Event details

Date

16/03/2010 - 18/03/2010

Location

Exeter, tbc

United Kingdom

Language(s)

English

Theme

Non-member event - International participation encouraged

Target audience

Specialist participants with a close involvement in managing recreation activity in Natura 2000 sites.

Organizor details

Organisor contact

Local contact (http://econat.n2000.fr/contacts)

Local contact

Venue detail

Venue address

tbc

Exeter

Exeter, tbc

United Kingdom

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ECONAT Peer Exchanges 2010: Recreational activity and Natura 2000 Sites

ECONAT2000 has developed to promote the exchange of best practice and experience for implementing Natura2000 and its interface with economic developments. Econat2000 aim is to enhance trans-boundary and cross sector cooperation by exploring in greater detail: How the ‘legal’, ‘ecological’ and “economic” concepts in the Habitats and Birds Directives are applied in practical cases?

The network members are 4 organisations/institutions drawn from both the nature conservation and economic development sectors.

* Rijkswaterstaat , part of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management,

* Natural England, Nature Conservation Agency in England,

* Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz , NLWKN, part of Ministry of Environment of Lower Saxony,

* ATEN, Umbrella organisation grouping together protected area management bodies, mandated by the French Ministry in charge of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Land use planning.

Programme for 2010:

* Dealing with uncertainty - Peterborough (UK) - 9-10/03/2010

* Recreational activity and N2000 sites - Exeter (UK) - 16-18/03/2010

* Defragmentation (blue & green belts) - Utrecht (NL) - 13-15/04/2010

* Compensatory measures implementation - Nimes (FR) - 21-23/04/2010

* Water policy & management & N2000 - Augsburg (DE) - 27-29/04/2010

This exchange will consider various types of recreational activity which affect Natura 2000 sites. Assessment and management approaches designed to ensure compatibility with the duties of the Habitats Directive will be compared through the presentation and discussion of case studies. The agenda will be partly determined by the specialist interest of participants.

More information can be found on this website: http://econat.n2000.fr/peer_exchanges/2010.

Information on your national contact can be found here: http://econat.n2000.fr/contacts.

Econat2000 Peer Exchanges – 2009 information and documents can be found on http://econat.n2000.fr/peer_exchanges/2009.

The 2009 meetings gave a particular emphasis on cases regarding :

* Management planning

* Linear / transport infrastructure

* Legal aspects of species protection

* Natura 2000 Marine Protected Areas

* Estuaries