Brussels, 28/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the Commission adopted action plans to integrate the concerns linked to the preservation of biodiversity in four sector based policies of the Union - agriculture, fishing, environment and development cooperation. These plans, attached to figured targets, define the measures required to stem the disappearance of wild animal and plant species, ecosystems and crop variety in the Union. Below are the main actions undertaken in each sector: Environment: rigorous implementation of "Birds" and "Habitats" Directives, control and assessment of environmental integration policies in the Union sector based policies, implementation of international agreement (CITIES Convention, Convention on climatic change, diversification, etc,); Agriculture: considered intensification of agricultural practices, preservation of economically viable agricultural and socially acceptable activity, agro-environmental measures; Fishing: preservation and sustainable use of fish stocks, protection of non-target species, habitats and ecosystems against effects of fishing and aquaculture; Development cooperation: help the LDC countries to preserve their forests, their humid zones and the coral reefs. The adoption of these plans was prescribed by the strategy in favour of biodiversity defined in 1998 to implement the Convention on biological diversity, adopted in 1992 at the Rio Summit.