In line with the objectives of the European Biodiversity Strategy to 2030 and the Ecological Transition Plan, it outlines a vision for the future and development centered on the need to reverse the current trend of biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse.On August 3, 2023, Ministerial Decree No. 252 was signed, adopting the new National Biodiversity Strategy to 2030 and establishing its governing bodies.There are 18 actions distributed across the eight areas of intervention, for instance:
- Legally protect at least 30% of the land area and 30% of the marine area through an integrated system of protected areas, the Natura 2000 network, and other legally protected areas.
- Ensure that at least one-third of legally protected terrestrial and marine areas, including all primary and old-growth forests, are strictly protected.
- Ensure the ecological and functional connectivity of protected areas at the local, national, and supranational levels.
- Ensure adequate funding for protection
- Ensure that for at least 30% of the species and habitats protected under the Birds and Habitats Directives whose conservation status is currently unsatisfactory, it becomes satisfactory by 2030 or shows a clear positive trend.
- Ensure that all ecosystems do not deteriorate and that large areas of degraded ecosystems are restored, particularly those most suitable for capturing and storing carbon as well as for preventing and reducing the impact of natural disasters.
- Achieve land degradation neutrality and zero net land-use change, and make significant progress in the remediation and restoration of degraded and contaminated land.
