The European Union’s ambitious new biodiversity strategy is generally good news for nature in Europe, but for the rest of the world the picture is less clear.

Will the EU fulfil its ambition of leading by example to restore global biodiversity or will it protect Europe’s nature by exporting the problem elsewhere? Khaled Diab explores the thorny issue.

The European Commission’s has unveiled its new Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, which the EU executive describes as “a comprehensive, systemic and ambitious long-term plan for protecting nature and reversing the degradation of ecosystems”.

The document, which, along with the Farm to Fork Strategy, was released on World Bee Day, proposes a more ambitious vision and programme for restoring and protecting nature in all its flourishing variety, especially when it comes to enforcement, than its predecessor, which expires in 2020.

The European Union’s ambitious new biodiversity strategy is generally good news for nature in Europe, but for the rest of the world the picture is less clear.

Will the EU fulfil its ambition of leading by example to restore global biodiversity or will it protect Europe’s nature by exporting the problem elsewhere? Khaled Diab explores the thorny issue.

The European Commission’s has unveiled its new Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, which the EU executive describes as “a comprehensive, systemic and ambitious long-term plan for protecting nature and reversing the degradation of ecosystems”.

The document, which, along with the Farm to Fork Strategy, was released on World Bee Day, proposes a more ambitious vision and programme for restoring and protecting nature in all its flourishing variety, especially when it comes to enforcement, than its predecessor, which expires in 2020.

“The coronavirus has taught us how important it is to listen to scientists and heed their warnings and scientists have been warning about the threat posed by biodiversity loss to our own survival for decades,” explains the EEB’s Policy Manager for Biodiversity and Water Sergiy Moroz. “Restoring and protecting nature brings so many benefits, from climate and flood protection to defence against the emergence of new diseases.”

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