Documents

• Meeting report - T-PVS(2023)07 [EN],  T-PVS(2023)07 [FR] 

Agenda Item 2 - Report from the Secretariat

Agenda Item 2.3 - Environmental impact of armed conflicts

• CM decision CM/Del/Dec(2023)1456/3.1
• PACE Resolution 2477 (2023)
• PACE Recommendation 2246 (2023)
• John Howell Report | Doc. 15674 | 05 January 2023

Agenda Item 3 - Financing and Strategic Development of the Bern Convention

Agenda Item 3.1 - Ad hoc Drafting Group of an Amending Protocol

• Report of 1st meeting held on 24 January 2023 - T-PVS(2023)01
• Report of 2nd meeting - T-PVS(2023)06

Agenda Item 3.2 - Voluntary contributions received in 2023: state of play

• Table of the voluntary contributions received - T-PVS/Inf(2023)04

Agenda Item 3.4 - Working Group on a Vision and Strategic Plan for the Bern Convention for the period to 2030: state of play

• Draft agenda of the 6th meeting, 17-18 April 2023 - T-PVS/Agenda(2023)05

Agenda Item 4 - Implementation of the Programme of activities and budget for 2023

• Calendar of 2023 meetings
• Programme of Activities and budget for 2023 - T-PVS(2022)19

Agenda Item 4.1 - European Diploma for Protected Areas: results of the meeting of the Group of Specialists and planning of the appraisal visits in 2023

• Meeting report - T-PVS/DE(2023)11
• Draft Resolutions on the Renewal of the European Diploma - T-PVS/DE(2023)10rev

Agenda Item 6 - Implementation of the Convention: Case-Files

• Register of Bern Convention’s case-files - T-PVS/Inf(2023)02

Agenda Item 6.1 - Open files

• 2016/5: Albania: Presumed negative impact of hydro-power plant development on the Vjosa river: on-the-spot appraisal
  • Terms of Reference of the OSA - T-PVS/Files(2022)01
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)19
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)20
• 2017/2: North Macedonia: Alleged negative impacts to Lake Ohrid and Galichica National Park candidate Emerald Sites due to infrastructure developments: on-the-spot appraisal
  • Terms of Reference of the OSA - T-PVS/Files(2022)03
• 2020/09: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Possible negative impact of hydro-power plant development on the Neretva river
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)23
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)16

Agenda Item 6.2 - Possible files

• 2001/4: Bulgaria: Motorway through the Kresna Gorge
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)21
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)22

Agenda Item 6.3 - Complaints on stand-by

• 2014/8: Greece: Presumed large-scale exploitation and marketing of protected marine shelled molluscs
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)04
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)XX

• 2015/2: North Macedonia: Possible impact of wind-farm developments on bats
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)XX
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)XX

• 2016/9: Georgia: Possible threat to “Svaneti 1” Candidate Emerald Site (GE0000012) from Nenskra Hydro Power Plant development 
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)05
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)06

• 2020/04: Armenia: The Amulsar gold mine project and its impacts on Emerald Network sites
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)15
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)07
• 2020/06: Portugal: Presumed threat to Tagus Estuary Special Protected Area from a new airport
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)XX
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)24
• 2021/03: Romania: Alleged unsustainable logging within the Retezat National Park
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)08
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)09
  • EDPA expert Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)28

• 2021/05: Germany: Habitat loss in Baden-Württemberg threating the conservation of Tetrao urogallus
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)02
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)03

• 2021/07: Serbia: Alleged threat to fauna species and protected sites due to the proposed construction of a lithium mine in the Jadar River Valley
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)17
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)18

• 2022/01: Serbia: Alleged habitat destruction in the area of Novi Sad due to proposed infrastructure constructions
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)12
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)13

Agenda Item 6.4 - New (pending) Complaints

• 2021/06: France: Conservation de la Gélinotte des bois (Tetrastes bonasia rhenana)
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)29
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)25

• 2022/03: Norway: Wolf Culling Policy in Norway
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)30
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)26

• 2022/04: Montenegro: Hydropower plant development on Emerald Network site Komarnica (ME000000P)
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)10
  • Complainant Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)11

Agenda Item 6.5 - New Complaints 

• 2022/02: Austria: Alleged violation of the Convention in relation to deliberate killing of Lutra lutra
  • Complaint form - T-PVS/Files(2022)46
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)01

• 2022/06: Serbia: Possible negative impact of mining activities in Bosilegrad and in the Homolje Mt region
  • Complaint form - T-PVS/Files(2022)70
  • Government Report - T-PVS/Files(2023)14