Traduction de «Countdown 2010 » (Anglais → Français) :

86. Welcomes the call to strengthen partnerships between biodiversity interests and key stakeholder groups; stresses the importance of partnerships with key owners and users of land, water and marine resources; supports in particular partnerships with hunters, the fishing community, farmers and foresters, and with the business and finance sectors; recognises the important role being played by the Countdown 2010 initiative in this regard;

The Community institutions, Member States and civil society have pursued a wide range of initiatives in this regard, including adoption of Directives on the Århus Convention, and the multi–stakeholder Countdown 2010 initiative.

This involves development and implementation of a communications strategy in support of the Action Plan, working closely with the Countdown 2010 initiative, and implementation of the Ǻrhus Convention and related Directives[36].

It is the countdown to 2010 that concerns me.

These targets, together with other targets for biodiversity preservation, have been set in the declaration entitled “Countdown to 2010”.

CALLS upon key stakeholders to commit themselves to the 2010 targets and to work in partnership with Member States and the Commission to achieve these targets; WELCOMES the Countdown 2010 initiative, launched by a partnership of civil organisations, including the Irish Presidency, the Commissioner for the Environment and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and other key actors at the Malahide Conference, as an important sensitising initiative to the significance of biodiversity loss across the globe and as a means to act as an independent monitor of progress towards the 2010 targets and ENCOURAGES Member States, Commission and civil soc ...[+++]iety to support the Countdown 2010 initiative; ACKNOWLEDGES the need to address the EU's impact on third countries' biodiversity as well as the EU's particular responsibility in contributing to the achievement of the 2010 targets at pan-European and global levels. EMPHASIZES the need for urgent action to eliminate imports of illegally harvested timber into the EU as a contribution to fostering sustainable development by halting the loss of biodiversity and protecting the environment; STRESSES the need to continue work on implementation of the Community's Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT); URGES the Commission to present its reports and proposals on the issue without delay, taking account inter alia of existing multilateral mechanisms, as requested in the Council's October 2003 conclusions on the FLEGT Action Plan.