Resources from SER-Europe’s Legal Working Group related to the EU Nature Restoration Law, including legal analyses, policy commentary, and briefing documents.

2026

June 2026
Arguments in Support of the Birds and Habitats Directives: A Legal Position Paper

June 2026
What does the EU Nature Restoration Regulation mean for forestry? (Version 2)

March 2026
Realising biodiversity potential of Europe’s quarries, mines and other extractive sites

March 2026
Real-world restoration: adaptive planning under uncertainty

March 2026
The EU Nature Restoration Regulation: a new lifeline for Europe’s protected species?

March 2026
Restoration of urban ecosystems: a walk in the park?

March 2026
What does the EU Nature Restoration Regulation mean for marine ecosystems?

March 2026
What does the EU Nature Restoration Regulation mean for agriculture?

2025

7 February 2025
SER-Europe comments on the draft regulation for a uniform format of the National Restoration Plans

2024

18 March 2024
10 legal reasons to vote in favour of the EU Nature Restoration Law

2023

21 November 2023
The EU Nature Restoration Law: Legal concerns on the trilogue draft agreement

25 October 2023
The EU Nature Restoration Law: Avoiding legal pitfalls in further negotiations
Prepared for trilogue discussions and final European Parliament and Council votes

6 July 2023
Legal assessment explaining why COPA*COGECA’s objections against the Nature Restoration Act proposal are misleading
Prepared for the European Parliament plenary vote

May 2023
The EU Nature Restoration Law: Providing legal certainty in tackling the biodiversity and climate crisis

May 2023
EU Nature Restoration Law: Myths and misconceptions debunked

27 April 2023
Legal assessment of the proposal for an EU Nature Restoration Law
Comments on the European Commission proposal