European Parliament passes landmark nature restoration law, to reverse the decline of Europe’s natural habitats 🙂
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European Parliament passes landmark nature restoration law, to reverse the decline of Europe’s natural habitats 🙂
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*The new law sets a target for the EU to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. It aims is to reverse the decline of Europe’s natural habitats, 81% of which are classed as being in poor health.*
*The law also sets specific targets such as peatlands that can soak up CO2 emissions and help curb climate change. Other ecosystems explicitly covered by the law include forests, grasslands, and wetlands, as well as rivers, lakes, and coral beds.*
*Member states must restore at least 30% of habitats specifically covered by the new law from a poor to a good condition by 2030. That target would increase to 60% by 2040, and 90% by 2050.*