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the EU will have to bring in much stricter rules on protecting rare species and habitats and enforce them much more efficiently, ministers agreed

the extinction of animals and plants and the destruction of their habitats costs around 50 billion euros (69 billion dollars) a year worldwide

The Red List update finds that 9 percent of Europe's butterflies, 11 percent of its saproxylic beetles and 14 percent of dragonflies are threatened with extinction, at least within the geographic confines of the European Union

Butterflies, for instance, play a hugely pivotal role as pollinators in the ecosystems in which they live.

31 percent of Europe's 435 butterfly species suffer declining populations

the Council recognizes that climate change is increasingly among the strongest pressures on biodiversity

development and transfer of best practices and technologies will be essential to achieve a coordinated response

public and private finance, including innovative forms of financing, and finance associated with the Copenhagen Accord, should -based on appropriate criteria- include scope for payments for ecosystem services

In Rio, the United Nations must together build a new economic order.

While taking measures to tackle the crisis, we must separate growth from environmental damage.

we call on political leaders to renew their commitment to meeting the Millennium Development Goals and to adopt additional measures backed up with the necessary funding. We call on developed countries in particular to implement their commitment to allocate 0.7% of their gross national income to development aid.

biodiversity and the ecosystem services we get for free from nature are preserved, valued and, insofar as possible, restored for their intrinsic value, enabling them to support economic prosperity and human well-being, and averting any catastrophic changes linked to biodiversity loss

biodiversity protection is “a goal for the Spanish Presidency”