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
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 The aim of the Natura 2000 Network is to ensure the conservation of habitats and species in their natural areas of distribution. Connectivity is an essential part of this conservation.
Víctor Rincón +11 more
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The impact of environmental policy on soil quality: Organic carbon and phosphorus levels in croplands and grasslands of the European Natura 2000 network. [PDF]
J Environ Manage, 2018 Hagyó A, Tóth G.
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Identification of areas of very high biodiversity value to achieve the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 key commitments [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background The European Union strives to increase protected areas of the EU terrestrial surface to 30% by year 2030, of which one third should be strictly protected. Designation of the Natura 2000 network, the backbone of nature protection in the EU, was
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Genetic diversity of the stag beetle, Lucanus cervus (Insecta, Coleoptera) in Romania based on ND1 mitochondrial sequences [PDF]
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2023 Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the largest Coleoptera species in Europe and one of the most recognizable. It is a saproxylic species living in woodlands and wooded urban habitats and spending its larval stages inside tree trunks below or near ...
Alexandra-Florina Popa +7 more
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The management model of the Natura 2000 network in Puglia: opinions and expectations of stakeholders
Forest@, 2023 The implementation of integrated approach in the management of sites of the Natura 2000 network presupposes the stakeholders’ involvement to efficiently combine the nature conservation at the sites with the main human activities (tourism-recreational ...
Tucci G, Notaro S, Paletto A
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Prawne ograniczenia działalności podejmowanej na wiejskich obszarach Natura 2000 – wybrane aspekty
Acta Iuris Stetinensis, 2018 The article attempts to approximate the issue of the functioning of rural areas covered by Natura 2000 network. Rural areas are often covered by various forms of nature conservation, including the youngest of them – the Natura 2000 network.
Adrianna Ogonowska
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Land, 2020 The establishment of the Natura 2000 network in Romania constitutes a turning point for the policy on biodiversity conservation in this country. The presence of human communities in certain Natura 2000 areas determines complex interactions between social
Georgiana Toth +3 more
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Effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network to cover threatened species
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 +3 more
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