Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 365-394Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jel/eqab006
Keywords
biodiversity; conservation; Habitats Directive; IUCN Red List; listing species; plants
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The Habitats Directive has limited impact on the conservation of European flora, and reforms are needed to address the shortcomings in the EU's approach to conservation highlighted by the study.
The Habitats Directive will remain central to the EU's continuing efforts to halt and ultimately reverse biodiversity loss under its 2030 Strategy for Biodiversity. Understanding the role this Directive plays in protecting European species is, therefore, critical if the EU is to deliver on its ambitious nature conservation agenda. This article presents a new study that furthers our understanding of EU law's ability to deliver meaningful changes to a species' conservation status by comparing the status of European plants that are protected under the Habitats Directive with those that are not, using the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List. Its findings suggest that the Directive has had only a limited impact on European flora. The article concludes by proposing reforms that could address the shortcomings in the EU's approach to conservation which are highlighted by the study.
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