http://www.ecnc.org/ Prezent Site Manager (http://www.prezent.nl) http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link745 Mon, 14 May 2012 15:11:18 GMT On 14 & 15 June 2012, the annual ELN-FAB European seminar will take place in Avignon, France. This event provides a unique opportunity for all those interested in functional agrobiodiversity to... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link745 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link744 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:45:37 GMT The kick-off meeting of the project ’A Local Biodiversity Action Planning (LBAP) Network in the Western Balkans’ was held on 9 and 10 May 2012. The project team met in Szentendre, Hungary.The project... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link744 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link741 Wed, 09 May 2012 13:58:03 GMT The May 2012 issue of the ECNC Update newsletter has been published. Contents include: Meeting of Dinaric Arc Initiative decides on its future New project: A Local Biodiversity Action Planning... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link741 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link740 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:31:53 GMT In his letter to ECNC, the Executive Secretary of the CBD Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias welcomed the EBS as a contribution to the implementation of decisions on business engagement and... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link740 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link739 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:24:41 GMT ECNC participated in a workshop on the mapping and assessment of ecosystem services, organized as a response to Action 5 of the new EU biodiversity strategy to 2020, as well as to the CBD’s new... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link739 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link738 Wed, 09 May 2012 08:26:29 GMT On 11 and 12 April the Large Herbivore Network (LHNet) joined the Wilderness Working Group (WWG) meeting in Brussels. This working group brings together leading wild area practitioners from across... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link738 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link736 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:22:42 GMT The Dutch zoo ‘Natura Artis Magistra’ in Amsterdam, has confirmed it is to continue its funding for the Large Herbivore Network programme this year. As part of a Memorandum of Understanding, which... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link736 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link735 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:04:34 GMT On 17 and 18 April 2012, the first European Biodiversity Summit was held at the company Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart, in the framework of the 8th German CSR-Forum. During the two-day... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link735 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link734 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:48:53 GMT ECNC and its local partner, REC Country Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina, gave a two-day training workshop on project preparation in Kozara National Park on 4 and 5 April 2012. The workshop was part... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link734 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link733 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:18:53 GMT On 27 March 2012 ECNC attended the closing workshop of the CEEweb project ‘Conserving our natural heritage in the Visegrad countries through integrated spatial planning’. The topic of the... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link733 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link732 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:24:17 GMT In a letter to ECNC’s President Sir Brian Unwin, EU Commissioner of the Environment Janez Potočnik highlighted the important role that protecting our natural capital plays in linking green growth,... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link732 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link731 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:10:35 GMT The Journal for Nature Conservation is a scientific journal focusing on methods and techniques used in nature conservation. It is published by Elsevier Science in affiliation with ECNC. ... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link731 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link730 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:17:11 GMT ECNC and REC Regional Environmental Center recently finalized the three-year project ‘Local Biodiversity Action Planning for Southeastern Europe (SEE-BAP)’ in ten municipalities in Southeastern... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link730 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link729 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:02:40 GMT The 14th Dinaric Arc Initiative (DAI) meeting was held in Vienna on 30 March 2012. During the meeting, hosted by the UNEP Vienna office, participants reviewed the functioning of the DAI and decided... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link729 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link727 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:29:32 GMT ECNC participated in the 5th Forum for the Future of Agriculture, held in Brussels on 27 March 2012. The topic of the forum was ‘Meeting the Food & Environmental Challenge’,... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link727 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link728 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:24:52 GMT On 22 March 2012, the EU Business @ Biodiversity Platform organized the workshop ‘Implementation and further development of the EU B @ B Platform: EU and national B&B initiatives and... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link728 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link724 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:47:06 GMT Professor Dr Mustafa Kemal Yalinkiliç, ECNC Board member and former Director-General of the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry, launched the European Biodiversity Standard (EBS) during a... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link724 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link722 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:34:05 GMT The ECNC Update is now available in a completely digital format, replacing the pdf we used to send out. This makes it faster and easier for our readers to browse for news items that interest them.... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link722 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link718 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:11:57 GMT The EU Business @ Biodiversity Platform offers guidance to business sectors on how to integrate biodiversity into their economic activities. The Platform works with the priority business sectors... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link718 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link721 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:12:35 GMT In the December 2011 issue of the ECNC Update we informed you about some of the results of the project ‘Local biodiversity action planning for Southeastern Europe’. The project has had a very... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link721 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link717 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:11:12 GMT The new issue of the European Learning Network on Functional Agrobiodiversity (ELN-FAB) Newsletter has been published today. This newsletter exists to inform the partners, intermediaries and... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link717 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link716 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:10:33 GMT From 5 – 9 March a round of workshops with local stakeholders is held in and around the four Bosnian target areas in ECNC’s facilitation assistance project‘Local Initiatives in Biodiversity... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link716 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link714 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:08:18 GMT ECNC’s Large Herbivore Network (LHNet), together with the Russian Academy of Sciences, started work on a feasibility study financed by the WNF INNO fund for international nature conservation... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link714 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link720 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:07:45 GMT ECNC and the Regional Environmental Center (REC) are providing facilitation assistance to the 'Local initiatives in biodiversity conservation' component of the ‘Forest and mountain protected areas... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link720 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link713 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:04:21 GMT A handbook is under preparation by the European Learning Network on Functional Agrobiodiversity (ELN-FAB) to help the stakeholders to strengthen the role of FAB in their operations, and to... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link713 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link712 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:02:38 GMT The European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD) Implementation Plan for 2012 has been launched. ECNC has been a consortium partner of the ETC/BD since 1994 and in this role it carries out... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link712 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link719 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:01:44 GMT From 25 to 27 January 2012, 28 participants from five North-West European countries came together at Camp Reinsehlen (Schneverdingen, Lower Saxony, Germany) to test the first version of a training... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link719 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link710 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:28:41 GMT On Wednesday 25 January the main hall of the Province House in ’s-Hertogenbosch was transformed into a biodiversity marketplace, whose theme was ‘Brabant: Good health from natural wealth’. The event... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link710 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link707 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:36:54 GMT The SUSTAIN project team held its kick-off meeting, hosted by the University of Rennes, France, on 10 and 11 January 2012. SUSTAIN (Soil Functional Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, a... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link707 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link703 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:50:16 GMT ECNC has recently started work on the new EU biogeographic seminars process. The European Commission initiated this programme of new Natura 2000 seminars, based on biogeographic regions and involving... http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link703 http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link247 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:13:08 GMT Older news is stored in our archives, which you can explore here: 2011 News archive 2010 News archive 2009 News archive 2008 News archive http://www.ecnc.org/news_51.html#link247