Nature
Bern Convention
Group of Experts on the Conservation of Invertebrates
The Bern Convention was one of the first international treaties that recognised the importance of invertebrates as
potential bio-indicators for the condition of habitats. The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention created the
Group of Experts on Conservation of Invertebrates in December 1989, and it held its first meeting in April 1990.
Much research on invertebrates has been carried out since then in order to identify which species - listed in the
Appendices - required urgent conservation action and what habitat protection measures would be necessary. This work
has been complemented by the 2006 European Strategy for the Conservation of Invertebrates, the first regional instrument
for the conservation of invertebrates.
The Group will hold its next meeting in
2013.
Recommendations
Recommendation No. 29 (1991) on the conservation
of wetland invertebrates
Recommendation No. 35 (1992) on the conservation
of some species of invertebrates listed in
Appendix II of the Convention
Recommendation No. 120 (2006) of the Standing
Committee on the European Strategy for the
Conservation of Invertebrates
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