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Participatory approaches in the management of Natura 2000: when EU biodiversity policy gets closer to its citizens. Bruges Political Research Paper No. 26/May 2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Habitats Directive has created a European network of protected areas combining environmental protection with social and economic activities. Although not clearly advocated in the Directive, participatory approaches have incrementally emerged in ...
Baffert, Claire
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Legal regulation of the NATURA 2000 network [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Legal regulation of the NATURA 2000 network Abstract The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyse the legal regulation of the Natura 2000 network, namely its creation and its subsequent protection.
Pavlovská, Kateřina
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Emerging spatial prioritization for biodiversity conservation indicated by climate change velocity

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Anthropogenic climate change is challenging biodiversity conservation worldwide. Climate change metrics derived from future climate predictions help to assess potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity.
Qi Lai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Secure Enough? Sufficiency and Security in the New Geological and Geopolitical Reality

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article advances sufficiency theorizing by examining its relationship with security in the contemporary geopolitical context. It engages three contextually situated discourses: sustainable development, ecological civilization, and degrowth, to explore how concerns over ecological limits intersect with emerging geopolitical and security ...
Pasi Heikkurinen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A low-cost and repeatable procedure for modelling the regional distribution of Natura 2000 terrestrial habitats

open access: yesJournal of Maps, 2019
The present paper describes a procedure for mapping the distribution of Natura 2000 terrestrial habitats (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC) at the regional scale (Lombardy, Northern Italy) by means of open-source software (QGIS and R). The habitat map within
Michele Dalle Fratte   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reconciling fisheries and habitat protection in Romanian coastal marine protected areas

open access: yesScientia Marina, 2014
The extension of the Natura 2000 European ecological network to the Romanian marine territory (1 site according to the Birds Directive requirements and eight sites according to the Habitats Directive requirements, one also being a natural reserve and one
Tania Zaharia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solanum elaeagnifolium (Solanaceae) Invading One in Five Natura 2000 Protected Areas of Greece and One in Four Habitat Types: What Is Next?

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
Invasive alien plants have severe impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. To assess the invasion of Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. (a major alien invasive plant; Solanaceae) in Greek protected areas (PAs), we conducted an extensive drive ...
Nikos Krigas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Development Goals Applied to the Maritime Transportation Sector: Setting Sail for the Future

open access: yesNatural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, and promote prosperity through 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achieving these goals requires a multi‐sectoral approach. Maritime transportation, vital to the global economy, significantly contributes to several SDGs and plays a strategic ...
Cátia Sousa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation success or increased crop damage risk? The Natura 2000 network for a thriving migratory and protected bird [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Protected areas are important to support biodiversity and endangered species. However, they are often too small to fulfill the resource requirements of many large and mobile wildlife species, especially when congregating in large numbers.
Jens Persson   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Twenty-Three Years of Land-Use Changes Induced Considerable Threats to the Main Wetlands of Sardinia and Sicily (Italy) along the Mediterranean Bird Flyways

open access: yesDiversity, 2021
Biodiversity loss has multiple causes, but habitat degradation through land-use change is the predominant driver. We investigated the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in preserving the main wetlands of the two largest islands of the Mediterranean
Alessandro Ferrarini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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