ETC/BD Technical paper 1/2019: Review of the existing quantitative national targets in EU NBSAPs of European countries

Released in: July 2019

Publication date: 01 Jul 2019

Authors: McKenna Davis, Ecologic Institute (DE), Sophie Condé, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, MNHN (FR)

In support of the development of the EU’s post-2020 biodiversity strategy, this brief note analyses quantifiable national biodiversity commitments across the EU Member States in their NBSAPs submitted to the CBD. The aim is to answer two questions: Which topics are prioritized across countries, based on the existence of quantified targets? Which of the existing targets could be integrated into a post-2020 EU biodiversity strategy?

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