Tuesday, April 16, 2024

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Hall 8A-6 (Simmonscourt)

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Besides climate change, the decline of biodiversity is the second major environmental challenge facing the transport sector today, as the whole society. But so far, the latter has received much less attention, including in the transport sector. Transport impacts on biodiversity are known, through the destruction and fragmentation of natural habitats for infrastructure construction and through the disruption of biological cycles due to diverse effects of use. Improvements can be brought in the way transport infrastructures are planned, designed, constructed, adapted, operated and decommissioned. Some can be applied in the short term while some others need research and development. The vision brought by the reflexion for more biodiversity-friendly transport infrastructure is not restricted to improving the avoidance/mitigation/compensation approach but regards integrated land planning where the role transport infrastructure could play for biodiversity is considered through contribution to green infrastructure, to the delivery of ecosystem services, conservation of species, prevention and mitigation of ecological pressures in the landscape. Priorities and the way to implement this vision will vary according to the various stakes, needs and risks faced by the different European regions. Speakers: Vincent O’Malley (Transport Infrastructure Ireland) Yannick Auttret (MTES) Karin de Schepper (Inland Navigation Europe) Rafal STANECKI (EC-DG MOVE) Hilde Eggermont (BiodivERsA) Elke Hahn (IENE) Moderator: Thierry Goger

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