MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Progress in implementing the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 and in protecting primary and old-growth forests – E-000682/2025

Question for written answer  E-000682/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
César Luena (S&D)

The EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 establishes that, by 2030, 30 % of all EU land and sea areas should be protected, with 10 % of land and sea areas – including all remaining EU primary and old-growth forests – being strictly protected.

In view of the above:

• 1.What progress have Member States made in implementing the biodiversity strategy and, specifically, in achieving the targets of protecting 30 % and strictly protecting 10 % of EU land and sea areas, including strictly protecting all primary and old-growth forests in the EU?
• 2.Given that, under the subsidiarity principle, it falls to Member States to define the criteria and specific measures for protecting their old-growth forests, does the Commission know the state and condition of all primary and old-growth forests in the EU?
• 3.What percentage of primary and old-growth forests are currently strictly protected in the EU?

Submitted: 13.2.2025