As the first indicator-based assessment of progress towards the European target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010 …, this report serves two purposes. First, it takes stock of the state of biodiversity and its loss in Europe based on the …

The present report considers the status and trends of pan-European biodiversity in a range of ecosystems, and the … implications of these trends for biodiversity management policy and practice. It considers the key biodiversity policy instruments … currently applied in Europe, the threats to biodiversity and the management implications of such threats across major habitat …