Eurosite network Members Friends of Eurosite Partners Working groups Twinning Dr. Roger Catchpole is an independent, not for profit, ecological consultant and environmental facilitator with a lifelong interest in bridging the gaps between science, policy and practice. He believes that protected area networks are crucial to rebuilding biodiversity in the wider environment and that Eurosite is a key…
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From 8 – 11 September 2020 on behalf of the European Habitats Forum (EHF), Eurosite attended the third Alpine Natura 2000 seminar. The Seminar was hosted jointly by the Ministry of the Environment of Sweden and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) on behalf of the European Commission. Wageningen University Research, as the main contractor of DG Environment, was responsible for its preparation…
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The use of remote sensing techniques and spatial analysis tools are among the fastest growing fields in nature conservation planning and management. Access to free high-quality spatial data is improving day by day (e.g. thanks to the EU Copernicus earth observation and monitoring programme). Moreover, the availability of low-price and easy-to-use mapping equipment and open…
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From 9-11 April, approximately 50 participants gathered in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, for the 4th Natura 2000 monitoring workshop. During this edition, the workshop focussed around the roles of new technologies and citizen science. Participants from 13 EU countries listened to presentations concerning remote sensing, drone data and other new technologies such as camera traps…
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09/04/2019 – 11/04/2019 @ All day – Save the date for the 4th Natura 2000 Monitoring workshop! Since 2013, Eurosite has organised a series of workshops to facilitate information exchange on issues related to monitoring Natura 2000 habitats and species. From 09 – 11 April 2019 the workshop ‘New technologies for Natura 2000 monitoring’ will take place in Doñana, Spain and will […]
Read MoreEurosite network Members Friends of Eurosite Partners Working groups Bernie Fleming is the owner, Principal and sole employee of Fleming Ecology, an independent consultancy working across science, policy and practice to provide pragmatic advice on the Nature Directives and biodiversity throughout the UK and Europe. A native English speaker, he is an accomplished written and…
Read MoreEurosite network Members Friends of Eurosite Partners Working groups Twinning Clive has worked in conservation since the late 1970s, initially as an ornithologist for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds before graduating as a botanist in the early 1990s. Since then, he has worked as a botanist specialising in habitat monitoring. In the…
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On 14 – 16 November 2017, as a part of the contractor’s team for the Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process, Eurosite has attended the 2nd Mediterranean Natura 2000 Seminar. The Seminar was a milestone event in the cooperation and knowledge exchange on management of Natura 2000 sites in the Mediterranean Biogeographical region. The Seminar was hosted by Eurosite member Terra Cypria, in Lymasol,…
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As part of the Eurosite Annual Meeting 2017, on 27 September Eurosite and Metsähallitus Parks and Wildlife Finland organised a thematic networking event of the Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process on ecologically justifiable Low Hanging Fruits in restoration and nature management. The original idea for this approach was introduced during the second Boreal Seminar of the…
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