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List of species used for the common farmland bird index in the Member States

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ChangedANNEX VI LIST OF BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS FOR FOREST ECOSYSTEMS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 10(2)12(2) AND 10(2a)12(3)

ANNEX VII

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ChangedLIST OF EXAMPLES OF RESTORATION MEASURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11(8)14(16)

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(1) Restore wetlands, by rewetting drained peatlands, removing peatland drainage structures or de-poldering and discontinuing peat excavation.

(2) Improve hydrological conditions by increasing quantity, quality and dynamics of surface waters and groundwater levels for natural and semi-natural ecosystems.

(3) Remove unwanted scrub encroachment or non-native plantations on grasslands, wetlands, forests and sparsely vegetated land.

(4) Apply paludiculture.

(5) Re-establish the meandering of rivers and reconnect artificially cut meanders or oxbow lakes.

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Changed(6) Remove longitudinal and lateral barriers (suchbarriers,such as dikes and dams),dams; give more space to river dynamics and restore free-flowing river stretches.

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Changed(7) Re-naturalise river bedsriverbeds and lakes and lowland watercourses byby, e.g.for example. removing artificial bed fixation, optimising substrate composition, improving or developing habitat cover.

(8) Restore natural sedimentation processes.

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Changed(9) Establish riparian buffers, e.g.such as riparian forests, buffer strips, meadows or pastures.

(10) Increase ecological features in forests, such as large, old and dying trees (habitat trees) and amounts of lying and standing deadwood.

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Changed(11) Work towards a diversified forest structure in terms ofof, e.g.for example, species composition and age, enable natural regeneration and succession of tree species.

(12) Assist migration of provenances and species where it may be needed due to climate change.

(13) Enhance forest diversity by restoring mosaics of non-forest habitats such as open patches of grassland or heathland, ponds or rocky areas.

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Changed(13)(14) Make use of “close-to-nature”‘close-to-nature’ or “continuous‘continuous cover”cover’ forestry approaches; introduce native tree species.

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Changed(14)(15) Enhance the development of old-growth native forests and mature standsstands, (e.g.for example, by abandonment of harvesting or by active mangagementmanagement which favours development of autoregulatory functions and appropriate resilience).resilience.

(16) Introduce high-diversity landscape features in arable land and intensively used grassland, such as buffer strips, field margins with native flowers, hedgerows, trees, small forests, terrace walls, ponds, habitat corridors and stepping stones, etc.

(17) Increase the agricultural area subject to agro-ecological management approaches such as organic agriculture or agro-forestry, multicropping and crop rotation, integrated pest and nutrient management.

(18) Reduce grazing intensity or mowing regimes on grasslands where relevant and re-establish extensive grazing with domestic livestock and extensive mowing regimes where they were abandoned.

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Changed(18)(19) Stop or reduce the use of chemical pesticides as well as chemical and animal manure fertilizers.fertilisers.

(20) Stop ploughing grassland and introducing seeds of productive grasses.

(21) Remove plantations on former dynamic inland dune systems to re-enable natural wind dynamics in favour of open habitats.

(22) Improve connectivity across habitats to enable the development of populations of species, and to allow for sufficient individual or genetic exchange as well as for species’ migration and adaptation to climate change.

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Changed(22)(23) Allow ecosystems to develop their own natural dynamics for example by abandoning harvesting and promoting naturalness,naturalness and wilderness.

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Changed(23)(24) Remove and control invasive alien species, and prevent or minimizeminimise new introductions.

(25) Minimise negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem, for example by using gear with less impact on seabed.

(26) Restore important fish spawning and nursery areas.

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Changed(26)(27) Provide structures or substrates to encourage the return of marine life,life forin examplesupport coral/oyster/boulderof the restoration of coral, oyster or boulder reefs.

(28) Restore seagrass meadows and kelp forests by actively stabilising the sea bottom, reducing and, where possible, eliminating pressures or by active propagation and planting.

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Changed(27a)(29) Restore or improve the state of characteristic native spiciesspecies population vital to the ecology of marine habitats by conducting passive or active restoration measures, e.g.for example, introducing juveniles.

(30) Reduce various forms of marine pollution, such as nutrient loading, noise pollution and plastic waste.

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Changed(29)(31) Increase urban green spaces with ecological features, such as parks, trees and woodland patches ▌, green roofs, wildflower grasslands, gardens, city horticulture, tree-lined streets, urban meadows and hedges, ponds and watercourses, taking into considerationconsideration, inter aliaalia, species diversity, native species, local conditions and resilience to climate change.

(32) Stop, reduce or remediate pollution from pharmaceuticals, hazardous chemicals, urban and industrial wastewater, and other waste including litter and plastics as well as light in all ecosystems.

(33) Convert brownfield sites, former industrial areas and quarries into natural sites.

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AddedANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

AddedCommission statement on access to justice on the occasion of the adoption of Regulation 2024/...+ of the European Parliament and of the Council on nature restoration and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869

AddedThe EU and its Member States are parties to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of 25 June 1998 (the ‘Aarhus Convention’).

AddedMember States should ensure that members of the public concerned, who have a sufficient interest or that maintain the impairment of a right in accordance with national law, have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or an independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of the national restoration plans and any failures to act of the competent authorities, regardless of the role members of the public concerned have played during the process for preparing and establishing such national restoration plans. This shall be in line with the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union related to access to justice in environmental matters and in full respect of the obligations Member States have undertaken as parties to the Aarhus Convention.