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Terrestrial protected areas in Europe
By the end of 2022, protected areas covered 26.1% of European Union land, with 18.6% of EU land designated as Natura 2000 sites and 7.5% under other complementary national designations. ... The EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 sets out a target of protecting at least 30% of EU land by 2030, while ensuring that all protected areas are managed effectively. ... It is currently uncertain whether the EU will meet the 30% target, unless rate of designation of protected areas more than doubles by 2030. ...
09-Designated terrestrial protected areas
Europe 8th Environment Action Programme Analysis and data Indicators Terrestrial protected areas in Europe By the end of 2022, protected areas covered 26.1% of European Union land, with 18.6% of EU ... The EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 sets out a target of protecting at least 30% of EU land by 2030, while ensuring that all protected areas are managed effectively. ...
Marine protected areas in Europe's seas
However, efforts will need to increase significantly to achieve the EU Biodiversity strategy target of protecting at least 30% of EU seas by 2030, while also ensuring that all protected areas are effectively ...
ETC BE Report 2024/4: Approaches to identify terrestrial priority areas for achieving the 30% and 10% protection target in the EU
ETC BE Report 2024/4: Approaches to identify terrestrial priority areas for achieving the 30% and 10% protection target in the EU 19 Dec 2024 Piero Visconti, Louise O’Connor, Jutta Beher A key component ... of the EU Biodiversity Strategy is the development of a truly coherent and resilient Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N), defined as a ‘’strategically planned network of protected sites and corridors ... , building on the existing Natura 2000 network and other protected areas, as well as natural and semi-natural areas that build on other green infrastructure’’ (European Environment Agency 2020). ...
Priority objective 1: To protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital
Folder | Annual Indicator Report Series (AIRS) Natural capital https://www.eea.europa.eu/airs/2016/natural-capital/image_view_fullscreen Cover design: EEA Cover photo: © EEA Layout: EEA Legal notice The contents of this publication do not necess…
09-Designated terrestrial protected areas in Europe-indicator
Designated terrestrial protected areas in Europe 8th Environment Action Programme Analysis and data Indicators Terrestrial protected areas in Europe By the end of 2021, protected areas covered 26% of EU ... The EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 sets out a target of protecting at least 30% of EU land by 2030, while also ensuring that all protected areas are effectively managed. ... If the designation of protected areas continues at the rate seen in the past decade (1.7 percentage points increase since 2011), the target will ...
Monitoring report on progress towards the 8th EAP objectives - 2024 edition
The EEA takes stock annually of progress towards the 8th Environment Action Programme (8th EAP) objectives on the basis of a set of 28 headline indicators and corresponding targets.
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10-Marine protected areas in Europe
However, efforts will need to increase signi�cantly to achieve the EU Biodiversity strategy target of protecting at least 30% of EU seas by 2030, while also ensuring that ...
8th-EAP_progress-report_2025.pdf
EEA monitoring report on progress towards the 8th Environment Action Programme objectives, 2024 edition EEA Report XX/2023EEA Report 01/2025 European Union 8th Environment Action Programme Monitoring report on progress towards the 8th EAP objectiv…
23-Net land take in cities and commuting zones in Europe
Between 2012 and 2018, the net land take in the EU in these zones was 450 km annually. The land that was taken was mostly croplands and pastures, followed by forests. For ...