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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

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

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