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Jean-Philippe Palasi

Director for European policy

Averting global biodiversity loss

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Can we avert global biodiversity loss ?

That means addressing 5 direct causes:

• Habitat destruction

• Over exploitation

• Pollution

• Invasive species

• Climate change

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Can we avert global biodiversity loss ?

That means addressing 5 direct causes:

• Habitat destruction

• Over exploitation

• Pollution

• Invasive species

• Climate change

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Can we avert global biodiversity loss ?

That means addressing 5 direct causes:

• Habitat destruction

• Over exploitation

• Pollution

• Invasive species

• Climate change

And several root causes:

• Demographic growth

• Poverty

• Poor governance, corruption and conflicts

• Unsustainable economic models (production,

consumption and supply chains)

• Lack of awareness & adequate accounting

Habitat destruction

species confined to high altitude

Climate change

At 520 ppm (mid-century?) most of coral species in warm

waters would scarcely support further growth.

Increased droughts in the Amazon basin

2010 vegetation anomalies, Nasa Earth Observatory

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CC impact on species

Chris Thomas (Leeds univ), Nature, 2004

« We predict, on the basis of mid-range

climate-warming scenarios for 2050, that

15-37% of species (…) will be committed

to exctinction »

= 1 million terrestrial species by 2050

Mitigation is key:

- Lower climate projections: ~18%

- Mid-range: ~24%

- Maximum: ~35%

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Biodiversity loss

…is a defining issues of our time

…is closely linked to climate change

…will carry on for decades, probably centuries

…can be mitigated through profound changes

in our economic and social systems

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EU action for global biodiversity

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EU action for global biodiversity

1. European biodiversity • Habitats & Birds directives

• Common agriculture policy

• Overseas territories

BAT (British Antarctic Territory)

St Pierre

& Miquelon

Anguilla

British Virgin Is.

Turks & Caïcos

Caïman Islands

Montserrat

Sint-Marteen

Sint-Eustatius

Saba

Adélie Land

Greenland

BIOT (British Indian Ocean Ter.)

Falklands

(Islas Malvinas)

South Georgia

Mayotte

TAAF (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises)

New

Caledonia

Wallis

& Futuna French

Polynesia

Pitcairn

St Helena

Iles Sandwich

Crozet Islands

Amsterdam St-Paul

Ascension

Tristan da Cunha

Kerguelen

Scattered

Islands

Azores

Madeira

Canary islands Guadeloupe

Martinique

French Guiana

Reunion

St-Martin St-Barth.

Aruba

Bonaire

Curaçao

OCTs ORs

The EU overseas dimension

25 million km²

Vast marine responsabilities

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EU action for global biodiversity

1. European biodiversity • Habitats & Birds directives

• Common agriculture policy

• Overseas territories

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EU action for global biodiversity

1. European biodiversity • Habitats & Birds directives

• Common agriculture policy

• Overseas territories

2. External funding

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EU action for global biodiversity

1. European biodiversity • Habitats & Birds directives

• Common agriculture policy

• Overseas territories

2. External funding

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EU action for global biodiversity

1. European biodiversity • Habitats & Birds directives

• Common agriculture policy

• Overseas territories

2. External funding • Double global funding (Hyderabad 2012)

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EU action for global biodiversity

1. European biodiversity • Habitats & Birds directives

• Common agriculture policy

• Overseas territories

2. External funding • Double global funding (Hyderabad 2012)

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EU action for global biodiversity

1. European biodiversity • Habitats & Birds directives

• Common agriculture policy

• Overseas territories

2. External funding • Double global funding (Hyderabad 2012)

• Working with countries to prioritize biodiversity

• EC staff capacity on external biodiversity

• Flagship initiative « Biodiversity for Life »

• Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund

• Supporting national sustainable development strategies,

including natural capital accounting

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EU action for global biodiversity

1. European biodiversity • Habitats & Birds directives

• Common agriculture policy

• Overseas territories

2. External funding • Double global funding (Hyderabad 2012)

• Working with countries to prioritize biodiversity

• EC staff capacity on external biodiversity

• Flagship initiative « Biodiversity for Life »

• Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund

• Supporting national sustainable development strategies,

including natural capital accounting

3. External policy measures • Climate commitments

• African wildlife conservation strategy

• Wildlife in other regions of the world (?)

• Policy Coherence for Development

• Timber policy / FLEGT

• EU action plan on deforestation

• Impact of European consumption & trade

• Sustainable food

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Thank you !

conservation.org

twitter.com/jppalasi

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