The Minister of Ecology announced the appointment of a three-person team to prepare for the creation of the French Biodiversity Agency, during the monitoring committee of the national biodiversity strategy.
Annabelle Jaeger, regional councilor in charge of biodiversity and president of ARPE PACA, will bring her experience in managing territorial policies for biodiversity support and will particularly liaise with Regions and local communities: “I am happy and proud of this preparatory mission, convinced of the necessary good coordination of the Agency with local communities to embed its actions in support and synergy with those of the communities. The creation of a new national agency at a time of a new act of decentralization should be an opportunity to invent a new model of governance shared between the State and the territories.”
The biodiversity bill will be examined in a public session at the National Assembly in the spring of 2015. The text provides for the creation of the French Biodiversity Agency, resulting from the merger of Onema, AAMP, Aten, and the public institution French National Parks.
The new planning body announced by Ségolène Royal will be placed under the aegis of the CNTE (National Council for Ecological Transition).
Its four priorities will be the harmonization of statutes, the budget in a constrained context for public spending, territorial implementation, and the negotiation of a partnership with ONCFS.
