PPS 2 Natural Heritage·Page 8·1.2
Biodiversity Strategy and Executive Commitments
The Northern Ireland Executive commits to preserving and improving the natural environment and halting biodiversity loss through the Biodiversity Strategy, aligned with European targets to halt ecosystem loss by 2020.
The European Commission adopted a new strategy to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystems services in the EU by 2020. PPS 2 furthers the Northern Ireland Executive's commitment in its Programme for Government to preserve and improve the built and natural environment and halt the loss of biodiversity. In this context, the Northern Ireland Biodiversity Strategy sets out the Executive's goals in safeguarding biodiversity to meet European commitments.
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