Protezione della biodiversità e coesistenza con i grandi carnivori in Europa
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- Ambiente
- Biodiversità
- Politica ambientale
Opinion number:
CDR-5585-2023
Status:
Adottati
Objective
The own-initiative opinion will focus on challenges and opportunities to manage coexistence of large carnivores at local and regional level ensuring the conservation of the large carnivores and their habitats and the protection of human life and economic activities. To this end, it will analyse the question of the implementation of the current legislation, and it will also promote the integration of large
carnivore management into local development plans in rural areas.
Moreover, the opinion will also focus on a cooperation between the European and regional institutions and associations and encourage an EU-wide co-operation in order to share best practices and avoid duplication of effort.
carnivore management into local development plans in rural areas.
Moreover, the opinion will also focus on a cooperation between the European and regional institutions and associations and encourage an EU-wide co-operation in order to share best practices and avoid duplication of effort.
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
- reiterates its assessment that the Habitats Directive is fit for purpose; remembers that under Article 16 exceptions are already possible and allow Member States, local and regional authorities for certain management plans or projects, if they are considered necessary for imperative reasons of overriding public interest (i.e. human health, public safety, etc.); emphasises that the protection status of certain species should be periodically reassessed against objective criteria on the basis of the Habitats Directive, taking account of the development of their populations, in order to allow them to coexist with other species and livestock, and to improve both biodiversity and traditional farm management in rural areas. This is without prejudice to the need to exercise caution when assessing and considering changing the protection level of species on the basis of progress of population levels. In case of challenges for coexistence with species covered by the Directive regardless of their level of protection, priority should be given to improvement of prevention measures, educational activities and of the flexibility measures already allowed by EU legislation, especially effective use of derogations; With regard to the use of derogations, the Commission must ensure that these derogations can be effectively implemented by the Member States, thereby prohibiting Member States from undermining the application of this system through national or local legal acts;
- considers EU 100% funding for measures to prevent, reduce or compensate damages to livestock or to crops, fruits and vegetables by large carnivores essential. The European Commission must ensure that sufficient resources are reserved under the next Multiannual Financial Framework, without red tape, to support rural communities, especially those in which population levels of large carnivores have a significant presence; the application of these compensation measures should under no circumstances lead to a reduction in aid for additional costs that farmers might receive as compensation for environmental services provided in extensive livestock farming areas and, where appropriate, compensation received for objective damage, as a result of the legal regime governing financial liability in the Member States or their regions.