This year the EU will make decisions that have far-reaching consequences for Europe’s people and nature. A new set of policy papers outlines why and how European politicians should prioritise nature restoration in the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030.

Daniel Allen of Rewilding Europe writes.

Time for action

Today, Europe faces a choice. Do we continue to let climate change and biodiversity decline continue unchecked, or do we employ the most immediate and cost-effective solutions to counter these increasingly harmful trends? In reality, it’s not much of a choice.

Restoration of nature, based on rewilding principles, is one of the best ways of tackling our current climate and biodiversity emergencies.

“Nature recovery works and we know how to do it,” says Rewilding Europe Managing Director Frans Schepers. “Now it’s up to Europe’s policy makers to ensure that it happens at scale, right across the continent.”

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