Political Vision: The 10 Point Plan for Financing Biodiversity
Point 4 – Domestic Resource Mobilization
France: Revision of the National Biodiversity Strategy
What
The Government of France is currently designing a new national framework for reducing pressure on biodiversity and protecting and restoring ecosystems. The new National Biodiversity Strategy will receive an increased budget of EUR 264 million in 2024, in addition to the EUR 475 million under the water plan, and increased finance for restoration of degraded lands.
Goal
The National Biodiversity Strategy aims to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the national level in France, and further the Government’s commitment to biodiversity: reducing pressures on biodiversity; restoring degraded lands; mobilizing all stakeholders; mobilizing resources to achieve these goals.
Recent activities
The first version of the strategy, which comprises 39 measures should be published in November 2023.
Benefits
Alongside codifying France’s strategy for nature restoration and meeting the aims of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the EUR 264 million of additional funding to be allocated under the Strategy will be used in particular to strengthen the effectiveness of protected areas (EUR +11 million), ecosystems (EUR +80 million), species protection (EUR 18 million), forest biodiversity (EUR 15 million), marine environments (EUR 6 million), and support for soil restoration (EUR 6 million).
The strategy will set a target for reducing public harmful subsidies to biodiversity by 2030.
Relevant links and resources
Stratégie nationale biodiversité 2030 | Ministères Écologie Énergie Territoires
