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Building the European Union’s Natura 2000 network

open access: yesNature 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]

open access: yesNature 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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Urban sprawl into Natura 2000 network over Europe. [PDF]

open access: yesConserv 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.
europepmc   +6 more sources

Areas of the European Ecological Network Natura 2000 in Roztocze

open access: yesBarometr 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   +2 more
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Grazing and Biodiversity Conservation: Highlights on a Natura 2000 Network Site [PDF]

open access: gold, 2015
This paper provides a summarisation of information on the biodiversity of Natura 2000 sites of Basilicata and the impacts of grazing on protected habitats and species. Besides, using a case study of a site particularly rich in biodiversity as an example, we described the application of the Driving Force, Pressure, State, Impact and Response (DPSIR ...
Pierangelo Freschi   +3 more
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The Natura 2000 network and compensatory measures [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +1 more
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Characterizing the marine Natura 2000 network for the Atlantic region [PDF]

open access: bronzeAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2007
Abstract One of the goals for Natura 2000, a key European Community programme of nature conservation, is to produce a network of protected areas. An analysis of the Natura 2000 marine sites proposed in the most recently agreed list for the Atlantic region (northern Portugal to Denmark, n=298) was used to characterize the network in terms of site areas ...
Mark P. Johnson   +3 more
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Prawne ograniczenia działalności podejmowanej na wiejskich obszarach Natura 2000 – wybrane aspekty

open access: yesActa 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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How Do Natura 2000 Areas Intersect with Peoples’ Livelihood Strategies in High Nature Value Farmlands in Southern Transylvania?

open access: yesLand, 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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How much Biodiversity is in Natura 2000? : the “Umbrella Effect” of the European Natura 2000 protected area network : technical report

open access: green, 2016
In order to assess the significance of the presumed “umbrella effect” of Natura 2000 areas the European Commission initiated a study, in 2013, to address the following questions: 1) Which are, amongst the species regularly occurring within the European territory of the EU-28 Member States, those that significantly benefit from the site conservation ...
T. van der Sluis   +16 more
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