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ARTICLE · 19 JUNE 2024

Where Nature Restoration Meets Infrastructure Development: Council Approves New Regulation

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Despite EU and international efforts, biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystems continue at an alarming rate, harming people, the economy and the climate.

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Despite EU and international efforts, biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystems continue at an alarming rate, harming people, the economy and the climate. These were the remarks of the European Commission nearly two years ago as it published a proposal for a Regulation on nature restoration.

The proposal set out binding rules and targets to restore ecosystems with the goals of both ensuring recovery to biodiverse and resilient nature, and of contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Now that Member States have, in the European Council, adopted the consolidated text of the proposal, it will be published in the OJEU and enter into force 20 days later. It will be directly applicable in Ireland.

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