Biodiversity

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  Innovative financing mechanisms for biodiversity: what can Mexico and Europe learn from each other?

  IEEP and partners compare innovative biodiversity financing mechanisms in the EU and Mexico and suggest recommendations for mutual learning.

• Innovative mechanisms for financing biodiversity conservation: A comparative summary of experiences from Mexico and Europe

  IEEP and partners compared innovative biodiversity conservation funding mechanisms in the EU and Mexico.

• Natura 2000 and Jobs – Scoping the Evidence

  The European Natura 2000 network provides job opportunities in sectors ranging from conservation and restoration, agriculture, forestry, fisheries to tourism, recreation, and health.

• Innovative instruments for conservation funding

  IEEP and partners evaluated EU biodiversity conservation funding, including the potential of novel financial instruments

• Plugging the conservation finance gap: a new EU fund?

  IEEP and partners evaluate the EU funding landscape for biodiversity conservation. Could a new, dedicated EU fund for biodiversity address the existing financing gap?

• Integration approach to EU biodiversity financing

  For the European Union to meet its goals of protecting and restoring biodiversity, the availability and effective delivery of adequate funding is essential. The current EU framework ...

• IEEP at the European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON) final conference

  Improving the use of biodiversity data to inform EU Member States’ Rural Development Programmes, and its use in environmental impact assessments and spatial planning

• Access to Nature Reduces Health Inequalities: An IEEP Briefing

  Improving access to nature can help address health and social challenges across Europe and reduce health inequalities.

• Can green infrastructure help conserve biodiversity?

  A new article, published in Environment and Planning and co-authored by IEEP’s Marianne Kettunen, explores nature conservation practitioners’ views on green infrastructure, including opportunities and risks related to its implementation.

• Fitness Check of the Birds and Habitats Directives

  The Nature Directives (i.e. Birds Directive and Habitats Directive) are the key instruments of EU environmental policy; the Fitness Check support study, carried out by Milieu, IEEP and ICF for the European Commission DG-ENV, examined their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, EU-added value and their coherence with the wider acquis.

• New study on the Health and Social Benefits of Biodiversity and Nature Protection

  Protecting nature and biodiversity is helping to tackle urgent health and social challenges across Europe. A new IEEP study shows how urban, suburban and rural green areas bring multiple and often overlooked benefits to society.

• Biodiversity offsets: What did the UK pilot scheme achieve?

  Voluntary biodiversity offsetting was piloted in six English areas by local planning authorities and stakeholder organisations who agreed to take part in the government programme. IEEP and Collingwood Environmental Planning, together with David Tyldesley, assessed the UK government programme from 2012 to 2014.

• IEEP steps up work on the multiple benefits of biodiversity

  IEEP explores the multiple benefits of nature, showing that health, social and economic benefits can complement biodiversity’s intrinsic value.

• Socio-economic benefits of EU Marine Protected Areas

  They are more than just a nature conservation tool – a study by IEEP shows how EU Marine Protected Areas help to maintain and improve the provision of a wide range of ecosystem services and related socio-economic benefits.

• Improving environmental financing via result-based agri-environment measures

  A new article by IEEP explores the use of result-based agri-environment measures in the region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The study shows that result-based schemes can increase the environmental effectiveness and conditionality of the EU Common Agricultural Policy.

• Wildlife crime and the EU

  Wildlife crime threatens global biodiversity. The EU is both a destination and a transit region for illegally-traded products. A new study for the European Parliament summarises the situation in Europe and offers policy recommendations in view of the upcoming EU Action Plan. A set of in-depth case studies outline the situation in five EU countries.

• Conference on the Fitness Check of EU Nature Legislation

  As part of the fitness check of the EU Nature Directives, the European Commission is organising a high-level conference in Brussels on 20 November. The purpose of the conference is to present and discuss the emerging findings from the assessment of evidence and information gathered during the process.

• Protected area approaches in the EU

  Protected areas play an important role in achieving biodiversity conservation targets. IEEP has compared the approaches and rationale of designating and managing protected areas in the UK and a selection of eight other EU Member States.

• Result-based agri-environment measures: market-based instruments, incentives or rewards?

  Result-based schemes are innovative agri-environment measures, which remunerate farmers only if they can demonstrate to have achieved the desired environmental goal. This is different from ...

• Biodiversity offsets: design of biodiversity metrics and mechanisms for securing long term conservation benefits

  This study by ICF International, IEEP and national experts reviewed international best practice for designing biodiversity offsetting metrics and establishing mechanisms for ensuring long term conservation benefits from offsetting. It explores options for implementation at the European level and possible challenges. The report follows up on the IEEP report on policy options to achieve no net loss of biodiversity.