Nature Conservation in Europe

Following an overview of European nature conservation needs, legislation and strategies, twenty-six detailed country chapters by national experts provide a range of perspectives on what has been achieved over the last forty years. It describes, analyses and compares the differing approaches and actions involved, and draws lessons for the future.

1. Introduction: aims, scope, structure and key information sources Graham Tucker; 2. Europe's nature and conservation needs Graham Tucker; 3. The international drivers of nature conservation, their objectives and impacts on nature conservation policies and actions in Europe David Stroud, Euan Dunn, Wyn Jones and Graham Tucker; 4. Nature conservation policy, legislation and funding in the EU Graham Tucker, Kaley Hart, Andrew Farmer, Euan Dunn and David Baldock; 5. Conclusions, lessons learnt and implications for the future Graham Tucker; 6. Austria Wolfgang Suske and Kathrin Horvath; 7. Belgium Els Martens and Jorge Ventocilla; 8. Republic of Bulgaria Boris Barov; 9. Republic of Croatia Jasminka Radovi¿; 10. Cyprus Clairie Papazoglou and Andreas Demetropoulos; 11. The Czech Republic Petr Roth; 12. Denmark Anette Petersen and Jan Woollhead; 13. Estonia Aleksei Lotman and Silvia Lotman; 14. Finland Heikki Toivonen and Olli Ojala; 15. France Pierre Commenville; 16. Germany Eick von Ruschkowski; 17. Greece Ioli Christopoulou; 18. Hungary Katalin Sipos; 19. Ireland Andrew Jackson and Anja Murray; 20. Italy Elisa Cardarelli, Barbara Calaciura, Daniela Zaghi and Giuseppe Bogliani; 21. Latvia Otars Opermanis, Ilona Mendzina, Ainars Aunins and Inga Racinska; 22. Lithuania R¿ta Baškyt¿ and Žygimantas Obelevi¿ius; 23. The Netherlands Erik Gerritsen; 24. Poland Pawe¿ Pawlaczyk; 25. Portugal Ana Guimarães Ferreira and Domingos Leitão; 26. Romania Erika Stanciu, Ioan-Cristian Ioja, Mariana Tintarean and Mihai Pop; 27. Slovakia Viera Šefferová Stanová and Rastislav Rybani¿; 28. Slovenia Peter Skoberne; 29. Spain Concha Olmeda and Juan Carlos Blanco; 30. Sweden Mats O. G. Eriksson and Mia Pantzar; 31. United Kingdom Graham Tucker, Wyn Jones, Susan Davies and Joan Edwards; Appendix; Index.