| CEEweb for
Biodiversity is an umbrella organization of nature conservation
NGOs from the Central and Eastern European region. Our
mission is the conservation of biodiversity through the
promotion of sustainable development. Read
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At the working
group meeting in Brussels on 14-16 November, eleven CEEweb
members from nine countries participated to discuss the
boreal biogeographical issues with the Brussels NGOs in
order to present their common messages and questions to
the European Commission.
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CEEweb for Biodiversity, Diverziti Association and
Greenpeace Hungary
invite all owners of cameras and other recording systems
to attend the
first Green-Go International Short Film Contest and
Festival!
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| Our regular
annual meeting for 2011 and its related events
will be held in Dobogókõ, Hungary between
25 and 28 October. On the first two days of the
event a workshop "Addressing resource use for halting
biodiversity loss" will take place. Read
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The Council
of Europe and the Bern Convention has started an assessment
of the Emerald Network in non-EU countries (including
north Africa) in the form of a series of Biogeographic
Seminars. The first seminar in autumn 2011 will focus
on the West-Balkan countries.
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In November
2010, the EC has announced to the European Nature Directors
that it has initiated a new biogeographic process, which
is a series of biogeographic level seminars on management
of Natura 2000.
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CEEweb is influencing the work of the EU Presidencies.
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The Natura
2000 Working Group meeting took place in July 4-6, in
the picturesque village of Gömörszõlõs,
Hungary. Twelve participants from five countries discussed
the future activities of the working group covering the
themes of Natura 2000 designation, financing and management,
and discussing additional programs and project ideas in
terms of land use and green infrastructure.
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Europe is
the most densely populated continent with high level of
urban
areas and actively used lands with an approx. 30% of fragmented
area.
Therefore, this project main goal is to study the rich
natural heritage of
the Visegrad countries in order to ensure its conservation
through
integrated spatial planning.
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| The Green
Week conference in 2011 focused on the theme "Resource
efficiency - Using less, living better". In order
to reach out beyond Brussels, satellite events were organised
in cities around Europe, where stakeholders from Member
States can get more involved. Read
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| Outcomes
of the workshop on Innovative Financing Mechanisms
for biodiversity organised under the Hungarian Presidency
on 22-23 March in Budapest. Read
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| European
NGOs and institutions established a Coalition dedicated
to advocate for limiting the use of natural resources
EU-wide. Read more about the
initiative and join to strengthen its voice! |
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The 2010
target to stop the loss of biodiversity in the EU is
not met. The EU has therefore adopted a new EU biodiversity
target and started work on a supporting biodiversity
policy package in 2010. Read
more also about CEEweb positions on it!
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| Global Climate
Summit COP 16 negotiations took place between 29 November
and 10 December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico. Read CEEweb's
reflection on the decision and an overview of the way
from Rio to Cancun. Read
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Our regular annual meeting for 2010 took place
in Vác, Hungary between 3 and 5 November.
On the first day of the event CEEweb kicked off the
Resource Cap Coalition with the involvement of
interested stakeholders from all around Europe. Read
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Significant meetings were taking place during 2010,
including the SBSTTA and the WGRI, and the COP10 of
the Convention on Biological Diversity was taking
place in October, Nagoya, Japan. CEEweb delivered significant
contribution into the negotiation process. Read
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In 2009 and 2010 CEEweb was coordintating a project
with three Hungarian social NGOs in order to develop
joint recommendations towards sustainable development.
The coalition aimed to focus the root causes of biodiversity
loss, growing poverty, etc. Read
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The fifth CEEweb Academy was organized in 22-24
July 2010, in Maramures, a beautiful wilderness
area of the Carpathians. The main topics of the event
were: ecosystem-based approach in mitigation of and
adaptation to climate change; policy integration and
funding mechanism; planning joint projects. Read
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The Pan-European NGO CBD COP10 preparatory meeting
took place 5-6 July back-to-back with a high-level
biodiversity conference in Azerbaijan. Participants
formulated joint messages for COP10 and developed common
projects to implement CBD decisions. Read
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The first Natura 2000 WG Meeting of 2010 took
place 30 June-2nd July in the beatuiful town
of Bled, Slovenia. Topics of the meeting: Natura
2000 compensation measures; European policy and national
developments. Read
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The 15th CITES Conference of Parties took place
from 13 – 25 of March 2010 in
Doha, Qatar. Representatives from CEEweb CITES WG also
participated at the event. Check out the unfortunately
not so bright results of it! Read
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The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International
Year of Biodiversity (IYB). During the framwork
of IYB several activites took place aroung the Globe.
See what CEEweb contributed to it. Read
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Join the Pan-European Biodiversity Picnic campaign
by organising a national event on 22 May, International
Biodiversity Day also in 2010. At the Picnics participants
have enjoyed organic foods and talked about biodiversity
in already 12 countries around Pan-Europe. Read
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The UNFCCC COP 15 in Copenhagen provided a historical
chance to develop truly effective policies that will
stop climate change from turning disastrous. Unfortunately
the results of the Conference show that the world is
not prepared for this change. Read
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The most recent high-level conference of the Pan-European
Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS)
was held in the fall of 2009. CEEweb in cooperation
with Pan-European NGO representatives provided an effective
and strong input into the event. Read
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In 2006 CEEweb started an international project to
preserve outstanding natural values in military managed
areas in the CEE/SEE countries. Read
more about CEEweb's contributions and past activities.
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The last meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation
Committee (CCIC) took place between the 10th and
11th of December in Vienna, on which CEEweb was represented.
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New publications:
- Clear View (2009) Read
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- Why Does Biodiversity Loss Matter?
Answers for Ministers and Children (2008) Read
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- Latest issue of "Diversity": the newsletter
of the CEEweb network Read
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Tourism for Nature! CEEweb participates
in a GEF funded project, which aims to promote the conservation
and sustainable use of biological diversity through
the development and implementation of sustainable tourism
practices in three biosphere reserves. Read
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Any attempts to fight climate change can be only successful
if they lead to structural changes. CEE national strategies
are now assessed how much they meet this criterion.
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more and participate in the survey>>
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One of our main activities is shaping policies. This
means that as a network we need to use and develop our
policy paper writing skills. Visit this page
and learn about tips to better writing skills. Read
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