ECNC’s contribution to a beautiful Europe
Highlights of activities in 2011
As we write this message, 2012 is well under way. ECNC continues to forge ahead, driven by our passion for people and biodiversity, whilst highlighting and promoting the services that biodiversity brings to the economy, including job creation.
Many changes are taking place in the world: economies in recession, conflicts, a rise in extreme weather events, etc. There are many reasons to feel uncertain about the future. As a result, fear and self-interest are growing in our societies, politics and economies. As the economic climate becomes harsher and resources scarcer, some governments are giving lower priority to nature and environmental conservation, which makes the challenge to organizations such as ECNC even greater.
However, this is not the whole story. Fortunately, awareness of the need to green our economies and to green businesses is increasing rapidly, not least in the business sector itself.
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This publication is financially supported by the European Commission LIFE+ programme.
Report of activities for 2010
2010 was the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) and the year of the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The IYB was celebrated during a period of severe financial and economic hardship. Despite the high biodiversity ambitions in national and international policy documents for 2010, overall governments’ budgets for biodiversity and staffing declined considerably, sometimes even dramatically. This had its impact on international organizations like ECNC. Enormous efforts were required for ECNC to maintain its activities for biodiversity and sustainable development at the same level.
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The year 2010 in review