EU rules good but not well implemented, experts agree

摘要

It is no secret that the European Union has failed to meet its goal of halting biodiversity loss by 2010. Who is at fault? EU regulations - essentially the Habitats' and the Wild Birds Directives - constitute a framework that should and could have been sufficient, but their implementation by member states leaves a lot to be desired, said experts at a workshop, on 8 June, at the European Parliament's Committee on Environment (ENVI). This session, focused on implementation of EU biodiversity legislation, was chaired by Esther De Lange (EPP, Netherlands), who is preparing an own-initiative report on the subject set to be adopted by the ENVI committee in July and by the plenary in September.