Natura 2000 beer at the EU Green Week

The EU Green Week took place from 30 May to 3 June 2016. During this Week, Eurosite member Natuurpunt together with Natagora and BirdLife Europe offered the Green Week participants a free Gageleer beer. With this, the three nature conservation organisations wanted to raise attention for the preservation and implementation of the two most important…

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Learn about large carnivores in Finland

Finland has long experience in conserving large carnivores and managing their populations, and indeed there is wide interest abroad in the Finnish policy on large carnivores. This is why the Finnish carnivores website is now also available in English, which allows to give information and take part in the exchange of information and views on…

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Highlights Natura 2000 Expert Group meeting

On 18 April 2016 Eurosite’s Network Development Manager represented Eurosite at the 14th meeting of the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Management of Natura 2000. The most interesting highlights of the meeting are summarized here.

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Key findings Fitness Check published and next steps agreed

The conclusions of the interim evaluation of the Biodiversity Strategy and the current Fitness Check of the Birds and Habitats Directives show that more effort is needed. The instruments are there, it comes down to better implementation and strengthening nature conservation in other sectors. This week, Birdlife International presented the key findings of the Fitness…

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EU Publication: ecosystem services and biodiversity

Ecosystems provide a multitude of benefits to humanity, from food, clean water and flood protection to cultural heritage and a sense of place, to name but a few. However, many of these benefits, known as ‘ecosystem services’, are under severe threat from man-made pressures. This report explores four core facets of the ecosystem services concept:…

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EU survey on restoration

Eftec, in association with enetjärn, ECNC, CEEweb and the University of Antwerp, is carrying out a study for the European Commission’s DG Environment called “Technical support in relation to the promotion of restoration in the context of the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020”. The EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 foresees (Target 2) that restoration of…

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