EU Set to Miss 2030 Marine Protection Targets, Auditors Warn
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The European Court of Auditors has examined whether the EU can achieve its marine protection targets for 2030. The result is sobering.
EU set to miss 2030 marine protection targets, auditors warn
Despite designating 14% of its waters as protected areas, the EU has placed less than 1% under strict protection, leaving marine ecosystems vulnerable to damaging fishing practices and putting its 2030 biodiversity targets at risk.
EU Barely Protects 14% of Its Seas and Fishing Is More Intense in Natura 2000 Marine Protected Areas
Brussels.- The European Union (EU) has only declared 14 % of its seas protected, compared with 30 % in 2030, and fishing activity is 72% more intense within the Natura 2000 marine protected areas than outside them, according to a report published on Monday [...] Entry The EU barely protects 14 % of its seas and fishing is more intense in the Natura 2000 marine protected areas was first published in EFE Green.
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diarioestrategia.clThe European Court of Auditors has warned this Monday that the European Union is far from meeting its target of protecting 30% of its marine waters by 2030, since currently only around 14% are declared as protected areas and many of them lack sufficient measures to ensure their conservation, by [...] La entrada The EU Court of Auditors warns that many marine protected areas lack effective protection appears first in Forbes Spain.
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