
Our industry has considerable experience in rewetting peatlands, it is a statutory requirement in Sweden that peat quarries be repaired. Very good local knowledge, cooperation and knowledge are needed to achieve successful after-treatment. We have many good examples that we are happy to share. Today there are almost 2 500 ha of land with good regeneration.
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Currently, Europe as whole is in a state of crisis due to the suffering and destruction coming from the Ukraine-Russia war. And, in times of war the focus on food security becomes an aspect of critical importance. It is essential to take the necessary steps to ensure that food supplies continue reaching those most affected, in Ukraine and globally.
The Fédération Nationale Bovine (Fédération Nationale Bovine) supports the overall aspect of the European Commission’s approach to nature restoration, in particular the desire to harmonise European frameworks for agro-ecological transition, in order to limit distortions of competition.
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Ecosystems are the “lungs” and backbone of our rural territories and landowners are custodians of this rich environment. The European Landowners’ Organization supports the European Commission’s aspiration to improve the health and resilience of European Ecosystems.
Dear Members of the European Commission, Eurelectric - the Union of the Electricity Industry - the welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commission’s proposal for a Nature Restoration Regulation. Additionally, the European electricity sector represented by Eurelectric welcomes further initiatives jointly addressing the interlinked challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.
Protecting nature will not be enough to reverse biodiversity loss - the world needs to be more ambitious on nature restoration. Nature restoration is already partially required from the Member States in existing EU legislation. However, significant implementation and regulatory gaps hinder progress, and stronger implementation support and enforcement is required.
Oesterreichs Energie fully supports the European Green Deal and its initiatives and stresses the importance to tackle the twin challenge of biodiversity and climate change. Binding EU-targets for nature restoration could help restoring the EU's ecosystems, but should go hand-in-hand with the urgently needed acceleration of the roll-out of renewables and be fully in line with existing environmental legislation.
Cepi supports the overall ambition to enhance the health and resilience of ecosystems. The European pulp and paper industries source 86% of the wood they use in the EU and share the strategic objective to keep healthy and growing forests. This includes maintaining and enhancing biodiversity, which is a key component of ecosystem stability and productivity.
From the point of view of Austrian industry, it is necessary to fundamentally revise the present draft Regulation on nature restoration. Unchecked implementation of the proposal and foreseeable litigation would have potentially serious negative economic consequences.
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Neova Group welcomes the Commission’s efforts to set ambitious peatland and wetland restoration targets and supports the Commission in guaranteeing sustainable peatland management in Europe. Neova emphasises that any EU-wide legislation needs to take into account national specificities and minimize any potential negative impacts for industry, private property or food production.
Niedersächsisches Landvolk Kreisverband Wesermünde e. V. [address removed] 0471/92 49 5 - 0 Landvolk Niedersachsen Kreisbauernverband Land Hadeln e. V. [address removed] 04751/92 26 - 0 Europäische Union 22. August 2022 Vorschlag für eine VERORDNUNG DES EUROPÄISCHEN PARLAMENTS UND DES RATES über die Wiederherstellung der Natur hier: Stellungnahme des Niedersächsischen Landvolkes, Kreisverband Wesermünde e. V.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
IBMA, the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association, welcomes this public consultation regarding the European Commission proposal for a Nature Restoration Regulation, a crucial matter for the future of the environment and the biodiversity, in line with EU objectives.
Opinion on the European Commission’s draft Nature Restoration Regulation With the above draft Regulation, the European Commission intends to require Member States to set binding targets for the restoration of different ecosystems. In particular, these plans concern agricultural and forestry land. Full restoration of damaged ecosystems is to be achieved by 2050.
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France Nature Environnement considers that this draft regulation is the most important step since the Habitats Directive in terms of these objectives and its construction, and as such fully supports it. By opting for a proactive approach to restoring nature guaranteed by binding targets, the Member States both in terms of restoring species and habitats and rehabilitating them, this text represents a major…
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•The principle of scientific setting of target states in this proposal, combined with (to be drawn up) plans for the specific problems, is clearly positive. In principle, the IVA welcomes the fact that the means of achieving the objectives are kept open in the present proposal and should be defined on the basis of scientific evidence and taking into account national circumstances.
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Fish ponds represent a heritage that is particularly favourable to the 3 objectifs:incendie forest competition, with GHG-free food souiveriness and biodiversity enrichment. However, I know that ponds are never consulted to participate upstream in this kind of reflexion.The community is depriving itself of strong and probant.This lack of knowledge leads to a priori or even negative dogma against ponds.
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Finnish Forest Centre provides open forest and nature information and an independent service to support the decision-making of the forest owner and for the entire forest sector. The Finnish Forestry Centre is involved in the restoration and improvement of the state of forest nature on a practical level, for instance by mapping and monitoring valuable forest habitats and their condition and participating in the…
Sustainable Mining in Europe – Sustainable Mining for Europe Euromines Feedback on Nature Restoration Targets under the EU Biodiversity Strategy Brussels, 22 August 2022 Commission’s draft Nature Restoration Regulation (Com 2022/0195) Biodiversity and mining Raw-material supply makes use of geological anomalies that cannot be moved from where they are found.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Protecting nature will not be enough to reverse biodiversity loss - the world needs to be more ambitious on nature restoration. Nature restoration is already partially required from the Member States (MS) in existing EU legislation. However, significant implementation and regulatory gaps hinder progress, and stronger implementation support and enforcement is required.
Family businesses Land und Forst Niedersachsen e.V. support the objective of preserving biodiversity in Europe. However, the multiple challenges — such as energy supply, food security, climate protection and biodiversity — need to be seen in a context and addressed globally. Therefore, the EU Biodiversity Strategy also needs to be critically reviewed for its effectiveness.
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FACE, the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation, representing 7 million hunters in Europe, has openly welcomed the EC’s restoration proposal (see attached document) as it aims at putting in place time-bound obligations for ecosystem restoration together with an overarching EU target, i.e., 20% of EU’s land and sea areas must be restored by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.
Memo Maija Rantamäki 1 (2) 19 August 2022 Finnish Forest Industries Federation’s response to the commission's consultation on the Nature Restoration Law Forest industry products and sustainable forest management play an important role in achieving the European Green Deal goals.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
As the Federal German Landowners’ Organization (Bundesverband Familienbetriebe Land und Forst e.V.), we represent agricultural and forestry enterprises with around 50,000 owners and employees whose production methods are dependent on stable climatic conditions and functioning ecosystems.
Experience with NATURA 2000 in the Czech Republic confirms that the relevant European provisions (“Habitats Directive” and “Birds Directive”) are taken into account in national nature protection legislation, in particular Section 45f of Act No 114/1992 Coll. on Nature and Landscape Protection (hereinafter “the Act”), more strictly than required by the original text of the Directives.
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GENERAL VISION — ASPAPEL shares all the interests in the sustainable management of nature and forestry, given that woodland and deforested woodland are of interest for its sustainable management in accordance with the definition and criteria defined by Forest Europe (MCPFE).
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Position of the agricultural cooperative Dubrau e.G. on: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nature restoration We firmly reject the draft Regulation as the objectives envisaged in the Regulation lead to a further weakening of agricultural holdings. The existing far-reaching regulation of agriculture would be unnecessarily broadened by this Regulation.
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These DSTF comments are sent on behalf of Mr. GAMMELTOFT, chairman of DSTF (Danube Sturgeon Task Force): DSTF shares that view that action to restore nature is imperative and has to be enhanced seriously as the Union’s biodiversity, according to the “State of Nature Report” of the European Environmental Agency, is still further declining (and our Danube sturgeon species, which are already extinct or on the brink of…
Industrial Minerals Association Europe (IMA-Europe) representing the interest of Industrial minerals producers in Europe, welcomes, the proposal on Nature Restoration initiative presented by the Commission (22 June 2022). While we understand the rationale to move forward with this initiative, as minerals sector we have some reservation on its legal shape and the content proposed.
Stellungnahme EU-VO Wiederherstellung der Natur Artikel 1 – Gegenstand Die geplante Verordnung ist nicht auf Natura 2000-Gebiete beschränkt. Es handelt sich bei diesem Gesetzesentwurf um eine immense Ausweitung von „schützenswerten“ Gebieten. Aus der Verordnung lässt sich nicht entnehmen, welcher „Schutzanspruch“ für die sanierten und wiederhergestellten Gebiete außerhalb des Natura 2000-Netzwerkes bestehen soll.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Introduction SBP is an independent, multi-stakeholder certification scheme designed for solid woody biomass used in large-scale energy production. The SBP certification system provides assurance that solid woody biomass is sourced from legal and sustainable sources and provides verified data along the supply chain to evidence this.
Hello, The project seems interesting but warns me on a certain point: the concept of ecological continuity. France and its administration are reluctant to remove plans from somebody from their origins (some of them are multisecular) and uses. This concerns fish ponds, some of which are classified as NATURA 2000 or otherwise. This declines their role as extensive fish farming in terms of biodiversity.
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WWF Poland finds the proposal of Nature Restoration Law as very needed initiative beneficial for biodiversity, climate and people. The reverse of biodiversity loss and climate change is crucial for maintenance of ecosystem services, may have a crucial role in reducing risk of heatwaves, droughts and floods, risks for food security and our wellbeing.
The conservation of aquatic ecosystems, marshes, peatlands and wetlands is a key element in protecting biodiversity and thus restoring natural resources. Today, climate change shows the need to protect these ecosystems. Without water there will be no life, no forests, let alone biodiversity. The climate change that affects us also affects forests, causing them to die.
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Dear Sir or Madam, the draft regulation is a ‘untime’, as it runs counter to the Commission’s efforts to secure self-sufficiency within the EU in the short term by suspending the crop rotation obligation and compulsory fallowing under the CAP 2023, to mitigate further burdens on EU citizens by rising consumer prices, and to contribute to the global food supply.
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The rules can become problematic from an economic and local point of view. Particularly in those sectors where business models are associated with corresponding land use (e.g. industry or large storage and trading areas), a major concern can arise. It is not clear from the proposal whether green areas can be obtained by greening flat, inclined roofs and façades.
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The Kreisbauernverband des Spree-Neiße Kreiss e.V. opposes the “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restoration of nature”. The main task of farmers is to produce and market high-quality animal and plant products and to operate in a resource-efficient manner. New technologies and knowledge are constantly improving and clarifying the work of farmers.
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BirdLife, WWF, EEB and Client Earth strongly welcome the Commission's legal proposal for the Nature Restoration Law, because it is a big opportunity and leverage to bring nature back to Europe, for the benefits of biodiversity, climate and people. The proposal has the potential to make a real impact at the required scales, if implemented in a timely and well-considered manner.
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We welcome the Commission’s initiative to promote resilient and climate-resilient ecosystems. However, on the basis of the report of the Regulatory Audit Committee, we see inconsistencies in the draft Regulation. 1.Overall objective and choice of legal instrument The draft regulation does not show any added value for biodiversity. Ecosystems within the EU are only partially covered by legislation.
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European production of food and renewable raw materials takes place at a high environmental level. Production restrictions not only threaten European security of supply in times of severe market disturbances and unpredictable global supply chains, but lead to the relocation of production to non-European third countries, which mostly do not meet European standards.
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Butterfly Conservation Europe (BCE) welcomes the proposed Nature Restoration Law and the introduction of legally binding targets for the restoration of ecosystems. The proposed regulation rightly recognises that biodiversity loss has not been halted by previous EU legislation such as the Habitats Directive, as demonstrated by the most recent Article 17 reports submitted by Member States which show that most of the…
The protection of forest biodiversity should be based on a specific approach to each type of ecosystem. The restoration needs of individual forest ecosystems should be based on robust field studies carried out in an ecosystem-specific (relatively long) observation cycle.
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We welcome the Commission’s initiative to promote resilient and climate-resilient ecosystems. However, on the basis of the report of the Regulatory Audit Committee, we see inconsistencies in the draft Regulation. 1.Overall objective and choice of legal instrument The draft regulation does not show any added value for biodiversity. Ecosystems within the EU are only partially covered by legislation.
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19. August 2022 Stellungnahme zum Entwurf der EU-Kommission einer „Verordnung die Wiederherstellung der Natur“ Mit dem am 22. Juni 2022 vorgelegten o.g. Verordnungsentwurf will die Kommission mit verbindlichen Zielvorgaben die Mitgliedstaaten dazu verpflichten, über Wiederherstellungspläne für verschiedene Ökosysteme – insbesondere auf land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Flächen – Maßnahmen zur Erholung und…
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
FCIO Position EC-Proposal for a Nature Restoration Regulation FCIO welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on nature restoration (COM(2022) 304 final). The diversity of ecosystems, species and plant varieties is valuable and must be protected.
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Zinc mine Mining supports Svemins answer to the consultation and would like to high light the following as specific important.Coordination for an amendment to Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, and Article 5, paragraphs 8 and 9.To assess the impact, impact and benefit of restoration measures in a certain area, input from operations in the area can be essential to chose the right measures and area for implementation.
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While the Land & Forestry Farms in Austria welcome in principle the efforts to prepare the European cultural landscape against current and future challenges, we regret that the present draft does not cover many societal issues and ecosystem dynamics and involves massive violations of the EU’s fundamental principles.
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Geachte, Met dit schrijven wens ik mijn bezorgdheden te uiten over de Europese natuurherstelwet zoals voorgesteld door de Europese Commissie op 22 juni 2022. Alvorens mijn bezwaren te formuleren, wens ik mezelf en mijn bedrijf kort voor te stellen. Wij hebben een gemengd landbouw bedrijf waarbij de veeteelt combineren met akkerbouw. Onze veestapel bestaat uit jongvee en melkvee en vleesvarkens.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
DÉPOSITION EN FRANÇAIS Consultation publique européenne - La Continuité écologique – Dépôt du SYPOVE L’Europe consulte pour la réglementation relative à la continuité écologique mais le Syndicat de Valorisation et de Promotion des Étangs de Poitou-Charentes Vendée (SYPOVE) affilié à la Fédération nationale « Étangs de France » vient apporter sa contribution sur ce sujet très préoccupant surtout avec la sécheresse…
Opinion on the European Commission’s current draft “Recovery of Nature” We have an agricultural holding in northern Germany and some of our areas are located in the areas that regulate the draft. In order to avoid future dangers/difficulties for our farm, I would like to comment as follows on the Commission’s current draft ‘Rehabilitation of Nature’.
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Beste, Mijn naam is Vervoort Hilde ik ben aandeelhouder van een landbouwbedrijf in Vlaanderen België, Boskant 2 te 2350 Vosselaar, Gelieve mijn feedback op het voorstel voor een Europese natuurherstelwet terug te vinden. Zie bijlage vriendelijke groeten Hilde vervoort
Geachte, Met dit schrijven wens ik mijn bezorgdheden te uiten over de Europese natuurherstelwet zoals voorgesteld door de Europese Commissie op 22 juni 2022. Alvorens mijn bezwaren te formuleren, wens ik mezelf en mijn bedrijf kort voor te stellen. Ik ben Vervoort Hilde en heb een kalver -landbouwbedrijf van 1550 kalveren.vergund in2020 Gelegen te Boskant 2, te 2350 Vosselaar.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Geachte, Met dit schrijven wens ik mijn bezorgdheden te uiten over de Europese natuurherstelwet zoals voorgesteld door de Europese Commissie op 22 juni 2022. Alvorens mijn bezwaren te formuleren, wens ik mezelf en mijn bedrijf kort voor te stellen. Ik ben Wellens-Vervoort CommVLO en heb een kalver -landbouwbedrijf van 1550 kalveren.vergund in 2020 Gelegen te Boskant 2, te 2350 Vosselaar.
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Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
The EGU Biodiversity Task Force welcomes the ambitious targets outlined in the Nature Restoration Law that was presented by the European Commission on 22 June 2022. To ensure the Nature Restoration Law is successful, the EGU Biodiversity Task Force is recommending seven key points to be added, amended, or strengthened throughout the document.
The rewetting of the above-mentioned soils renders my property meaningless. This cannot be accepted. I call for a limit to raised bog areas. Moorgley and Organomarsch needed to be adopted by the Regulation. I have a dairy farm and these areas serve as a feed basis for my cows. If I can no longer farm this land, how should I feed my animals. Who compensates me for this.
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Dear initiators, Our association works in the Homokhátság in Hungary’s most dry region to reverse semi-desert conditions. 60 years of human intervention have destroyed the countryside, the climate and the whole life, so my proposal is as follows: IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SAY IN THE WAY IT WORKS, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF HELPING TO RESTORE NATURE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF HELPING PEOPLE TO RESTORE NATURE.
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We strongly welcome the legal proposal for the Nature Restoration Law, because it is a huge opportunity to bring nature back to Europe, benefiting biodiversity, climate and people. The proposal has the potential to make a real impact at the required scales if implemented in a timely and well-considered manner.
WWF Belgium supports the legal proposal for a Nature Restoration Law as it is a huge opportunity to bring nature back to Europe, benefiting biodiversity, climate, and people alike. It is an important milestone to reverse the tide of both biodiversity loss and climate change, with the potential to make a real impact at the scales required if implemented in a timely and well considered manner.
Publieke consultatie Bescherming van de biodiversiteit: doelstellingen voor natuurherstel van de EU-biodiversiteitsstrategie De glastuinbouw levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan een duurzame, gezonde en gelukkige maatschappij. Wij staan garant voor voedselzekerheid en een rijk gevarieerd aanbod aan groenten, fruit, bloemen en planten.
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The AGPM is convinced of the role played by culturalists in the preservation of nature, and of the role they will continue to have in its restoration. Thus, French farmers, aware of the importance of preserving natural environments, have largely changed their practices and contributed in particular to the preservation of pollinators or aquatic environments.
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We are committed to the objective of preserving Europe’s biodiversity. But the multiple crises — energy, nutrition, climate change and biodiversity — need to be commemorated and solved globally. It is essential that we also critically review the EU Biodiversity Strategy for its effectiveness.
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CEPM wants to thank the European Commission to have the opportunity to express its position on the adopted act on EU Nature Restoration. The following months are going to be very important on this dossier in a context of the Ukrainian crisis and its impacts.
We are committed to the objective of preserving Europe’s biodiversity. But the multiple crises — energy, nutrition, climate change and biodiversity — need to be commemorated and solved globally. It is essential that we also critically review the EU Biodiversity Strategy for its effectiveness.
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Stora Enso welcomes and supports the European Commission’s intention to set ecosystem-specific targets for nature restoration. Nature restoration is an essential part of tackling biodiversity loss and we welcome the objectives outlined in the Commission’s legislative proposal.
Please find attached an opinion of Latvian Peat Association. A Regulation should not be adopted, but a Directive can be discussed. The geographical differences of the Member States should be taken into account. The restoration of ecosystems is a sensitive issue that affects the interests of many involved parties, therefore there is no need to rush, but on the contrary, flexibility is needed.
IFAW strongly supports the EC proposal for the Nature Restoration Regulation. This is a huge opportunity to bring nature back to Europe, benefiting biodiversity, climate, and people alike, in a critical moment for the EU biodiversity. We believe that the prompt adoption and implementation of the EC proposal will be crucial to reverse biodiversity loss and climate change.
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nature restoration Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE) contribution Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s ‘Proposal for a regulation on nature restoration’ aimed at recovering a biodiverse and resilient nature across the European Union and mitigating climate change through EU…
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La FNSEA, consciente des enjeux de préservation du vivant face aux constats scientifiques multiples d'appauvrissement de la biodiversité en Europe, salue la volonté de la Commission Européenne d'agir pour restaurer la nature et soutient l'ambition d’harmonisation des cadres européens en matière de transition agroécologique afin de limiter les distorsions de concurrence au sein de l'Union Européenne.
Eastern and Northern Finland consists of seven provinces: Etelä-Savo, Kainuu, Central Ostrobothnia, Lapland, North Karelia, Northern Ostrobothnia and North Savo. In addition, South Karelia is part of the Eastern and Northern Finland Forest Working Group as the eighth province. Eastern and Northern Finland welcomes the nature restoration targets set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy.
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We welcome the Commission’s initiative to promote resilient and climate-resilient ecosystems. However, on the basis of the report of the Regulatory Audit Committee, we see inconsistencies in the draft Regulation. 1.Objective and choice of legal instrument The draft regulation does not show any added value for biodiversity. Ecosystems within the EU are only partially covered by legislation.
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River restoration is an integral part of sustainable water management encompassing a large variety of ecological, physical, spatial and management measures and practices. Structures in rivers act as a barrier for water flow, sediment transport and river habitat connectivity.
1 (2) 19 August 2022 To the European Commission Feedback on the EU Restoration Law Kemijoki Oy, the most important producer of hydroelectric power in Finland, welcomes the objective of the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law. However, in its current form, the proposed regulation is not coherent with the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (‘WFD’).
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We see the need to protect environmental compartments and preserve areas/habitats of high nature value. On the other hand, such efforts must be seen not only in the context of environmental aspects, but in the context of the EU’s socio-economic dimension as a whole. In our view, this proposal ignores this context. The economic impact assessment is trivialised and not carried out in detail.
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Statement of the Association of the Austrian Wood Industries on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nature restoration - 2022/0195 (COD) General: In principle, the Association of the Austrian Wood Industries welcomes the measures of the European Commission to reduce the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) Ref. Ares(2022)5821597 - 19/08/2022 1 (5) Helsinki, Finland 19th August 2022 MTK’s feedback on the proposal for a regulation on nature restoration The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) thanks for the opportunity to give feedback on the proposal for a regulation on nature restoration.
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We welcome the Commission’s initiative to promote resilient and climate-resilient ecosystems. However, on the basis of the report of the Regulatory Audit Committee, we see inconsistencies in the draft Regulation. 1.Overall objective and choice of legal instrument The draft regulation does not show any added value for biodiversity. Ecosystems within the EU are only partially covered by legislation.
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We welcome this bold and ambitious initiative. However, coming from the perspective of High Nature Value farming systems as we do, we find the proposal to have a very significant blind spot. As written, it largely ignores or undervalues the key role of agricultural management, particularly as part of low-intensity farming systems, in the maintenance of a large number of Annex 1 habitats (the so-called Halada…
With regard to the protection of biodiversity and the associated management restrictions, it must be borne in mind that the designation of all protected areas (e.g. bird protection areas) results in an unreasonable burden on farms, as in some cases more than 50 % of the soil is removed. This also leads to a sharp decline in agricultural production.
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The draft regulation is a very important document in the restoration of ecosystems, however, currently the definition of a pollinator in the regulation proposal (COM (2022) 304 final) does not include domesticated or managed pollinators such as honeybees, bumblebees, which are important pollinators in ensuring biodiversity and ecosystem services.
The Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUV) welcomes the Commission’s intention to step up efforts to restore ecosystems and to set in the Regulation the objective of a sustainable, long-term and sustainable recovery of biodiversity and nature resilience.
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These measures lead to farm-based SUS! for the affected arable land! We produce arable farmers in the EU for the global market! Agricultural products can be imported into the EU from all over the world. EU arable farmers do not have to comply with the requirements that do not exist in the rest of the world! This is why these conditions lead to the death of farms and expropriation of landowners!
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As a land-grown and agricultural holding in Germany, we depend on reliable framework conditions both for our first production factor, soil and the environment, and for other production conditions, including plant protection and the market.
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Europeans for Safe Connections welcomes the Commission's efforts to protect biodiversity. Nevertheless, we have a number of important recommendations. The EU lists many causes that threaten biodiversity. However, one is systematically ignored. It is the very important artificial radio frequency radiation (RF-EMV) to which nature is increasingly exposed.
We welcome the Commission’s initiative to promote resilient and climate-resilient ecosystems. However, on the basis of the report of the Regulatory Audit Committee, we see inconsistencies in the draft Regulation. 1.Overall objective and choice of legal instrument The draft regulation does not show any added value for biodiversity. Ecosystems within the EU are only partially covered by legislation.
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Paris, le 18 août 2022 Réponse du CNPMEM à la consultation publique sur la « Proposition de règlement de la CE portant sur les objectifs contraignants de restauration de la nature » N° d’identification dans le registre de la transparence : 23837746977‐09 Le CNPMEM a pris connaissance du projet de règlement portant sur les objectifs contraignants de restauration de la nature porté par la Commission Européenne et…
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For the FOP (Fédération Française des Producteurs d’Oléagineux et de Protéagineux), which defends the interests of almost 100 000 producers, this proposal is likely to promote harmonisation between the Member States of measures, some of which have already been applied in France, which is in favour of limiting distortions of competition.
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Measurable targets for nature restoration across ecosystems with the aim of a sustained recovery of biodiverse nature across the EU’s land and sea areas are key to the actionable transition to a net-zero economy and climate recovery. CDP Europe supports the Commission's aim to engage Member States in the transition.
The Nature Restauration Law (NRL) is the most relevant nature-related law in the last 30 years, and the only legally binding nature law expected under the current European Commission mandate. As a commitment from the Biodiversity Strategy 2030, it has the ambition of responding to the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.
In principle, the Lower Austria Economic Chamber welcomes measures to preserve and strengthen biodiversity. Since 2017, as a result of the ‘Wirtschaft & Nature Niederösterreich’ project supported by Life+, holdings in Lower Austria have been supported in designing a semi-natural business area, as part of the Ecological Farm Advisory System, in order to give nature space despite multiple usage requirements.
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Feedback from The Danish Agriculture & Food Council. DAFC represents the farming and food industries of Denmark including companies, trade and farmers’ associations. Please find below a short summery in English of our feedback in Danish (attached).
1.General WKO Upper Austria welcomes measures to preserve and strengthen biodiversity. We were one of the first to highlight the importance of this issue. Together with the Upper Austria Nature Conservation Department, we supported businesses in making their areas close to nature through the ‘Natur in Betriebs — Biodiversity on Commercial Areas’ project.
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Austrian Economic Chamber (WKÖ): The WKÖ is the legal representative of some 540,000 Austrian companies in the industrial, commercial, commercial, transport, banking & insurance, tourism and services sectors. In principle, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber supports the European Commission’s efforts to restore degraded semi-natural habitats in their networked functionality.
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We welcome the definition in Article 3(3) of proposing both active and passive ecosystem recovery support for restoration. It is important to bear in mind that climate change stressors are only starting to work now. Passive ‘sustainable recovery’ is no longer possible at this stage in the forest ecosystem and natural processes are too slow to counteract this.
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Opinion on Nature Restoration Regulation Dear Sir or Madam, with regard to the above-mentioned Regulation, we would like to make the following observations: The above-mentioned Regulation provides, inter alia, for the restoration of agricultural drained peatlands and peat extraction areas. In particular, 30 % will be restored by 2030, of which ¼ will be wetted. 50 % and half should be restored by 2050.
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As a Landowners’ Association in Baden-Württemberg and member of Bundesverband Familienbetriebe Land und Forst e.V., we represent agricultural and forestry enterprises with a scope of around more than 50,000 hectares. Our members and their employees are dependent on stable climatic conditions and functioning ecosystems.
Growing Media Europe AISBL feedback to Nature Restoration Law proposal Growing Media Europe welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for an EU Nature Restoration Law. Restoring the EU’s nature will not only play an important role in realising the EU’s climate ambitions and improving the sustainable provision of ecosystem services but also in accomplishing the European Green Deal.
The European Environmental Bureau strongly supports the proposal for a Regulation on nature restoration. We consider the proposal to be a huge opportunity to bring nature back to Europe, benefiting biodiversity, climate, and people alike.
HSE Group remains strongly committed to contributing to achieving the European Green Deal’s objective of climate neutrality by 2050 and welcomes the European Commission’s legislation proposal that aims at “restoring ecosystems, habitats and species across the EU’s land and sea areas in order to enable the long-term and sustained recovery of biodiverse and resilient nature and contribute to achieving the EU’s climate…
Flora and fauna are under strong pressure and the situation is deteriorating. The EU mentions many of the causes that threaten biodiversity. However, one is systematically ignored — artificial radio-frequency radiation. Many scientific research has shown that this impact is harmful.
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In principle, the AöL welcomes the EU’s intensive work on biodiversity. This is because the loss of biodiversity and the loss of biodiversity represent an existential challenge for us and our businesses in the food sector. We therefore welcome the fact that the European Commission is now working on restoring degraded ecosystems and ensuring sustainable management.
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CLE welcomes the proposal for a Nature Restoration Regulation. The diversity of ecosystems, species and crop varieties is inherently valuable and needs to be protected. Farm performance benefits in many ways from biodiversity-based ecosystem services. The seeds farmers sow, pollination, the cycling of nutrients and water, and the effective control of pests and diseases are all connected to biodiversity.
The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) considers the new EU Nature Restoration Law as a very important time-bound step towards combating the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss, all issues of enormous importance and relevance to the Mediterranean.
Consultation Publique – Proposition Règlement « Restauration de la Nature » La protection de la biodiversité ainsi que la sauvegarde des écosystèmes naturels sont au cœur de la politique environnementale de HAROPA PORT, le Grand Port fluvio-maritime de l’axe Seine.
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CIA — Faroltori Italiani, one of the largest agricultural organisations in Europe that presents Italian farmers and agricultural business owners, welcomes the opposition to provide feedback on the new EC proposal for a regulation to protect biodiversity and restore nature in the EU. Please, for the end of the campaign attachments — Italian farmers’ feedback.
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ClientEarth strongly supports the Nature Restoration Regulation, as a comprehensive instrument aimed at tackling the twin biodiversity and climate crises, through restoring key habitats across the EU. This legal proposal comes at a critical time for the Union's biodiversity, which -according to the "State of Nature" report of the European Environmental Authority- is declining at a rapid rate, with the vast majority…
Healthy ecosystems provide important social and economic resources and are of vital importance for the survival of our planet. Biodiversity loss and nature degradation are alarming problems, often overshadowed by other major global challenges such as climate change, public health or geopolitical issues.
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Healthy ecosystems are of a critical importance for the sustainability of human and economic activities – and the whole survival of our planet. Biodiversity loss and nature degradation are particularly worrying concerns, often overshadowed by other major global challenges, such as climate change, public health or geopolitical issues.
WWF European Policy Office supports the legal proposal for a Nature Restoration Law as it is a huge opportunity to bring nature back to Europe, benefiting biodiversity, climate, and people alike. It is an important milestone to reverse the tide of both biodiversity loss and climate change, with the potential to make a real impact at the scales required if implemented in a timely and well considered manner.
EDF welcome the Commission’s ambition in its proposal for regulation on nature protection. EDF shares the view that this action is imperative and supports binding targets to ensure the retoration of ecosystems at European level. We also acknowledge the fact that each habitat has its own particularities and received the differentiated approach within the criteria defined for each ecosystem.
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The Union Nationale des Producteurs de Pommes de Terre, a specialised association of FNSEA, which defends the interests of potato producers, wishes to express its views in the context of this public consultation.
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Agricultural development, urbanisation, the development of transport networks, but also the construction of infrastructure dedicated to energy production, the protection of property and people, etc. have been accompanied by a deterioration in certain environments: disappearance of wetlands, disruption of ecological continuities, reduced self-regulation capacity of environments, resulting in deterioration of nature…
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The Nature Restauration Law (NRL) is the only legally binding nature law expected under the current EU mandate. As a Biodiversity Strategy 2030 commitment, it has the ambition to respond to the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.
EUSTAFOR is in favor of the proposed ecosystem-specific approach and recommends that restoration needs are determined based on verified field data and properly recognize differences and specific contexts of various ecosystem types and land uses. Notably, forest ecosystems have longer cycles than other habitat types and therefore require a longer time for proper observation of major trends and changes.
We appreciate and support the ambitious goals of the Strategy, particularly: 1)Protection of natural and old growth forests. Designation of old and natural forest criteria, should be implemented according to scientific definitions, in consultations with scientists and NGOs; 2) Effective protection of European wetlands. Restoration should be understood as a abandoning the drainage of the marshes and peatland sites.
The recently published State of the Environment Report 2020 shows that there was limited progress from the 2010 baseline towards the 2020 targets. The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 failed to deliver on the target to restore 15 % of degraded ecosystems. Continued deterioration for some habitats and species outweighs the improvements.
Context - We strongly support that this legislation needs to give effect to the EU Green Deal. References to the EU 8th Environment Action Programme and the EU CAP and EU F2F Strategy should be included. Problem definition – Ecosystem degradation is highlighted but its extent is underplayed.
The following recommendations are collated from our partnership network, including our conferences in Brussels (2017) which produced an Old Growth Forest Protection Strategy and Bratislava (2019): 1) Defining areas for protection • A clear definition structure for old growth and primary forest, identifying relevant criteria, to enable a standardised approach for protection & restoration; to be set alongside varying…
Protecting biodiversity: nature restoration targets under EU biodiversity strategy We welcome the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 calling for legally binding EU nature restoration targets to restore degraded ecosystems. We want to underline the importance of restoration targets and tools linked to protection of forest habitats.
The following recommendations are collated from our partnership network, including inputs from our Bratislava conference: 1) General principles • Restoration of degraded natural ecosystems is essential, though protection of existing ecosystems (particularly forest) should be highlighted as more cost-effective. A point often overlooked.
The primary objective of the legal instrument should be to reverse biodiversity loss, resulting in the large-scale restoration of ecosystem functioning, connectivity and resilience. It is important to stop the ongoing fragmentation of river and stream ecosystems by building new dams. We need legal help to avoid further dam building and deterioration.
We would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on this draft, which we share our analysis. We can only underline the urgent need for consistent, ambitious and, above all, legally binding action! We expect European policy to take into account the preservation of biodiversity and the protection of the environment in all its decisions across departments.
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The European Association for Coal and Lignite (EURACOAL) supports efforts to restore degraded ecosystems. The reclamation of post-mining areas is in fact a natural stage of mining activity, which compensates for the unfavourable changes caused by mining and in many cases is the beginning of ecosystem renewal, including among others the creation of new biodiverse sites.
As the European and Central Asian chapter of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN Europe+), we welcome the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and especially the EU Nature Restoration Plan and the commitment to push for a principle of equality in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the CBD.
We welcome the Commission’s proposal of conducting a policy option assessment prior to considering the elaboration of binding nature restoration targets. At this early stage of the process, we’d like to highlight the importance of taking a holistic view, considering both positive and negative impacts on nature, people and the economy.
Growing Media Europe AISBL (GME) is a non-profit association representing the producers of growing media and soil improvers on European level. Growing media are essential in society as they contribute (on a strongly increasing level) to growing food and to greening our living spaces (trees and ornamentals). Growing in growing media in a controlled environment (e.g.
Protect the Forest welcomes the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 calling for legally binding EU nature restoration targets to restore degraded ecosystems. It is important to highlight the importance of restoration targets and tools linked to all different forest habitat types. Protect the Forest agrees that today’s efforts to restore ecosystems in the EU are insufficient.
We welcome EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030. EUBS2030 can be a powerful framework to halt the decline in biodiversity and contribute to the wellbeing of European citizens. So far, BS2030 has shown political ambition to avoid repeating past errors.
Fidelis Siluas Foundation (Wierni Lasom) Nature conservation, including forests, in particular natural forests, including in particular the protection of natural afforestation, is a fundamental and priority action for the strategy.
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We welcome the urgent attention that the Commission is placing on restoring degraded ecosystems, in particular those with the most potential to capture and store carbon and to prevent and reduce the impact of natural and man-made disasters. As a trade association consisting of US manufacturers and exporters of sustainable woody biomass, we are proud to be playing our part in supporting healthy forests.
Industry supports the objective of protecting, promoting and using its components in a sustainable manner. Clear objectives, (economic) measures, coherent instruments and reliable long-term development of a regulatory framework are essential to ensure competitiveness and the European business location. Many factors influence biodiversity loss.
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On behalf of our six million members and supporters and 53 affiliate organizations across the United States, the National Wildlife Federation appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the EU’s proposal to establish binding restoration targets in order to contribute to the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy.
Protecting biodiversity: nature restoration targets under EU Biodiversity Strategy Feedback from Jernkontoret - The Swedish Steel Producers´ Association Contact: [name removed], Ph. D., Senior Advisor, Water, ecosystems, and sustainability. Mobile: [phone removed].
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Enviva is a leading global energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy. Our mission is to fight climate change by displacing coal and growing more trees. We do this by producing sustainable, renewable wood pellets and delivering them to customers around the world.
Comments on “Protecting biodiversity: nature restoration targets under EU biodiversity strategy – Roadmap” No âmbito da Estratégia de Biodiversidade e considerando que é de enorme relevância uma intervenção abrangente ao nível dos habitats, parece-nos importante focar as florestas.
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Tetra Pak fully appreciates the importance of restoring degraded ecosystems and shares the objectives of the European Commission and its Green Deal. We welcome robust actions to restore degraded ecosystems whilst fostering a healthy circular bioeconomy. Biodiversity and climate change are fundamentally intertwined, with sustainably managed forests being a key enabler to mitigate these twin planetary crises.
The DUH supports the Commission’s efforts to propose a legal instrument setting binding EU targets for the restoration of nature. Given the failure to achieve the voluntary objective of restoring ecosystems to date, a legislative approach is needed.
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AGDW forest owners consider the following key points for further discussion on the preparation of a proposal on legally binding EU restoration targets • All terms used should be clearly defined and agreed by consensus before further steps; • ensure coherence with existing EU legislation and recognise relevant existing legislation at national level; • the objectives must be realistic, achievable and based on the best…
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The Bioenergy Association of Finland supports the aim of the EU to address biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystems. The general objective of the proposed legislation is to restore degraded ecosystems, in particular those with the most potential to capture and store carbon and to prevent and reduce the impact of natural and man-made disasters.
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental citizens' organisations, supports the commitment by the European Commission to propose legal instrument setting binding EU nature restoration targets. This action has the political backing from both the Council and the European Parliament.
The National Union of Aggregates Producers (UNPG) is satisfied with the new EU Strategic Framework on Ecosystem Restoration, as improving the biodiversity situation must be at the heart of all businesses and citizens in France and Europe.
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In relation to the initiative put forward by the European Commission through the Protecting biodiversity roadmap: Nature restoration targets under EU biodiversity strategy, the Agricultural Institute wishes to share key considerations to be taken into account when preparing the announced proposal on legally binding EU nature restoration targets and their impact assessment. (see attached file).
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Action is needed to bring back ‘high-quality’ nature by restoring degraded ecosystems to enable nature to recover and to improve the health and resilience of our ecosystems, to turn the tide against biodiversity loss. WWF-CEE therefore welcomes the commitment to put forward a proposal for legally binding EU nature restoration targets.
In the last few months, through a specific convention, the Dipartimento of Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente Di3A of the University of Catania is supporting the process of valorisation of an area in the valleys around Etna which aims to become a UNESCO site for its wealth and environmental quality, for its high value in terms of biodiversity and for an agriculture still largely traditional and linked to…
Alla Commissione Europea SEDE Nell’ambito della pluriennale attività di ricerca sviluppata – nell’ambito del Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A) dell’Università degli Studi di Catania – in campo agronomico ed economico-agrario e delle conoscenze maturate in diversi contesti agricoli e rurali della regione Sicilia e del Mezzogiorno d’Italia accogliamo positivamente la volontà da parte della…
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OP2B members are committed to helping achieve the objectives set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy to reverse biodiversity loss by 2050, in line with the ambitions set out in the Paris Agreement, and that will form the core of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. As part of this commitment, we fully welcome the Commission’s ambitions to propose legally binding targets for nature restoration.
Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto (The Finnish Association) is the oldest and biggest environmental non-governmental organisation in Finland. We have done restoration work in practice in our projects especially with traditional rural habitats and peatlands. We welcome the legal tool, because current commitments have not been enough. For example, Finland has made many projects to develop restoration (e.g.
EUSTAFOR, acting as a voice of European state forest management organizations at EU and pan-European levels, wishes to share the following contribution to this roadmap consultation: Restoration commitment requires properly defined objectives: From a forest manager’s perspective, the restoration objectives, especially those in old-growth forests and primary forests, must be precise and based on sound scientific…
Surfrider Foundation Europe (SFE) welcomed the new strategy on biodiversity but was surprised by an insufficient focus given to ocean: hardly half commitments address ocean biodiversity, even though more efforts are needed to ensure ocean’s good environmental status.
The initiative to facilitate the restoration of habitats and species is a good step towards the conservation and restoration of our provincial and national target species. What is not yet well/sufficiently covered grassland ecosystems. A much stronger emphasis should be put on this.
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The German Steel Federation supports the overall goal of conservation biological diversity in order to achieve sustainable economic activity. Stable ecosystems and their goods and services are important not only for ecological, but therefore for economic and social development. However, the specific situations in the variable member states must be taken into account.
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Eurelectric welcomes that the European Commission will propose a new regulation to impose legally binding nature restoration targets. Beside policies aiming to protect the local environment, we will further have to reduce the pressure on our global environment, by combating climate change.
The full commentary of the Wildland Research Institute is included in the attached Position Paper Important note: The attached position paper was developed in close cooperation with the Forest Defenders Alliance (FDA, www.forestdefenders.eu) so there are overlaps between our document and the FDA submission, which is also available at…
European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals Euromines Position on EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, December 2020 Biodiversity and mining Raw-material supply makes use of geological anomalies that cannot be moved from where they are found. Deposits may be situated in remote (and relatively pristine) areas.
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The Forest Defenders Alliance (www.forestdefenders.eu) is an initiative to amplify voices of NGOs working on forests and climate. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the roadmap for nature restoration targets under the Biodiversity Strategy.
Swedish Forest Industry Federation, SFIF, welcomes a discussion of nature restoration, but more focus would be on nature conservation management activities. More effective conservation management in protected areas, will enable an effective and sustainable forest management in other areas, for circular bioeconomy purposes.
How Responsibly Produced Peat can contribute to restoration targets Foundation Responsibly Produced Peat (RPP) is aware that intact peatlands are unique ecosystems and contribute to conservation of biodiversity. We believe that responsible peat production can contribute to restoration targets for degraded peatlands.
BirdLife Cyprus welcomes the initiative for binding restoration targets and recommends the following: A. Aspects guiding the next steps 1. With this restoration initiative, the Commission should focus on binding nature restoration targets. 2. The mentioned possibility of an EU wide methodology to map and assess ecosystems and their delivery on soil, pollination etc.
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers' (IOGP) shares the global ambition to reduce and reverse biodiversity loss in the framework of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development and supports the objectives of the EU's Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
We need to ensure that agricultural activity is central to any policy decisions on the management of biodiverse lands. These are managed landscapes for generations and agricultural activity has been responsible for creating the biodiversity which now needs to be protected. Farmers are central to the management of biodiversity.
“European forests are under pressure.” Two major reports released this year reinforce this statement: the European Environmental Agency’s (EEA) 5-year report on the state of the European environment, and the ecosystem assessment from the Joint Research Center (JRC) to support evaluation of the Biodiversity Targets. Both show that the trend of land being degraded by agriculture and forestry practices is worsening.
Oatly is a Swedish food company offering oat-based dairy alternatives. We would like to comment on the proposed roadmap with a suggestion for ensuring that the scope includes agricultural land and a change in diets.
natur&ëmwelt welcomes the initiative for binding restoration targets and recommends the following: A. Aspects guiding the next steps 1. With this restoration initiative, the Commission should focus on binding nature restoration targets. 2. The also mentioned possibility of an EU wide methodology to map and assess ecosystems and their delivery on soil, pollination etc.
The Czech Republic welcomes the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, as it is conscious of serious challenges the nature and biodiversity is facing, at EU level as well as globally. The scientific data show clearly the continuous trends of deterioration of most types of ecosystems.
Holmen welcomes a discussion of the need for nature restoration. Holmen’s own experience from 400 years of forest management in Sweden is that focus should be on nature conservation management activities rather than on amount of land set a side.
1/ Properly access the implementation of a new binding nature restoration target: Evaluating ecosystem services is a delicate exercise. ELO has itself launched a survey and research on the evaluation of cultural ecosystem services (currently undervalued) and we are fully implicated in the MAES working group with the European Commission. This leads ELO to think that a binding target would be premature.
Climate Action Network Europe strongly supports the establishment of legally binding nature restoration targets in the European Union. Two crises pose serious threats to life on earth: the climate change crisis and the biodiversity crisis. Major global intergovernmental assessments, including from the IPCC and the IPBES, have demonstrated that they are strongly interlinked.
The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) warmly welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy. The Federation sees this Strategy as an opportunity for the aquaculture sector to place sustainability in the centre of food legislation.
Preserving biodiversity is important for all areas of life, including agriculture and forestry. We would like to refer to the Annex and would like to highlight the following point: The roadmap is not suitable as a direction The terminology used already raises many questions: What is natural? What are degraded ecosystems?
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ClientEarth welcomes the EU Nature Restoration Plan of the EU Biodiversity Strategy and fully endorses the development of ambitious legally binding nature restoration targets, as the only adequate policy response to the alarming results of the EEA’s State of Nature Report and the CBD’s Global Biodiversity Outlook 5.
The European Commission’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 has outlined important principles and announced major actions to address the challenge of biodiversity loss. Eurogypsum, the European federation of national associations of producers of gypsum products, has welcomed the European Commission’s ambitions on this subject and would like to submit some comments on the first elements provided in the “inception impact…
Recent reports have demonstrated that EU is largely failing its ambition to protect European habitats and species and science is also clear that freshwater biodiversity is in particular need of restoration, with megafauna suffering the most. Also, the fate of the sturgeons is increasingly receiving political attention.
The Norwegian Biodiversity Network Sabima is a Norwegian NGO working to halt the loss of biodiversity. In light of the IPBES’ 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and the IPCC report on Climate Change and Land, both revealing dangerous nature decline, Sabima strongly supports and applauds EU’s ambition to reverse biodiversity loss and to take a lead by example and action.
1 - Protection of existing ecosystems (particularly forest) is far more cost-effective than restoration. It is an obvious point, often overlooked. 2 - The need for clear definition-driven targets with 5 yearly progress assessments to 2050 and compulsory (legal) MS plans to develop these 3 - Non-intervention and natural processes should be prioritised where feasible for ongoing management of restored areas within the…
Tree gangways — trees planted in line along roads, roads, streets and canals — contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. The habitats are those of selvedges, with also ancient trees: They are also socially oriented — embellishing — and are not harvested as in forests, and remain in place for longer.
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he initiative to develop EU nature restoration targets is laudable as the restoration of forests and other ecosystems in the EU will have a wide range of positive effects. As recognized in the Note, the first step towards restoration is to reduce the pressures causing biodiversity degradation.
The Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) would like to share key considerations to be taken while preparing the announced proposal on legally binding EU nature restoration targets and its impact assessment.
Stora Enso is one of the biggest private forest owners in the world. In the Nordics, we also cooperate with other private forest owners, providing them with comprehensive forest management services. We contribute to tackling climate change by managing our forests sustainably, ensuring we never harvest more than we grow while safeguarding biodiversity.
Habitat fragmentation, loss and degradation as a result of land and sea use change, through agricultural intensification, grey infrastructure developments, overfishing or intensified forestry is widespread. Further drivers of biodiversity loss, such as the over-exploitation of natural resources both on land and at sea, the effects of the climate crisis, pollution and invasive alien species also contribute to the…
COPA AND COGECA’S FEEDBACK ON THE ROADMAP - “Protecting biodiversity: nature restoration targets under EU Biodiversity strategy” (Inception impact assessment) For Copa and Cogeca, organization representing European farmers and agri-cooperatives, it is very important that any legislative initiative that arises from the objectives set in the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 is accompanied by a thorough and convincing…
The new restoration law must be targeted, to avoid past failures in reaching targets, and include concrete actions leading to large-scale restoration across the EU. It is important that it builds on existing definitions to ensure rapid adoption and implementation as well as coherence. The new law should not undermine or duplicate existing EU Directives including restoration requirements but complement them.
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation’s (SSNC) response to the nature restoration law. SSNC is a member-based organization and Sweden’s largest environmental organization. SSNC works with issues ranging from climate and energy to chemicals, oceans, agriculture, forests, and biodiversity.
A crucial part of the context for the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the nature restoration targets, is that raw materials, and not least metals, are recognized as key to manage the technological transition to a climate neutral and sustainable society.
The EU Biodiversity Strategy sets a target of 3 billion trees to be planted by 2030. Since reunification, the Federal Office for the Environment and Nature Conservation, Germany e.V. (BUND), together with other environmental associations and voluntary environmentalists, has been working with great commitment to preserving legacies and tree rows as part of green infrastructure.
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We regret that the efforts made in recent years by European fishermen to improve the state of the fish stocks they catch and to ensure the good environmental status of Community species and habitats of heritage interest are not fully recognised by the Commission. What prevails elsewhere in the world does not seem to us necessarily to apply to European fishing fleets.
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The EU call for planting 3 billion additional trees cannot be implemented in forests and on marginal agricultural land only (not enough planting space). As part of nature restoration efforts, trees should be planted on road verges, canal and river banks, dikes and dams, urban streets - where technically feasible. Preservation of existing trees should be required in procedures for road construction projects.
We welcome the initiative which hopefully leads to improvement of the status of biodiversity and quality and quantity of ecosystems as well is good example of action for other regions outside EU. However, it should be noted that specific measures must also be set so that EU's various policies and measures (e.g.
Fortum’s feedback on the Inception Impact Assessment for the EU nature restoration targets Fortum supports the EU Biodiversity Strategy and its aim to protect and restore species and habitats. Biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystems are a severe global concern that has to be tackled.
As part of nature restoration efforts, trees should be planted on road verges, canal and river banks, dikes and dams, where technically possible, and properly cared for. Preservation of existing trees should be required in procedures for road construction projects. Excessive traffic safety concerns should not be allowed to overrule the climate, biodiversity, and landscape benefits of roadside trees.
Dear EC! NABU welcomes the initiative for binding restoration targets and recommends the following: A. Aspects guiding the next steps 1. With this restoration initiative, the Commission should focus on binding nature restoration targets. 2. The also mentioned possibility of an EU wide methodology to map and assess ecosystems and their delivery on soil, pollination etc.
Czech Society for Ornithology welcomes the initiative for binding restoration targets and recommends the following: A. Aspects guiding the next steps 1. With this restoration initiative, the Commission should focus on binding nature restoration targets. 2. The also mentioned possibility of an EU wide methodology to map and assess ecosystems and their delivery on soil, pollination etc.
BirdLife welcomes the initiative for binding restoration targets and recommends the following: A. Aspects guiding the next steps 1. With this restoration initiative, the Commission should focus on binding nature restoration targets. 2. The also mentioned possibility of an EU wide methodology to map and assess ecosystems and their delivery on soil, pollination etc.
Agriculture is a field that has been very closely linked for centuries to landscape formation and maintenance, including the development of diverse habitats and various management methods, which have contributed to and contribute to a rich biodevirus agricultural landscape. There is no doubt that this social benefit will continue to be provided by agriculture in the future.
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The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) Ref. Ares(2020)7228899 - 01/12/2020 1/2 Helsinki, Finland 1 December 2020 st MTK’s feedback on the Roadmap “Protecting biodiversity: nature restoration targets under EU Biodiversity Strategy” (Inception Impact Assessment) MTK supports the main goal of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 which aims at halting the loss of biodiversity.
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Biodiversity is the foundation of life on earth and a prerequisite for sustainable development. Yet, biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate, seriously eroding the capacity of our planet to sustain life. It is for this reason Member States have adopted a series of strategies and action plans aimed at halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity, including the EU biodiversity strategy to 2030.
Ecologistas en Acción, a spanish nertwork of environmental activists, member of EEB among other umbrella groups, supports the commitment by the European Commission to propose legal instrument setting binding EU nature restoration targets.
SPEA welcomes the initiative for binding restoration targets and recommends the following: A. Aspects guiding the next steps 1. With this restoration initiative, the Commission should focus on binding nature restoration targets. 2. The also mentioned possibility of an EU wide methodology to map and assess ecosystems and their delivery on soil, pollination etc.
The Hellenic Ornithological Society welcomes the initiative for binding restoration targets and recommends the following: A. Aspects guiding the next steps 1. With this restoration initiative, the Commission should focus on binding nature restoration targets. 2. The, also mentioned, possibility of an EU-wide methodology to map and assess ecosystems and their delivery on soil, pollination etc.
Veolia strongly supports the EU Strategy on biodiversity and shares answers to the Inception impact assessment. The plan to increase and strengthen the EU network of protected areas needs measures and monitoring that are concrete and readily understood by all actors for swift implementation: we suggest to include broad no-regret measures obligations (ex.
Trees in open landscapes, particularly avenues (trees along roads and waterways) should be restored as an important - yet threatened - green infrastructure, contributing to climate change adaptation and biodiversity in Europe’s rural areas.
Drinking water and waste water services have an essential mission: the protection of human health and the environment, so EurEau welcomes the opportunity to share its views on the inception impact assessment of the EU restoration targets. We welcome the fact that the initiative is based on the art.191 TFEU.
Clear numerical measures should be imposed on the Member States, and these objectives should be linked to an ambitious inspection and monitoring policy to ensure that these objectives are met. Communication should be widely disseminated among Europeans to raise awareness of this very worrying issue, which is all too often overshadowed by climate change.
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The fatal effects of large carnivores on the Slovenian countryside Ref. Ares(2020)7064001 - 24/11/2020 Brussels, 5.12.2019 Stanislav Bergant Who am I? - I am an organic farmer on a mountain farm at an altitude of 1100m - My ancestors were farmers and hunters, closely connected to the nature, I am a hunter too The main characteristics of my farm: - The farm has 9 ha of permanent grassland and 40 ha of forest - On…
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Biodiversity supports healthy and resilient ecosystems, keeps the climate in balance, provides essential resources for communities and a stable supply of raw materials for our industry. ACE supports measures that promote the sustainable use of forest, agriculture, marine, freshwater and urban ecosystems, and integrate biodiversity considerations, such as sustainable sourcing and supply chain requirements into all…
We warmly welcome a new ambitious biodiversity strategy with numerous measures, such as ecosystem restoration, to combat the degradation of biodiversity in the European Union. We want to emphasise the following: 1) In order to overcome the challenges in implementation of the previous BD strategies, biodiversity protection and ecosystem restoration should be taken equitably into account with other land and sea use…
The “EU Biodiversity Strategy by 2030” sets the ambitious target. to draw up a nature restoration plan to ‘improve the health status of protected areas; existing and new and restoring a diverse and resilient nature to all landscapes and ecosystems: For this requires reducing pressures on habitats and species and ensuring that ecosystems are always used sustainably; There is also a need to support nature…
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the objectives and targets that the Commission wishes to set itself in the context of this initiative are commendable but quite different from the reality of European forests. This is for two main reasons: — forest development takes place over a long and very long period of time, and therefore forest management takes account of this and therefore already takes account of the issue of climate change, while…
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The initiative to facilitate restoration of habitats and species is urgently needed. However, I have a couple of suggestions to add: 1) I miss a stronger emphasis on grassland ecosystems. Species living in pastureland and meadows are highly threatened and the changes in agricultural land-use (intensification, abandonment) drive these to extinction.
We strongly welcome the proposal to set binding nature restoration targets. It is essential that they are focused on achieving positive outcomes for species and habitats across the EU. We would direct the EC to the work of the European Habitats Forum for general guidance on the approaches that should be taken.
Policy context 1. The new restoration law must be targeted and result in urgent large-scale restoration across the EU. 2. The new law should be additional to the relevant EU Directives. 3. The restoration law should create synergies between the biodiversity and climate crisis agenda.
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