The European Environmental Bureau is glad to invite you to the Biodiversity Working Group between 28 June and 1 July.

Programme of the Working Group sessions:

28 June, 15:00-17:00 Biodiversity in the European Green Deal: What’s next?

The session will introduce the state of play on biodiversity related initiatives in the European Green Deal specifically

• Upcoming EU Forest Strategy and sustainability of bioenergy (RED recast)
• Farm to Fork Strategy and aftermath of the CAP agreement
• Financing for biodiversity (NRRPs, PAFs, CAP Strategic Plans)

29 June, 15:00-17:00 EU Biodiversity Strategy: general progress and priority commitments

• Proposed new governance for the EU Biodiversity Strategy – will it achieve policy coherence.
• Next steps to protect 30% of EU’s land and sea
• Enhancing EU’s action on pollinators and citizen mobilisation
• Will Global Biodiversity Framework change EU biodiversity policy

30 June, 15:00-17:00 Nature Restoration law

• EC proposals for the Nature Restoration Law
• EP Biodiversity Report and stance on the nature restoration law
• Examples from EEB members on restoration and mapping MS positions
• Youth organisations work on nature restoration

1 July, 15:00-17:00 The Nature Directives (management effectiveness, enforcement) and working together

• EC priority to improve PA management incl. support to MS.
• Role of NGOs to improve enforcement of the Nature Directives.
• Working together

These events are addressed to EEB members.