Traduction de «Institut pour la conservation de la nature » (Français → Anglais) :

The project For the Balkans and the People: Nature Protection and Sustainable Rural Development in Bulgaria won the Socio-Economic Benefits Award for demonstrating that nature conservation and economic development can go hand-in-hand and are mutually dependant.This initiative implemented by a coalition of NGOs has helped farmers and micro- and small enterprises from the Balkan Mountains to market their products and promote eco-tour ...[+++]ism.

To achieve these objectives, the Union – recognising the fundamental importance of biodiversity conservation in the outermost regions – should affirm the voluntary scheme for promoting conservation and sustainable use of BEST in those outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU to which Union environmental protection legislation (Directives 92/43/EC and 2009/147/EC) does not apply, thus drawing on the experience acquired through Union nature conservation policy, in particular Natura 2000.

9a. Draws attention to the need to use adequate monitoring to ensure that the institutes responsible for nature conservation are actually equipped with the requisite human and financial resources to perform their nature conservation duties;

E. whereas, historically, the focus of the conservation of nature has been its aesthetic and scientific value; whereas a modern approach should focus in addition on the recognition of ecosystems, species and biodiversity as essential to sustainable development; whereas the conservation of functioning ecosystems makes a fundamental contribution to the quality of human life and should be an integral part of all sectoral policies; whereas nature and biodiversity conservation measures should not be limited to protected areas but must be taken throughout the territory of the Community and integrat ...[+++]ed into all sectors of activity, including agriculture and transport, with due regard to the social and economic situations of the geographical areas concerned; whereas farming in Europe conserves and maintains agricultural landscapes, and farming in accordance with good agricultural practice is geared to protecting and conserving the environment; whereas land is a finite form of capital and farmers have an interest in keeping it in a healthy and fertile condition, both for themselves and for future generations,

J. whereas infrastructure such as roads, dams and ports fragment landscapes and isolate populations of flora and fauna from one another; notes that the fragmentation and shrinkage of habitats is having the effect of isolating populations from one another and thus reducing genetic exchanges as well as hampering populations" survival, and preventing the establishment of Natura 2000 as a coherent ecological network based on Special Protection Areas (SPA) under the Birds Directive, and the Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) designated under the Habitats Directive; whereas adequate ecological corridors and buffer zones are an essential contri ...[+++]bution to nature conservation in Europe; whereas larger, interlinked areas of protection are necessary in order to guarantee the success of the Habitats Directive; whereas there is an urgent need to improve environmental impact assessment and introduce strategic environment assessment of transport projects and other land use planning initiatives to secure the coherence of Natura 2000,

A. whereas the Community's nature conservation legislation is not yet fully operational due to the failure of Member States to implement the more than eight year-old Habitats Directive and the more than 20 year-old Wild Birds Directive; whereas the implementation of the Habitats and Birds Directives, both with respect to species conservation and with respect to the establishment of the Natura 2000 Network, is one of the most important tools for achieving the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in the European Union and its Member States,