Sleepwalking to extinction

By Jennifer Rankin - 11.02.2010 / 04:19 CET

The European Union has to learn lessons from its earlier failures to halt the loss of biodiversity.

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IMPORTANT DATES IN 2010

March: The environment ministers of the 27 EU states to agree conclusions on a new biodiversity targets (On 15 March this will be put to national government leaders for approval on 25-26 March). EU leaders will also hear the European Commission's proposals on the EU 2020 strategy, aimed at creating a ‘smarter greener economy' by the end of the decade.
June: European Commission and European Environment Agency to publish biodiversity baseline study.
October: Countries that have signed the Convention on Biological Diversity to meet in Nagoya, Japan, to agree a new global plan on biodiversity protection.
November: Report on ‘The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity', commissioned by member states and the European Commission.