The European Parliament adopted the first European Union (EU) law to restore degraded ecosystems across the 27-nation political and economic bloc.
The new law sets a target for the EU to restore at least 20 per cent of its land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.
The law calls on EU members to restore at least 30 per cent of drained peatland by 2030, 40 per cent by 2040 and 50 per cent by 2050.
EU nations must restore at least 25,000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers.
Also needs to ensure there is no net loss in the total national area of urban green space and of urban tree canopy cover.