The European Union progressed towards most of the United Nations' sustainable development goals over the last five years, but took a step back on the conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity, the bloc's statistics office said on Monday.
As population grows, urbanisation speeds up and the need for natural resources increases, the U.N.'s "life on land" global goal seeks to combat deforestation and desertification, restore degraded land and soil, halt biodiversity loss and protect threatened species.
"The resulting habitat loss is one of the reasons for the long-term decline in common birds and grassland butterflies."
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