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Nature & biodiversity

Decisions about nature restoration, biodiversity, protected habitats, forests or wildlife.

Decisions
19 on 16 sitting days
Outcomes
17 adopted · 1 rejected
Period
23 Oct 2024 – 17 Jun 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
14
By kind
Consent 1 · New laws 12 · Objections 2 · Resolutions 4
Key
climate/nature
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Decisions, 19

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
17 Jun 2026EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (Resolution) ResolutionsAdopted542 for, 52 against, 70 abstained by roll call
19 May 2026Production and marketing of forest reproductive material New lawsNo final voteFinal vote—
10 Mar 2026Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies ResolutionsAdopted528 for, 21 against, 62 abstained by roll call
17 Dec 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders (No. 4, 17 Dec 2025) New lawsPassed405 for, 242 against, 8 abstained by roll call
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders (No. 1, 26 Nov 2025) New lawsPassed402 for, 250 against, 8 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction New lawsPassed454 for, 172 against, 19 abstained by roll call
13 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders (No. 11, 13 Nov 2025) New lawsPassedshow of hands — no count
23 Oct 2025Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan ResolutionsAdoptedshow of hands — no count
21 Oct 2025Monitoring framework for resilient European forests New lawsRejected outright370 for, 264 against, 9 abstained by roll call
9 Jul 2025Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high risk Objection under Rule 115(2) and (3) · implementing measureObjectionsObjection passed373 for, 289 against, 26 abstained by roll call

All 19 decisions on this subtopic in the register

Dossiers, 11

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (Resolution) 2025-0259MDecisions117 Jun 2026 · Adopted
Production and marketing of forest reproductive material 2023-0228Decisions119 May 2026
Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies 2025-2011Decisions110 Mar 2026 · Adopted
Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction 2025-0090Decisions113 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan 2025-2618Decisions123 Oct 2025 · Adopted
Monitoring framework for resilient European forests 2023-0413Decisions121 Oct 2025 · Adopted
Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high risk 2025-2739Decisions19 Jul 2025 · Adopted
Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union 2024-0245Decisions117 Jun 2025 · Adopted
Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union. 2024-0245MDecisions117 Jun 2025 · Adopted
Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category 2024-0214Decisions117 Dec 2024 · Adopted
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Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Measures to reduce incidental catches of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and other small cetaceans in the Bay of Biscay 2024-2842Decisions127 Nov 2024 · Rejected

These dossiers in the register

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.

The last 14 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor3Against10Abst.0Divided1With outcome4of14
GreensFor5Against9Abst.0Divided0With outcome6of14
S&DFor7Against6Abst.0Divided1With outcome8of14
RenewFor8Against2Abst.0Divided4With outcome11of14
EPPFor13Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome14of14
ECRFor11Against1Abst.0Divided2With outcome11of14
PatriotsFor9Against1Abst.0Divided4With outcome11of14
ESNFor9Against4Abst.1Divided0With outcome10of14

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Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Nature & biodiversity”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=nature (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-topic-climate-nature,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Nature \& biodiversity}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=nature}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/climate?sub=nature},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}