Therefore, the priority area Nature and Biodiversity should focus on the implementation and management of the Natura 2000 network set up under Directive 92/43/EEC, in particular in relation to the prioritised action framework prepared on the basis of Article 8 of that Directive, on the development and dissemination of best practices in relation to biodiversity and Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC, as well as on the wider biodiversity challenges identified by the Union Biodiversity Strategy to 2020.
Dá bhrí sin, ba cheart do réimse tosaíochta an Dúlra agus na Bithéagsúlachta díriú ar chur chun feidhme agus ar bhainistíocht líonra Natura 2000, a cuireadh ar bun faoi Threoir 92/43/CEE, go háirithe i ndáil leis an gcreat gníomhaíochta tosaíochta arna ullmhú ar bhonn Airteagal 8 den Treoir sin, ar fhorbairt agus scaipeadh na gcleachtas is fearr i leith na bithéagsúlachta agus Threoir 92/43/CEE agus Threoir 2009/147/CE, agus ar na dúshláin bhithéagsúlachta níos leithne freisin atá sainaitheanta i Straitéis Bithéagsúlachta an Aontais go dtí 2020.