<div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">De : <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto"><a href="mailto:ENV-IAS@ec.europa.eu" target="_blank">ENV-IAS@ec.europa.eu</a></strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ENV-IAS@ec.europa.eu" target="_blank">ENV-IAS@ec.europa.eu</a>></span><br>Date: lun. 11 janv. 2021 à 11:00<br>Subject: Online public consultation on invasive alien species<br>To: <a href="mailto:ENV-IAS@ec.europa.eu" target="_blank">ENV-IAS@ec.europa.eu</a> <<a href="mailto:ENV-IAS@ec.europa.eu" target="_blank">ENV-IAS@ec.europa.eu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Commission has launched an online public consultation on the development of three important and inter-connected EU biodiversity policy initiatives:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b>Development of legally binding EU nature restoration targets.
</b>As a key element of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the European Green Deal, restoring Europe’s damaged ecosystems will help to increase biodiversity, mitigate and adapt to climate change, and prevent and reduce the impacts of natural disasters.
The Commission will put forward a proposal for legally binding EU nature restoration targets by the end of 2021. Public and stakeholder views and insights will contribute to the impact assessment.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b>The evaluation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 (2011-2020)</b>. The Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 set the EU biodiversity policy framework for the period 2011-2020. This Strategy is currently undergoing an evaluation, looking
into its effectiveness, efficiency, coherence with other policies, relevance and EU added value. Lessons learnt from the evaluation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 will be considered in the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, in
order to improve the design and delivery of key actions – including the proposal for binding EU restoration targets.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><u></u><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><span style="background:yellow">The review of the application of the EU Regulation on Invasive Alien Species</span></b><span style="background:yellow">.</span> The EU Regulation on Invasive
Alien Species was adopted in implementation of Target 5 of the 2020 Biodiversity Strategy. The review of its application will provide insights for improving its implementation, as well as for the evaluation of Target 5.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The surveys on the three initiatives are published in one common questionnaire, accessible from both links below. Respondents can choose to answer one or all of these surveys, by selecting the relevant tabs. These consultations are open
over the period 11 January 2021 - 05 April 2021.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/1832-Evaluation-of-the-EU-Biodiversity-Strategy-to-2020/public-consultation" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/1832-Evaluation-of-the-EU-Biodiversity-Strategy-to-2020/public-consultation</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12596-Protecting-biodiversity-nature-restoration-targets/public-consultation" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12596-Protecting-biodiversity-nature-restoration-targets/public-consultation</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for sharing the survey widely with your networks.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The IAS team<u></u><u></u></p>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#45818e">Sonia Vanderhoeven, PhD</font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#45818e"><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></font><font color="#741b47"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Science Officer</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.biodiversity.be/" target="_blank">Belgian Biodiversity Platform</a></span><br></font><div><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma" color="#741b47">SPW-DGARNE-DEMNA (Direction de la Nature et de l'Eau)</font></font></div><div><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma" color="#741b47">Chair of the <font color="#741b47"><a href="http://www.iasregulation.be/" target="_blank">IAS National Scientific Council</a></font></font></font></div><div><font size="1"><font face="Tahoma" color="#741b47">Guest Editor of <i>Sustainability Special Issue</i> - </font></font><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial"><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Plant_Invasions_Ecosystems_Ecology_Management" style="color:rgb(26,26,26)" target="_blank">Plant Invasions in Ecosystems: From Ecology to Management</a><font color="#741b47">. Deadline 31/03/2021</font></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><font face="Tahoma" size="1" color="#741b47">ORCID : 0000-0002-6298-5373</font></div><div><font face="Tahoma" size="1" color="#741b47"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sonia_Vanderhoeven" target="_blank">Researchgate profile</a></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,51,102)"></span></div></div></div></div>