Editing Biodiversity (section)

==== European Union ====
In May 2020, the European Union published its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. The biodiversity strategy is an essential part of the [[climate change mitigation]] strategy of the European Union. From the 25% of the European budget that will go to fight climate change, large part will go to restore biodiversity<ref name="Knozowski-2023" /> and [[Nature-based solutions|nature based solutions]].

The [[EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030]] include the next targets:
* Protect 30% of the sea territory and 30% of the land territory especially [[Old-growth forest]]s.
* Plant 3&nbsp;billion trees by 2030.
* Restore at least 25,000 kilometers of rivers, so they will become free flowing.
* Reduce the use of [[Pesticide]]s by 50% by 2030.
* Increase [[Organic farming]]. In linked EU program [[From Farm to Fork]] it is said, that the target is making 25% of EU agriculture organic, by 2030.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Farm to Fork |url=https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal/actions-being-taken-eu/farm-fork_en |website=European Commission website |publisher=European Union |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>
* Increase [[biodiversity in agriculture]].
* Give €20&nbsp;billion per year to the issue and make it part of the business practice.

Approximately half of the global [[GDP]] depend on nature. In Europe many parts of the economy that generate trillions of euros per year depend on nature. The benefits of [[Natura 2000]] alone in Europe are €200 – €300&nbsp;billion per year.<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 |url=https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal/actions-being-taken-eu/eu-biodiversity-strategy-2030_en |website=European Commission website |publisher=European Union |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>