Biodiversity Action Plan reporting
The European Commission has undertaken in its 2006 Communication on "halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 and beyond"to provide annual reporting on progress in delivery of the Biodiversity Action Plan that sets out the detailed agenda to achieve the target.
2010: Assessment of implementing BAP
The fourth annual report (to end 2010) evaluates the extent to which the EU has met its 2010 commitments. This involves qualitative assessments of the extent to which Action Plan actions have been implemented and targets achieved, including consideration of underlying assumptions and possible missing actions. The evaluation is also informed by quantitative data relating to a set of headline biodiversity indicators.
2009 : BAP report
The third report on implementation of the EU Biodiversity Action Plan for the period 2008-2009 will be a Community report.
The first indicator-based assessment of progress towards the European target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010 was published by the European Environment Agency on 22 May 2009.
2008 : the BAP Mid-term report
The mid-term report on implementation of the EU Biodiversity Action Plan provides the first comprehensive assessment of progress at both European Community and Member State levels. The report studies four main policy areas: biodiversity in the EU, the EU and global biodiversity, biodiversity and climate change, and the knowledge base.
A set of 22 quantitative indicators to measure progress towards the 2010 European biodiversity target is available for the first time (out of the 26 “fact sheets” for the SEBI 2010 biodiversity indicators).
2007 : the first BAP report
The first progress evaluation on implementation of the Biodiversity Action Plan covers the period up to the end of 2007 and focuses on action at Community level. It is a concise factual report highlighting key elements of progress for each of the ten objectives of the Biodiversity Communication.
This is supported by a more detailed summary of progress for each of the 150 actions set out in the EU plan.
The assessment is also supported by ongoing work on European biodiversity indicators led by the European Environment Agency within the framework of the project on Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators (SEBI 2010).
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