Conclusions: Summary of recommendations

• Author: Elisa Morgera
• Pages: 52-58

Policy Department, Directorate-General for Extern al Policies

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7 Conclusions: Summary of recommendations

European Co mmis sion and EEAS

European Parliament

2020/2021 -

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nilateral and

bilateral level

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Discuss the recommendations of this study at the

European

Developm ent Days Confer ence.

• Consider ma instreaming b iodiver sity a s a human r ight in

proposals arisin g fro m t he Green Deal and the ne

w EU

biodiv ersit y s trategy.

• Address the recommenda tions of this repor t in a fu ture

annual EU-Human Rights NGO Forum and in other activities

to follow up o n the 2019 EU -Human Rights NGO Forum that

focused on t he environm ent.

• Request independen t studies to assess:

o Global data availability on biodiversity loss and human

righ ts;

o Whether the existing rights-

based approach to

development is fit to ens ure tha t EU e xter nal f unding

does not risk caus ing neg ative imp acts on biodiv ersity

as a human r ight; and

o the EU B iodiver sity Stra tegy 2020-

2030 against

inter nat ional de velopm ents on biodivers ity a s a

human right.

• Rely on international developments on biodiversity as a human

right in relation to the proposals ar is ing f rom the Green D eal.

• Include references to biodivers ity as a huma n righ t in the

resolution on cli mate change and human rights

• In the (pre-)programming of external (thematic and

geographic) finance:

o Encourage projects that integrate human rights,

biodiv ersit y an d climat e chan ge.

o Ensure co nsidera tion of b iodivers ity as a h uman

right under the European Fund for Sustainable

Development Plus.

o Develop

them atic and civil so ciety calls for

proposals on biodiversity and as a human right.

•

use its role as co-legisla tor in fu rthe r discu ssion o n the

proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International

Coo per ation In strum ent (NDIC I), and seek to include reference

to the need to consider the inter-dependencies of human rights,

climat e chang e and b iodiver sity, a s well as t o bu siness due

diligen ce to res pect biodiversity as a human right (including in

connection to climate change, agriculture and fis heries ) under

the European Fund for S ustainabl e Developm ent Plus.