1. What is the place for biodiversity in the Catalan 2030 Agenda?
nrg4SD Webinar Localizing SDGs at the Regional Level
September 12th 2018

2. The commitment of Catalonia with the 2030 Agenda
2017

3. An overall strategy for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Catalonia
2017

4. Localizing SDGs in Catalonia

5. COORDINATOR DEPARTMENTS
SDG Working Groups
COORDINATOR DEPARTMENTS
Labour, Social Affairs and Families
Business and Knowledge
Territory and Sustainability
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food
Vice-presidency, Economy and Finance
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food
Business and Knowledge
Health
Territory and Sustainability
Vice-presidency, Economy and Finance
Education
Justice
Territory and Sustainability
Presidency
Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency
Territory and Sustainability
Territory and Sustainability

6. AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Breaking silos for a successful 2030 Agenda Implementation
This methodology has contributed to break silos by promoting synergic work and boosting holistic visions.
It also contributes to the assumption of shared responsibilities on SDGs, raising awareness of those departments traditionally not involved in sustainability.
TERRITORY AND SUSTAINABILITY
AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency
Territory and Sustainability
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food
Home Affairs

7. From global targets to regional challenges and commitments
The CADS report identified the main challenges to meet each SDG in Catalonia back in Now these challenges are being translated into commitments through the 2030 Agenda Inter-ministerial Commission.
CHALLENGES ON LIFE BELOW WATER
Reduce the pollutants entering the sea from rivers and underwater discharge pipes by improving the treatment of urban and industrial wastewater.
Reduce man-made sources of sea acidification (such as nutrients from agriculture) and increase the resilience of maritime activities to this phenomenon.
Reinforce the protection of natural marine and coastal areas, applying the currently existing corpus of international and European legislation and to guarantee the protection and continuity of the two Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSA) off the coast of Catalonia.
Integrate the ecosystem services approach in regulations and regional planning and the management of marine and coastal areas.
Foster research into the effects of global and climate change on the sea and incorporate the results into marine and coastal planning and programmes.
Promote the joint management of fisheries, with representation from the sector, experts and the government in order to ensure the sustainable management of fishing resources.

8. From global targets to regional challenges and commitments
CHALLENGES ON LIFE ON LAND
Have complete up-to-date information on the state of biodiversity in inland, coastal and marine areas.
Develop Catalonia's green infrastructure and incorporate ecological connectivity and ecosystem services as a central feature of spatial and town planning, thus reinforcing the effectiveness of policies designed to protect and manage our natural heritage.
To ensure active management of natural areas that are already protected with appropriate tools and resources to make this possible and, where necessary, increase the number with the highest level of protection.
Achieve favourable conservation status for habitats, flora and fauna, via the approval and implementation of the necessary instruments and measures.
Put in place a strategic approach for responding to the introduction and spread of invasive alien species, especially in a context of climate change, which favours their arrival and progressive expansion in Catalonia.
Establish a modern, effective system of governance that enables the development of a legal and planning framework regarding natural heritage and biodiversity in line with current scientific knowledge and criteria for conserving and managing biodiversity on a worldwide scale.
Have information and maps on the quality and state of soils and incorporate this information effectively in regional and sector planning. Reduce soil loss and erosion, thus reducing the risk of desertification, especially in view of the scenario of climate change.
Continue to reduce levels of poaching while maintaining an open discussion with interested parties. Improve the system for controlling illegal trafficking in species to respond to the problems detected and to new challenges, such as Internet trading and the lack of reception centres for abandoned exotic fauna, and to increase coordination between the units dealing with these matters.

9. Main achieved commitments
2030 Maritime Strategy of Catalonia
2030 Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Strategy of Catalonia

10. SDG Inter-ministerial Commission
Mutual reinforcement
SDG Inter-ministerial Commission
SDG National Plan
Catalan Maritime Co-management Council
Maritime Strategy
Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Strategy
Coordination Board & Monitoring Commission

12. Thank you for your attention! Moltes gràcies!
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