Denmark's Nature Policy – Our Shared Nature.

The present document contains Denmark's first comprehensive and ambitious nature policy with concrete efforts to create more and better nature – also in the sea. It constitutes Denmark's biodiversity strategy, which follows up on the UN's and EU's goals for biodiversity in 2020. The government will work to stop the decline in nature's biodiversity by 2020. The Plan's vision is that, in 2050, Denmark will be a greener country with a more diverse nature where, especially the internationally protected areas, the larger forests, the national parks and the most important habitats for endangered species – also in the sea – are more closely linked. Nature should be linked across the country, so that connections are created between city parks, green areas outside the cities, meadows and pastures, the hedges, the open moors, the nature in the forests, the coasts and the sea.
The Plan contains three focus areas: 1. More Space and More Coherence in Nature: larger and better nature areas are created that are better connected, so that wild animals and plants can spread to a greater extent; 2. Strengthened Efforts for Wild Plants and Animals: the Government launches targeted initiatives for endangered and rare species, but also to strengthen the diversity of nature in general; 3. Better Opportunities for Community Life through Nature Experiences and Outdoor Life: most Danes visit nature - often with others, as more and better opportunities for this are created - e.g. through local partnerships.
Concrete measures included in the Plan are: a new digital nature map, with a biodiversity map, with information on where nature is and where endangered and vulnerable species live; creating the Danish Nature Fund for more and better nature for danes; better and more nature through nature plans, including a long-term national strategy for achieving a good status for EU-protected species and habitats by 2050; planting more forests in Denmark; creating a cleaner water environment, including ensuring groundwater quality and wastewater treatment, etc.; keep establishing new national parks, including a possible marine national park; making care for nature more attractive for farmers; creating more and better comprehensive nature on the sea; protecting valuable nature areas better; efficient and targeted efforts for wild animals and plants, in particular for endangered species; a new national forest program to enhance forests' biodiversity; creating Denmark's first national outdoor policy; ensuring everyone has access to nature; etc.