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Urban sprawl into Natura 2000 network over Europe. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2021
Abstract Urban growth is a major threat to biodiversity conservation at the global scale. Its impacts are expected to be especially detrimental when it sprawls into the landscape and reaches sites of high conservation value due to the species and ecosystems they host, such as protected areas. I analyzed the degree of urbanization (i.e.
Concepción ED.
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Landscape fragmentation of the Natura 2000 network and its surrounding areas. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Habitat loss from anthropogenic development has led to an unprecedented decline in global biodiversity. Protected areas (PAs) exist to counteract this degradation of ecosystems. In the European Union, the Natura 2000 (N2k) network is the basis for continent-wide conservation efforts.
Lawrence A, Friedrich F, Beierkuhnlein C.   +2 more
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Species, habitats, society: an evaluation of research supporting EU's Natura 2000 network. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The Natura 2000 network is regarded as one of the conservation success stories in the global effort to protect biodiversity. However, significant challenges remain in Natura 2000 implementation, owing to its rapid expansion, and lack of a coherent vision
Viorel D Popescu, Laurentiu Rozylowicz, Iulian M Niculae, Adina L Cucu, Tibor Hartel   +4 more
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Building the European Union’s Natura 2000 network

Nature Conservation, 2012
In the second half of the 20th Century there was a growing awareness of environmental problems, including the loss of species and habitats, resulting in many national and international initiatives, including the creation of organisations, such as the ...
Douglas Evans
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Effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network to cover threatened species [PDF]

Nature Conservation, 2013
The world‘s biodiversity is currently in rapid decline - Europe being no exception - with as principal cause a human-mediated global change. The Natura 2000 network is an important conservation tool for European biodiversity; it is a network of ...
Audrey Trochet, Dirk Schmeller
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The geography of high-value biodiversity areas for terrestrial vertebrates in Western Europe and their coverage by protected area networks [PDF]

Web Ecology, 2012
We identified high-value biodiversity areas (HVBAs) of terrestrial vertebrates according to a combined index of biodiversity (CBI) for each major taxon and a standardized biodiversity index (SBI) for all taxa in 2195 cells of 50 × 50 km in ...
M. J. T. Assunção-Albuquerque, J. M. Rey Benayas, F. S. Albuquerque, M. Á. Rodríguez   +3 more
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The Natura 2000 network and compensatory measures [PDF]

, 2006
The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse the EC-Environmental Law and the Danish legislation to protect the Natura 2000 areas. The Natura 2000 network is a coherent European ecological network of special areas of conservation. In some cases nature conservation must give way to the expansion of society.
Hvingel, Line Træholt, Møller, Lars Emil Vindfeld   +1 more
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The Challenge of Implementing the European Network of Protected Areas Natura 2000 [PDF]

Conservation Biology, 2015
AbstractEstablished under the European Union (EU) Birds and Habitats Directives, Natura 2000 is one of the largest international networks of protected areas. With the spatial designation of sites by the EU member states almost finalized, the biggest challenge still lying ahead is the appropriate management of the sites.
Apostolopoulou, Apostolopoulou, Araújo, Arlettaz, Bastian, BirdLife Europe, Boller, Bosso, Brodier, Buono, Cabeza, Cai, Cent, Chape, Cronbach, D'Amen, Dimitrakopoulos, Doak, Donald, EC (European Commission), EC (European Commission), EC (European Commission), EC (European Commission), EC (European Commission), EC (European Commission), EC (European Commission), EEA (European Environmental Agency), EEA (European Environmental Agency), EEA (European Environmental Agency), ETC/BD (European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity), Evans, Ferranti, Gaston, Gillson, Grodzinska-Jurczak, Gruber, Hamann, Hovardas, Iojâ, Jantke, Keulartz, Maiorano, Metzner, Niedziałkowski, Niedziałkowski, Nolte, Opdam, Opermanis, Pe'er, Peterson, Rego, Schmiedel, Stringer, Söderman, Tsiafouli, Wamelink, Wołoszyn, Young   +57 more
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Areas of the European Ecological Network Natura 2000 in Roztocze

Barometr Regionalny, 2015
The Natura 2000 network includes Special Areas of Conservation SACs (habitat refuges coded PLH ) and Special Protection Areas SPA (bird refuges coded PLB).
Wioletta Kałamucka, Krzysztof Kałamucki, Małgorzata Stanicka   +2 more
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The Configuration process of Natura 2000 Network in Spain

Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense, 2008
The approval of the Habitats Directive establishes a European ecological network for biodiversity conservation known as Natura 2000 Network. Spain, as a European Member State, takes part in its configuration contributing with a high percentage of the ...
Gema Herrero Corral
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