Download Folie 1 - SURF

SURF to Biodiversity 2020
Maria Tiefenbach
Environment Agency Austria
1
www.surf-nature.eu
Content
 Europe`s Biodiversity, Status and Threats
 EU Strategies 2020
 Financing Biodiversity
2
www.surf-nature.eu
Europe`s Biodiversity
3
www.surf-nature.eu
Status of Biodiversity
Species
17%
 Species faced with the risk of extinction
- up to 25 % of European animal
species, including mammals,
amphibians, reptiles, birds and
butterflies face the risk of extinction and
are therefore included in the EU Regional
Red List by IUCN
31%
30%
Habitats
 65 % of the habitats and 52 % of the
species covered by the EU Habitats
Directive are considered to be in an
unfavourable conservation status
(EEA-ETC/BD, 2009)
22%
17%
37%
18%
28%
www.surf-nature.eu
4
Threats
 Habitat loss
 Overexploration
 Pollution
 Invasive Alien Species
 Climate change
5
www.surf-nature.eu
EUROPE 2020 - Headline targets for
Growth and Conservation of Biodiversity
Smart, sustainable, inclusive
growth
 Employment
 Research & Development
 20/20/20
 Reduce of greenhouse gas
emissions
 Increase of energy
efficiency
 Education
 Combating poverty
www.surf-nature.eu
Conservation of Biodiversity
 Halting the loss of
biodiversity and the
degradation of ecosystem
services in the EU and
restoring them in so far as
feasible, while stepping up
the EU contribution to
averting global
biodiversity loss
6
Biodiversity 2020
 Implementation of Biodiversity
targets on Member State,
regional/local level
 Financial support is essential
7
www.surf-nature.eu
SURF conclusions for improving ERDF
 Thematic objectives
 Direct opportunities „protecting the environment and promoting
resource efficiency“ – „protecting biodiversity, soil protection and
promoting ecosystem services including NATURA 2000 and green
infrastructure“ -> to be included into OPs as investment priority
 Indirect opportunities e.g.
 Low carbon society
 Climate change adaptation
 Education
8
www.surf-nature.eu
SURF conclusions for improving ERDF
 Better integration into the Operational Programms in
general
 Direct and indirect needs and priorities, e.g.
 Restoration of degraded ecosystems
 Public paticipation and awareness raising
 Synergies between biodiversity and regional development, e.g.
 Infrastructure, Jobs and regional vitality
 Avoid funding with negative impacts on biodiversity
 Integration of Prioritized Action Frameworks for funding
Natura 2000
9
www.surf-nature.eu
Overall objective
 Improve
regional policies and
conservation and biodiversity
practises
for
nature
 by increasing the opportunities for and the impacts of
financing nature conservation measures from ERDF funds
10
www.surf-nature.eu
Europe`s Biodiversity
11
www.surf-nature.eu
Sustainable Use of Regional
funds - for Nature
Thank you for your Attention!
12
www.surf-nature.eu