The new European Directive 2024/1991 on Nature Restoration was recently published by the European Parliament. This new legislation regulates the effort, at European Union level, to restore habitats and ecosystems in its member states. The goal is very ambitious, to restore 30% of terrestrial ecosystems to a “good state” by 2030.

The legislation is also concerned with the consequences of climate change. The capture of CO2 by restored and more resilient ecosystems in the future plays an important role, as well as combating climate change and biodiversity loss.

The European Nature Restoration Directive lists concrete possibilities for action, aiming to promote bio-based solutions. These, in the future, should play a more important role, as they naturally strengthen biodiversity and increase ecosystem services, managed by the solutions themselves.

It is important to highlight that biological swimming pools are part of these nature-based solutions. They increase local biodiversity through wetland species, provide ecosystem services such as CO2 capture and delight their users, in Portugal for three decades now.

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