BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity How to plan for Nature? Testing workshop Camp Reinsehlen, 25 – 27 January 2012 BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity What is the state of biodiversity? BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Grassland butterfly index BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Living Planet Index BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity What’s under the surface? BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Not all doom and gloom BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Drivers of change: HIPPO      Habitat destruction Invasive Alien Species Pollution (including climate change) Population Overharvesting BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Habitat destruction BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Invasive Alien Species BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Pollution: Arctic Sea Ice BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Overharvesting BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity What can we do about it?       Change behaviour Raise awareness Manage biodiversity Research and monitoring Develop policies Integrate biodiversity into planning BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Early nature awareness  Late: 19th century: bird protection BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity International policy instruments Global Pan-European Regions in Europe Ramsar European Diploma of Protected Areas Helsinki Convention WHC European Landscape ASCOBANS Convention CITES Bern Convention ACCOBAMS CMS Eurobats OSPAR Convention CBD PEBLDS Alpine Convention Forest Europe Carpathian Convention BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity Trends in nature treaties  From segregation to integration – – – – – –  Species protection, Area/ecosystem protection From nature to biodiversity Sustainable development Ecosystem services Integration into sectors From protection to restoration From up scaling and downscaling BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity EU biodiversity policy      Birds Directive 1979 Habitats Directive 1992 Natura 2000 EU Biodiversity Strategy 2011 Integration into other policies (agriculture, fisheries, forestry, ...) BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity EU biodiversity targets 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Full implementation of EU nature legislation to protect biodiversity Better protection for ecosystems, and more use of green infrastructure More sustainable agriculture and forestry Better management of fish stocks Tighter controls on invasive alien species A bigger EU contribution to averting global biodiversity loss BD SKILLS – Skills for Local Biodiversity From policy to planning