<p>The EU is committed to stepping up its contribution to averting global biodiversity loss. The EU derives great benefits from global biodiversity, but some of its consumption patterns are an important cause of biodiversity loss and habitat degradation beyond EU borders. The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 is in line with international commitments made in October 2010, when the UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a strategic plan to address global biodiversity loss over the next decade. The EU is stepping up its contribution to averting global biodiversity loss by greening its economy and endeavouring to reduce its pressure on global biodiversity. The Netherlands has committed itself to nature objectives stated in the EU Biodiversity Strategy and thus indirectly to those in the Convention on Biological Diversity. The relevant conventions, directives and agreements have been implemented in national policy and legislation, including the policy documents Natural Capital Agenda (NCA, 2013) and the national nature vision The Natural Way Forward – Government Vision 2014 (NV), and since the decentralisation of nature policy in the provincial Nature Visions (PVs) and in the Nature Pact (NP, 2013), the agreement between the Dutch government and the provinces on the implementation of Dutch nature policy. In these NBSAP’s the following objectives are related to the sixth main target of the European biodiversity strategy:o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by 2020, the most important agricultural raw material chains will meet sustainability criteria for biodiversity (NCA);o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;fair agreement on the use of plant genetic resources (NCA);o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;green enterprise: driver of the economy (NV).</p>