Recognising the importance of safeguarding biodiversity, in June 2002 the European Council of Göteborg set a target of halting its decline by 2010. Fulfilling this target has been adopted as one of the key aims of the 6th Community Action Plan for the Environment. The candidate countries have,...

The Commission wishes to provide further advice and support to Member States on how best to access and use EU funding mechanism for financing the management of the Natura 2000 network. The next phase in our awareness raising strategy is to link the use of the Guidance Handbook on financing...

This guide is to be used as a ‘beginners guide’ or first reference material by anyone who wants to gain a quick overview of CITES and the EU wildlife trade regulations and their main provisions. It is by no means exhaustive; it is intended to provide people who are new to the subject of...

This study reviews national legislations and practices regarding the implementation of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, in particular Article 6. It is based on eight national reports Belgium, France, Germany, Poland,...

The work of the European Topic Centre for Nature Conservation between 1995 and 2000 is presented in this report. The topic centre's main activities were support to the European Commission and Member States on the EU Birds and Habitats Directives, contributions to EEA reporting and development of...

Over the year, ETC on Nature Conservation has continued to develop the European nature information system UNIS. The topic centre has also provided support to the NATURA 2000 network and to the EEA's reporting activities.

Since its inception in 1992 LIFE-Nature has played a key role in the EUu0092s strategy for bird conservation by supporting many conservation actions for Europeu0092s most threatened bird species. The aim of this report is to give an overview of the results achieved by LIFE-Nature for endangered...