EU launched a 10-year strategy for biodiversity conservation

The European Commission announced its 10-year strategy for biodiversity conservation on March 3, proposing to stop the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in the EU region by 2020, laying the foundation for the EU biodiversity and ecosystem services to be protected, valued and restored by 2050 According to the announcement issued by the European Commission on March 3, the EU put forward six goals in this strategy: 1 Fully implement the existing policies and regulations on biodiversity protection, and further protect the biological habitats and species in the EU area; 2 Improve and restore the ecosystem and its service functions through the construction of "green" infrastructure; 3 Ensure the sustainability of agricultural and forestry production 4 Protect EU fishery resources; 5 Control species invasion; 6 Actively participate in global biodiversity protection The EU believes that biodiversity in the EU is facing a huge crisis, causing serious economic and social losses The loss of biodiversity alone leads to a reduction in insect pollination activities, resulting in an annual economic loss of up to 15 billion euros to the EU In 2001, the European Union proposed to achieve the goal of preventing biodiversity loss in 2010 Since then, the European Union has implemented the ecological protection network plan and the biodiversity action plan Over the past year, the EU has repeatedly acknowledged on various occasions that this goal has not been achieved Stopping the rapid loss of biodiversity in 2010 is the goal of the United Nations World Summit on sustainable development in South Africa in 2002 The United Nations recognizes that this goal has not been achieved In addition to the EU, other countries and regions have also acknowledged that they have not achieved their respective goals The launch of the EU's 10-year strategy for biodiversity conservation is a concrete measure to implement the European 2020 strategy and the requirements of the 10th Conference of the parties to the United Nations Convention on biological diversity, held in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010.