With its proposal for an EU regulation on nature restoration, presented on Wednesday 22 June, the European Commission is setting out a framework of obligations to enable Europe’s poor ecosystems - 80% of them - to regain their health and bring nature back to the continent.
This proposal is historic in that it addresses biodiversity loss for the first time in 30 years by setting binding targets for the restoration of at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems...