Agua y biodiversidad

1. Delegación de la Unión Europea en MéxicoCongreso Nacional ICLEI Agua y biodiversidad

2. Presentación • Politicas de Agua y Biodiversidad en la Union Euopea • Proyecto RALCEA

3. EU Biodiversity policy and post-2010 developments

4. EU policy development 2001 European Council agrees to halt the loss of Biodiversity by 2010 Biodiversity included in SDS and 6th EAP as priority 2006 EC Commu-nication and Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) 150+ actions 2008 Mid-term review of the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) 2009 Health Check for Habitats and Species (only 17% are in ‘favourable condition’) 2010 19 January: Commission Communication on options for post-2010 15 March: Post-2010 vision and target EC contracting party to Convention on Biological Diversity (since 1993)

5. Legislation Habitats Directive 1992 Protects over 1000 animals and plant species and over 200 habitat types Objective to achieve favourable conservation status Natura 2000 network EU-wide network of nature protection areas (terr & marine) established under the Habitats Directive Other env legislation Water Framework Directive Marine Strategy Framework Directive Nitrates Directive Etc… Birds Directive 1979 Comprehensive scheme of protection for all wild bird species naturally occurring in the EU Cornerstone of EU nature conservation policy

6. 2006 Biodiversity Action Plan • Covers relevant sectors and horizontal policy areas in a unified way • Identifies what needs to be done at Community level and at Member State level 4 Policy areas 10 Key Objectives 46 Targets 156 Priority actions

7. 2006 Biodiversity Action Plan • + Supporting measures • Ensuring adequate financing, • Strengthening EU decision making, • Building partnerships, • 4. Building public education, awareness and participation Monitoring, evaluation and review

8. BAP mid-term assessment (2008) • Key findings: • Despite some progress it is highly unlikely - based on current efforts – to achieve 2010 target • Significant additional commitment needed to come close to target • At global level a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biodiversity is not being achieved

9. EU Post-2010 policy development 19 January 2010 Communication: • Trends • Implications (env, economic, social) • Achievements and shortcomings • Options for a post-2010 EU vision & target • 15 March 2010: ENVI Council Conclusions • 2050 vision • 2020 target • + global biodiversity (CBD) • 26 March 2010: European Council Conclusions: • “There is an urgent need to reverse continuing trends of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. The European Council is committed to the long term biodiversity 2050 vision and the 2020 target set out in the Council's conclusions of 15 March 2010.”

10. EU post-2010 vision and target By 2050, European Union biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides – its natural capital – are protected, valued and appropriately restored for biodiversity’s intrinsic value and for their essential contribution to human wellbeing and economic prosperity, and so that catastrophic changes caused by the loss of biodiversity are avoided. By 2020, Halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU and restore them insofar as feasible, and step up the EU's contribution to averting global biodiversity loss.

11. In the pipeline • Biodiversity Strategy: actions, measures and sub-targets • key pressures, sectors • time-bound, measurable • fill gaps (GI, IAS, soil), build on existing mandates (CAP, CFP reform…) • Online stakeholder consultation • Knowledge base: scientific underpinning • Baseline • SEBI indicators • BISE • Strategic plan to fill the knowledge gaps • Ecosystem Services mapping • BAP final assessment • Assessment of Natura 2000 funding needs • EU footprint analysis • Global process • CBD, IPBES, TEEB

12. Knowledge base to support policy

13. 3 Priority areas • Monitoring/assessment: • Establish baseline (EEA) • Further develop European indicators (SEBI) • Fill knowledge gaps • launch BISE (EEA-ENV) • strategic plan to fill the knowledge gaps • support establishment of IPBES • Economics of biodiversity and ES (TEEB final report) • Ecosystem Services: • establish first set of biophysical maps of ES of EU importance by end 2010 (JRC)

14. I Baseline • Facts & figures on the state/trendsof and pressures on biodiversity & ecosystems components • Provide arguments and rational why biodiversity is important and why is it urgent to act • Support development of post-2010 target(s) and sub-targets • Measure/monitor progress and achievement from 2011 to 2020

15. Baselineconstraints • Target audience: policy makers Laymen language • Compilation and re-arrangement of EXISTING data • No new data collection, no new assessments or evaluations (except for updates) • Snapshot at EU level and/or biogeographical level • Use validated/published/peer reviewed data (reporting) • Compare different points in time ‘One-off’ data not useful to monitor progress; may be useful to give context • Provide links ‘biodiversity / human well-being’

16. EU Headline Target EU Nature policy EU main ecosystems Threats Ecosystem Services / Impact Red list, LIFE-Nature restoration projects, ecological footprint Species, habitats & sites under HD & BD Agro-ecosystems / Grassland Forest ecosystems Marine / Coastal ecosystems Freshwater ecosystems (lakes & rivers) / Wetland Heath & scrub Climate change Invasive species Fragmentation / Land use changes Pollution Overexploitation (agri, forest, fish…) Examples from TEEB, LIFE-Nature, Baltic sea…) Baseline content Themes Indicators (SEBI…)

17. Baseline Deliverables • Executive summary – the what & why • Scoreboard – summary of facts & figures • Facts & figures • Species and genetic resources • Ecosystems/Habitats • Ecosystem services • Pressures (HIPOC) Available for the Greenweek1st June

18. II BISE Biodiversity Information System Europe • Single Gateway to information on biodiversity in EU • Dissemination of information via the WWW => BISE web page (1st phase) • Sharing of informationand knowledge with stakeholders (e.g. Member States) supported by the EC/CHM partnership network and using the Web technology => CHM technological platform Launch at the Greenweek on 1st June

19. BISE Direct links to: • Biodiversity policy framework, instruments • Biodiversity assessments with quality ensured factual information • Biodiversity data (Biodiversity Data Centre) • Biodiversity knowledge and research results • Countries via EC Clearinghouse Mechanism • Focus on EU

20. home WISE | | DG ENV | JRC | EUROSTAT | EEA | CHM | contact us | site map | search BISE logo BISE - The Biodiversity Information System for Europe BISE is a partnership between the European Commission (DG Environment, Joint Research Centre, Eurostat) and the European Environment Agency (EEA). It incorporates the network of the European Clearing House Mechanism. more on this partnership Show sitemap Policy Topics Data Research Introduction EC_CHM News feed from CHM on Biodiversity in Europe (RSS/RDF) What’s new • Options for an EU vision and target for biodiversity beyond 2010[00/01/2010 DG ENV] • Biodiversity/resilience/stability relationships in forest ecosystems explored[28/10/2009 EEA] • Life- EU funds starts making a difference in amphibian conservation[14/10/2009 EEA] • The 2010 target to halt biodiversity loss - assesment of progress in Europe[16/07/2009 EEA] • Health check on Europe's protected species and habitat types [16/07/2009 EEA] • How much do we use e-Science and Technology Infrastructure for Biodiversity Research? [28/10/2009 EEA] • ….. • New web portal provides open access to information on antarctic marine species.[17/08/2009] • How much do we use e-Science and Technology Infrastructure for Biodiversity Research? [27/06/2009]

21. Example: The topics area of BISE with information on SEBI indicators • BISE -> Topics -> SEBI indicators • SEBI2010 – Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity indicators - is a pan-European initiative launched in 2005. Its aim is to develop a European set of biodiversity indicators to assess and inform about progress towards the European 2010 targets and beyond. • The EU was as the originator of the process and the results are used regularly. • …….. • SEBI2010 – Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity indicators • more on SEBI 2010 indicators from the DG Env web page • access to EEAs publications on indicators • show the indicators

22. National CHM National CHM National CHM National CHM National CHM Focal area: Indicators EC/CHM Network – Members share information and knowledge on Indicators EC-CHM - Focal area: Indicators Belgium Dumortier, M.; De Bruyn, L.; Hens M.; Peymen, J.; Schneiders, A.; Van Daele, T. and Van Reeth, W., 2007. Biodiversity indicators 2007. State of Nature in Flanders (Belgium). Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels. http://www.biodiversityindicators.be/ Finland Developing a biodiversity indicator collection for Finland http://www.environment.fi/default.asp?contentid=228447&lan=EN France MEEDDAT/DNP/Cellule biodiversité, 2007. Indicateurs de suivi de la biodiversité proposés pour la métropole dans le cadre de la SNB. http://www.naturefrance.fr/spip.php?rubrique36 Germany BfN, 2008. Policy-related Indicators Measure the Effectiveness of the German National Strategy on Biological Diversity. Federal Agency for nature Conservation. http://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/themen/monitoring/Indicators_German_Biodiversity_Strategy.pdf http://www.bfn.de/0315_biodiv-indikatoren.html Netherlands PBL & WUR, 2008. Halting biodiversity loss in the Netherlands: Evaluation of progress. Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. http://www.mnp.nl/en/publications/2008/Halting-biodiversity-loss-in-the-Netherlands.html Spain Jiménez Herrero, L. (ed.), 2007. Informe de Sostenibilidad en España – 2007. Observatorio de la Sostenibilidad en España. http://www.sostenibilidad-es.org/Observatorio+Sostenibilidad/esp/servicios/Indicadores+de+Sostenibilidad Switzerland Monitoring de la biodiversité en Suisse, 2006. Etat de la biodiversité en Suisse. Etat de l’environnement n° 0604. OFEV. Berne. http://www.biodiversitymonitoring.ch/pdfs/downloads/Lagebericht_f_lowres.pdf http://www.biodiversitymonitoring.ch/ United-Kingdom DEFRA, 2007. Biodiversity Indicators in Your Pocket 2007. http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-4229a: Indicators • Information is part of BISE • Information is kept up to date at the country level • at the discretion of the focal persons

23. III Ecosystem Services Map Provisioning services • Crop production for food, fibre and fuel • Timber production • Fresh water provision Regulating services • Air quality regulation • Climate regulation (carbon storage and sequestration) • Water quantity and quality regulation Cultural services • Recreation Available at the end of 2010

24. Objectives Mapping the provision of ecosystem services at continental scale • Estimate where and which and how much services are supplied by European landscapes • Quantify the changes in service provision over time • Relate the service provision to land use change • Couple the biophysical service provision to the LEAC framework for monetary valuation

25. Spatial indicators for ecosystem services Mapping provisioning services • Marketable services for which statistical indicators exist

26. 3 F production by agriculture (MJ/ha, 2002 data) Red areas is where the production of the ecosystem is likely to exceed the potential production under natural conditions (e.g. where higher loads of inputs are applied)

27. More information

28. THANK YOU For more information go to: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature