CGBN Co-ordination Group for Biodiversity and Nature 15th meeting – 19/09/13 (all day) & 20/09/13 (morning) Agenda item 3 IMPLEMENTATION OF TARGET 2 OF THE EU BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY TO 2020

Maintain and restore ecosystems and their services Target 2 Maintain and restore ecosystems and their services By 2020, ecosystems and their services are maintained and enhanced by establishing green infrastructure and restoring at least 15 % of degraded ecosystems. Action 5: Improve knowledge of ecosystems and their services in the EU  Joint MAES pilots report to provide recommendations and guidance to Member States by end 2013 (to be forwarded to MAES WG and CGBN); MAES High-Level event, 22 May 2014 - To take note of future planning and to provide comments Action 6: Set priorities to restore and promote the use of GI Member States establish Restoration Prioritisation Framework (s) by 2014; GI Strategy adopted 6 May 2013 Action 7: Ensure no net loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services Biodiversity proofing by 2014 – study completed (online) No net loss initiative by 2015 MAES WG MESEU TEEB EU GI/RPF WG RPF study BD proofing study NNL WG NNL study Target 2 financing needs study

Action 7 - No Net Loss Joint NNL WG and BBOP international workshop in May 2013 Study on NNL policy options, including workshop on 4 July NNL WG final deliverables Next steps: Formal internet consultation (last quarter 2013) Impact assessment (end 2013-early 2015) Adoption 2015  CGBN views on next steps?

Financing Target 2 actions Target 2 financing needs study Work with other Commission services to integrate biodiversity and nature in 2014-2020 MFF, in particular REGIO, AGRI and RTD Work with EIB on NCFF  Views on EU level action?  Actions at MS level?

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Target 2 Planning 2013-2015 MAES GI&RFP NNL Other related meetings   MAES GI&RFP NNL Other related meetings 1st quarter 2013 4th MAES WG meeting 10/01 MESEU workshop 19- 20/03 2nd RPF WG meeting 11/01 GI Communication 4th NNL WG meeting 04/02 1st Plenary IPBES 21-26/01 MSFD Coordination group 4-5/02 Standing Forestry Committee Target 3b, 22/02 Nature reporting Expert Group 20/03 CGBN 21/03 2nd quarter 2013 5th MAES meeting 26/04 MAES marine workshop 19/06 All Pilots workshop 04/06 3rd RPF WG meeting 26/04 RPF Workshop 29-30/05 Joint International workshop NNL WG/Business and Biodiversity Offset Programme (BBOP) 22/05 5th NNL WG meeting 23/05 EPBRS Workshop 11-12/04 AlterNet conference 15-18/4 Habitats Committee 25/04 NDM 2-3/05 EPBRS IE Presidency Conference 15-17/05 WMDM 10-11/06 Marine workshop (GES+socio- economic CIS) 17-18/06 Standing Forestry Committee 28/06 3rd quarter 2013 6th MAES meeting 18/09 4th RPF WG meeting 02/10 Follow-up of GI tbd NNL policy options Workshop 03/07 6th NNL WG meeting 04/07 - Final WG recommendations CGBN 19-20/09

Target 2 Planning 2013-2015 MAES GI&RFP NNL Other related meetings   MAES GI&RFP NNL Other related meetings 4th quarter 2013 Final products MESEU (1) RTD dialogue, 14/11 All Pilots workshop, 18-19/11 Final recommendations and guidance from MAES Pilots Formal consultation process Start of Impact Assessment work Habitats Committee 3/10 ORNIS Committee 4/10 CGBN 14-15/11 only if not in September Nature reporting Expert Group 21/11 1st quarter 2014 MESEU-JRC workshop to assist MS in mapping ecosystem services (tbc) MAES/RPF WG 6/3  Commission guidance to MS on identifying restoration priorities Meetings of Impact Assessment Steering Group CGBN 27-28/3 (tbc) Nature reporting Expert Group 25/3 Agric. & Biodiversity WG (end Feb.) 5th National report to CBD 2nd quarter 2014 MAES Conference, 22/05/14 Workshop on use of nature data for MAES (tbc) 3rd quarter 2014 MAES/RPF WG 11/9   CGBN 25-26/9 (tbc) 4th quarter 2014 Final products MESEU (2) Final EU MAES (biophysical) MS finalise frameworks for identifying restoration priorities at national and sub-national levels.  Nature reporting Expert Group 14/10 2015 Workshop NCA (tbc) Final products MESEU (3) Submission to Impact Assessment Board Inter-service Consultation Adoption 2007-2012 EU status assessment under HD/BD EU Biodiversity Mid-Term Report EEA SoER 2015 Biodiversity Conference/Greenweek (tbc)