The Bern Convention: 30 Years of Nature Conservation in Europe

摘要: The Council of Europe's Convention on the Conservation European Wildlife and Natural Habitats is a binding international treaty in field nature conservation aimed at protection natural heritage continent. Bern aims to conserve wild flora fauna their habitats. It was an innovative biodiversity convention time its birth, over 30 years ago, through approach protect both species also takes account impact that other policies may have it recognizes intrinsic value fauna, which needs be preserved passed future generations. has produced extensive guidance standards, including actions plans, strategies, 140 recommendations resolutions help countries improve national conservation. combined concrete practical action management key sites with more strategic forward-looking instruments complex issues, long before they were subject legislation, like invasive alien or adaptation climate change. This work current relevant developed partnership cooperation conventions, scientific community non-governmental organizations, one convention's strengths continued motivate join support this multilateral environmental agreement.