Biodiversity Briefing from the European Environment Agency

Europe's biodiversity continues to be eroded resulting in ecosystem degradation. Recent data show that 60% of species assessments and 77% of habitat assessments continue to be in unfavourable conservation status. Constant habitat loss, diffuse pollution, over-exploitation of resources, and growing impacts of invasive alien species and climate change contribute cumulatively.

The main EU target of 'halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services' by 2020 remains a serious challenge. 

The briefing is structured as followed :

1. Context and targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020
2. Key trends
   
   • The key threats to biodiversity
   • Status and trends of European biodiversity
3. Prospects
4. References

Discover the entire briefing here.