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The European Commission has unveiled today its proposal for an EU Biodiversity strategy calling for urgent action to protect nature in the EU and worldwide. The strategy claims to set up a full transformative plan towards an EU environmentally-friendly food production system that preserves and restores biodiversity. Europêche agrees that the EU must be ambitious in setting high environmental standards but not at the cost of increasing imports and lowering EU food production. EU fishermen oppose the new strategy since it is discriminatory, undermines the viability of the sector by decreasing its productivity and capacity to invest in improving social and environmental performance, further restricting the sustainable use of the oceans, subjecting fish products to additional taxation and making fisheries the target of discrediting campaigns.
Europêche, organismo representativo del sector pesquero de la UE, ha expresado su frustración por la decisión adoptada por el Colegio de Comisarios de reconocer que, tras un "control de aptitud", las Directivas europeas sobre aves y hábitats siguen siendo pertinentes y adecuadas. Por lo tanto, sobre la base de esta decisión, estas Directivas no serán revisadas. Sin embargo, la Comisión Europea (CE) elaborará un plan de acción para corregir las deficiencias detectadas en la aplicación de las Directivas sobre aves y hábitats.
Europêche, organismo representativo del sector pesquero de la UE y EAPO, organismo europeo que representa a las organizaciones de productores, han expresado su indignación ante la decisión adoptada por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) de fijar un objetivo ambicioso con el objetivo de cerrar del 30% de todas las áreas marinas de actividades extractivas para 2030.
Europêche, the representative body of the EU fishing sector has expressed its frustration at the decision taken by the College of Commissioners recognising that, following a “fitness check”, the European Birds and Habitats Directives remain relevant and fit for purpose. Therefore, on the basis of this decision, these Directives will not be reviewed. The European Commission (EC) will however develop an Action Plan to correct the deficiencies encountered in the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives.
Europêche, the representative body of the EU fishing sector and EAPO, the European body representing the producer organisations, have expressed their outrage at the decision taken by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to set an ambitious target with the aim of closing off 30% of all marine areas from extractive activities by 2030.
Since December 2017, the international community is elaborating an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine Biological diversity of areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), under the auspices of United Nations (UN). These areas comprise 95% of our oceans. The treaty aims to implement area-based management tools, including marine protected areas (MPAs), and to regulate human activities in the High Seas. The United Nations will convene a resumed fifth session of the BBNJ from 20 February to 3 March 2023, in New York City, to try to reach a final agreement.