{"id":10165,"date":"2022-06-28T10:44:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T08:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.naturachevale.it\/?p=10165"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T08:44:29","slug":"the-european-commission-proposes-a-new-regulation-to-restore-europes-nature-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.naturachevale.it\/en\/news\/the-european-commission-proposes-a-new-regulation-to-restore-europes-nature-by-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Commission proposes a new regulation to restore Europe&#8217;s nature by 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2022 the <strong>European Commission<\/strong> adopted a <strong>pioneering proposal to restore damaged ecosystems and bring nature back across Europe<\/strong>, from agricultural land and seas, to forests and urban environments.<\/p>\n<p>According to the EC the proposal for a <strong>Nature Restoration Law<\/strong> is a key step in <strong>avoiding ecosystem collapse and preventing the worst impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss<\/strong>. Restoring EU wetlands, rivers, forests, grasslands, marine ecosystems, urban environments and the species they host is a crucial and cost-effective investment: into our food security, climate resilience, health, and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Under this proposal for a Nature Restoration Law, <strong>legally binding targets<\/strong> for nature restoration in different ecosystems will apply to every Member State, complementing existing laws. <strong>The aim is to cover at least 20% of the EU&#8217;s land and sea areas by 2030<\/strong> with nature restoration measures, and eventually extend these to all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The targets proposed include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reversing the decline of <strong>pollinator populations<\/strong> by 2030 and increasing their populations from there on<\/li>\n<li>No net loss of <strong>green urban spaces<\/strong> by 2030, a 5% increase by 2050, a minimum of 10% tree canopy cover in every European city, town, and suburb, and net gain of green space that is integrated to buildings and infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>agricultural ecosystems<\/strong>, overall increase of biodiversity, and a positive trend for grassland butterflies, farmland birds, organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and high-diversity landscape features on agricultural land<\/li>\n<li>Restoration and rewetting of <strong>drained peatlands<\/strong> under agricultural use and in peat extraction sites<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>forest ecosystems<\/strong>, overall increase of biodiversity and a positive trend for forest connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Restoring<strong> marine habitats<\/strong> such as seagrasses or sediment bottoms, and restoring the habitats of iconic marine species such as dolphins and porpoises, sharks and seabirds<\/li>\n<li>Removing <strong>river barriers<\/strong> so that at least 25 000 km of rivers would be turned into free-flowing rivers by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/environment.ec.europa.eu\/publications\/nature-restoration-law_it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Nature Restoration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2022 the European Commission adopted a pioneering proposal to restore damaged ecosystems and bring nature back across Europe, from agricultural land and seas, to forests and urban environments. 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