EU의 생물다양성 회복을 위한 그린 인프라 전략 (Green InfrastructureStrategy) 시행에 관한 고찰

Abstract

This article presents a few of policy challenges and the accompanying approaches for solution after analyzing and discussing primary policy directions and implementation progress of the EU’s Green Infrastructure Strategy that the EU Commission is implementing as complementary policy for the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy. And it does present prospect, and suggest policy implications for the Korea’s biodiversity strategy as well. The EU’s Green Infrastructure Strategy set out the green infrastructure promotion in other main policy areas, enhancing information and strengthening knowledge base and promotion of innovation, improving access to financing, and contributing to green infrastructure development of projects at EU level as the primary implementation directions of the strategy. Challenges and the approaches are, establishing more concrete policies by member states for the lack of the green infrastructure related policies, considering promotion effect through cutting business income taxes to improve awareness among green infrastructure related policy makers and stakeholders, inducing active participation of the beneficiary citizens from green infrastructure projects or businesses into the investment decision making process, and laying out binding regulation or decision at EU-level. As Korea is putting in place the 5th National Biodiversity Strategy, lack of financing is being emerged as the most significant challenge to overcome for establishing green infrastructure. Thus, it is judged highly that the Korean government will be able to complement and strengthen financial stability to some degree by laying out and implementing policies to induce active participation of beneficiary citizens from green infrastructure projects or businesses into investment related decision making process.