Research

With the upcoming adoption of the EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL), a new agenda for European biodiversity is to be undertaken. Through establishing binding targets, the regulation is set to require that countries achieve restoring and protecting at least 20% of EU land and sea by 2030, and restoring all degraded ecosystems by 2050. The…

The BioAgora consortium has conducted an evidence-based analysis of the challenges that may hinder the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Eight key challenges categories were identified by our team and reported in BioAgora’s Typology of challenges (Deliverable D1.1). The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 The EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (BDS 2030),…

In light of the current policy discussions in both the Nature Restoration law and EU Forest policy, the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission has put a request to explore the link between deadwood and fire risk in Europe. Deadwood is considered as a biodiversity indicator in forest ecosystems, but it is not yet…