News archive - Regional Meeting on Protection of Endangered Habitats and Species in SEE to take place in Sarajevo
A regional meeting on NATURA 2000 (protection of sites for endangered habitats and species) will be held in Sarajevo on May 29, 2009. The event is organized by the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), under the EU-funded Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme for South Eastern Europe (REReP), in cooperation with the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC).
The objective of the meeting is to provide information on EU biodiversity and NATURA 2000; learn from experiences on setting and management of NATURA 2000 and other ecological networks; discuss progress made in the region, and the ways for streamlining cooperation and coordination, particularly in cross-border context for different authorities and stakeholders in the candidate and potential candidate countries in SEE on issues related to nature conservation and NATURA 2000, as well as a possible establishment of NATURA 2000 and its complementary EMERALD network in SEE.
The participants will include experts from relevant environment ministries in SEE, nature protection institutions in the region, donor community, international financial institutions, and non-governmental organizations active in related cross-border activities.
In 1992, EU governments adopted legislation to protect the most seriously threatened habitats and species across Europe. This legislation is called the Habitats Directive and complements the Birds Directive adopted in 1979. At the heart of both these Directives is the creation of a network of sites called NATURA 2000. The EMERALD network represents de facto extension of NATURA 2000 to non-EU countries.
Source: www.rcc.int, as accessed on May 28, 2009.
Entry created by Katarina Rohsmann on May 28, 2009
Modified on May 29, 2009
