The European Commission has submitted a proposal for new legislation on nature restoration, it is also relevant for Slovakia
The European Commission has published a proposal for new legislation on nature restoration, which is a major milestone. The Nature Restoration Law is the first piece of legislation to protect biodiversity in the European Union (EU) since 1992, when the Habitats Directive was adopted.
Zuzana Lackovičová from the Slovak Ornithological Society BirdLife Slovakia (SOS / BirdLife Slovakia) informed about it in a press release.
The proposal is also relevant for Slovakia. “For example, before 1989, many wetlands, rivers and non-forest habitats were devastated, and they were often destroyed from a naturally valuable site, the economic use of which was no longer important. Their devastation was only central planning. However, many habitats have recently been destroyed. As a result of insensitive interventions in nature in Slovakia, for example, the small fisherman, the great whistlingbird and the black-tailed deer became extinct. A great bustard or a white-throated duck has reached the brink of extinction, “ said Lackovičová. To date, however, many locations have not been restored.
“Most human activities remain seriously unsustainable and have a detrimental effect on our nature and climate. One of the real consequences is that many once common bird species are becoming less common – they will disappear from our overused land. The once common partridge is now a great rarity, swallows and other species that are a symbol of the Slovak countryside are disappearing. And if birds do not thrive in the land, nature and people do not. However, by rigorously enforcing the proposed legislation, it is possible to restore to Europe the wealth of biodiversity it once had. “ concluded conservation manager from SOS / BirdLife Slovakia Matej Repel.