1. 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

2. 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

3. 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?

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

5. Thanks for your attention

6. 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 /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 /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/ Final WG recommendations
CGBN 19-20/09

7. 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
EU status assessment under HD/BD
EU Biodiversity Mid-Term Report
EEA SoER 2015
Biodiversity Conference/Greenweek (tbc)