The Habitats Directive will remain central to the EU’s continuing efforts to halt and ultimately reverse biodiversity loss under its 2030 Strategy for Biodiversity. Understanding the role this Directive plays in protecting European species is, therefore, critical if the EU is to deliver on its ambitious nature conservation agenda. This article presents a new study that furthers our understanding of EU law’s ability to deliver meaningful changes to a species’ conservation status by comparing the status of European plants that are protected under the Habitats Directive with those that are not, using the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List. Its findings suggest that the Directive has had only a limited impact on European flora. The article concludes by proposing reforms that could address the shortcomings in the EU’s approach to conservation which are highlighted by the study.

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评估栖息地指令的影响：欧洲植物的案例研究

栖息地指令将仍然是欧盟根据其 2030 年生物多样性战略阻止并最终扭转生物多样性丧失的持续努力的核心。因此，如果欧盟要实现其雄心勃勃的自然保护议程，了解该指令在保护欧洲物种方面的作用至关重要。本文介绍了一项新研究，该研究通过使用国际保护联盟比较受栖息地指令保护的欧洲植物与未受保护的欧洲植物的状态，进一步加深了我们对欧盟法律对物种保护状态做出有意义改变的理解。自然 (IUCN) 红色名录。其调查结果表明，该指令对欧洲植物群的影响有限。