Perspectives on the future of nature in Europe: storylines and visualisations : background report

Autor: Dammers, Ed, Ludwig, Kathrin, van Puijenbroek, Peter, Tisma, Alexandra, van Tol, Sandy, Vonk, Marijke, Bouwma, Irene, Farjon, Hans, Gerritsen, Alwin, Pedroli, Bas, van der Sluis, Theo, Hartman, Mirjam, Prins, Anne Gerdien, Smorenburg, Ineke, van Zeijts, Henk, Vader, Janneke, Frissel, Joep, de Knegt, Bart
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Popis: Throughout Europe, people experience and value nature in various ways, but they also experience the decline in biological diversity. Although successes have been achieved, nature policies have not been effective in all respects. Halting biodiversity loss and restoring ecological systems in the EU requires substantial action, in addition to current measures implemented under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives. More effective implementation, more coherence with other policies and greater engagement by other sectors and the public are needed. A closer connection between the ways in which people experience and value nature and nature policy may enhance their engagement in nature-related efforts. A more fundamental reflection on nature policies may be helpful. This has been done by PBL in its Nature Outlook study, which presents alternative ‘perspectives’ on the future of nature in the European Union. The synthesis report European nature in the plural1 is primarily intended to provide inspiration for current strategic discussions on EU policies that are related to nature beyond 2020, whereas the current report provides complete versions of the storylines and visualisations of the perspectives. Thereby, it enables policymakers and stakeholders to derive more specific insights and ideas from the perspectives. The report may be used to generate insights for policies, facilitate communication and boost engagement in nature among other sectors and citizens. In order to stimulate this, the report explains how policymakers and stakeholders could use the perspectives to create joint visions. The Nature Outlook project consists of a baseline, a trend scenario, four perspectives and several policy messages. These components have been constructed not only from literature review and visualisations, but also by using the results from a philosophers’ dialogue on the relationships between people and nature in Europe, as well as several stakeholder dialogues on the future of nature.
Databáze: OpenAIRE