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The "Think Outside the Box" campaign
The Bern Convention is delighted to announce the launch of its campaign “Think Outside the Box”, which aims at raising awareness about the diseases that exotic pets may carry and which can decimate wild amphibian and reptile populations. Dissemination work is supported by a number of Campaign...
38th Standing Committee meeting
On 27-30 November 2018, the Bern Convention organised the 38th annual meeting of its Standing Committee. Contracting Parties, experts and NGO representatives gathered to discuss the outcomes of activities implemented throughout 2018, in particular in the field of combating illegal killing of...
Second training workshop on reporting on the conservation status of species and habitats
The second training workshop on reporting on the conservation status of species and habitats under Resolution 8 (2012) took place in the Council of Europe office in Paris on 8 and 9 November 2018. This meeting followed up on a first workshop held in Copenhagen in April and drawed the lessons from...
9th Meeting of the Group of Experts on Protected Areas and Ecological Networks
The Group of Experts on Protected Areas and Ecological Networks held its 9th meeting on 4 and 5 October 2018 in Strasbourg. The Group followed up on its last year’s decision to carry out a reporting under Resolution No. 8 (2012) on the conservation status of species and habitats. Parties were...
2nd meeting of the Bureau to the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention
On 10 and 11 September the Bureau to the Standing Committee to the Convention gathered in Strasbourg for its second meeting this year. The Bureau ensured the follow-up of the decisions taken at last Standing Committee meeting and reviewed progress made by the different Convention’s groups of...
The #NotAlone campaign
On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats launches the social media campaign #NotAlone on the issue of urban heat waves. It is aimed at raising awareness on how biodiversity helps protecting...
Emerald Network biogeographical Seminar for bird species
The Secretariat of the Bern Convention and European Environment Agency organised an Emerald Network biogeographical evaluation seminar from 23 to 24 May in Kyiv (Ukraine). It aimed to assess the sufficiency of the proposed Emerald Network sites in Belarus, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine for...
Public awareness raising on the Emerald Network in Ukraine
Ukraine is one of the five Contracting Parties to the Bern Convention which officially adopted Emerald Network sites on its territory, the so called “Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI)”. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine prepared within the framework of the...
Select Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species
The Bern Convention Select Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) met in Rome (Italy) on 20 April 2018. This Group of Experts is composed of representatives of a limited number of Contracting Parties to the Convention, representatives of IUCN’s ISSC and the European Commission. The...
Training workshop on reporting on the conservation status of species and habitats
To follow up on the decision of the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention to report on the conservation status of species and habitats under Resolution 8(2012), a training workshop has been hosted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen from 17 to 18 April 2018. Thanks to the...
Highlights
- Meeting of the Group of Specialists on the European Diploma for Protected Areas - 5-6 March 2019, Strasbourg (France)
- 1st meeting of the Bureau - 18-19 March 2019, Strasbourg (France)
