CEEweb for Biodiversity

	What do ecology and the current financial crisis have in common? How can we solve these two problems in a similar fashion? (Photo by Piotr Lewandowski) Press release>> Article by Iván Gyulai>>
	The CEEweb Annual Meeting and its related events were held between 15 and 18 October. Read more>>
	An MCPFE/PEBLDS drafting meeting will discuss the draft Pan-European Guidelines for Afforestation and Reforestation in the context of the UNFCCC. CEEweb beleives that any such efforts can deliver environmental benefits, if they lead to the decrease of pressure on the global environment. Read the CEEweb position>>
	International Forum on LEADER and Direct Marketing was held in Tata, Hungary on 20-21 November, 2008. Read more here>>
	Sustainable Tourism Working Group Meeting & Workshop Tourism Policies in the EU and Beyond took place on October 9-13, 2008, in Bojentsi, Bulgaria. Read about the results of the workshop>>
	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 more>>
	Join the Pan-European Biodiversity Picnic campaign by organising a national event on 22 May, International Biodiversity Day in 2009! Read more>> about how participants enjoyed a pleasant picnic together in the green of Azerbaijan, Germany, Moldova and Luxembourg in 2008!
Convention on Biological Diversity, 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties	The Convention on Biological Diversity is the most holistic convention in nature conservation. Its 9th COP meeting was held between 19 and 30, in Bonn, Germany. Unfortunately the results of the negotiations are not so ambitious and basically postpone concrete actions for the future. Read more>>
New page: Policy paper writing skills	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 more>>
Seminar for accession countries	The seminar for accession countries in the Western Balkans entitled “EU accession – threats and possibilities for rural development and biodiversity conservation” was held on 1-4 September 2008, in Croatia, Split. Read more>>
Climate change and biodiversity	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. Read more and participate in the survey>>
CEEweb Academy on Biomass	The CEEweb Academy on Biomass was held in Esztergom, Hungary on 9-10 May, 2008. From the acknowledged experts participants learned about the real social, economic and environmental implications of biofuels (or more correctly agrofuels). It seems that biofuels will not bring a solution to the problem of global warming and energy shortage. On the other hand-they will exacerbate these problems to the extreme. Read more>>
	New publications... "Services of nature" will help you see that biodiversity protection in many cases contributes to the maintaining of ecosystem services. Read more>> Have a look at our "Biennial Report" on the networks activities and achievements in 2006-2007. Read more>>
	Diversity: newsletter of the CEEweb network In the 2008 spring issue you can read about biomass, current trends in EU agricultural policy and more. Read more>>
Sustainable Tourism and the Carpathian Convention	The 2nd Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on sustainable tourism took place on 23-25 April 2008 in Poland. Check the results the meeting>> The draft Tourism Protocol to the Carpathian Convention is ready for commenting. Express your opinion>>
Linking Business and Biodiversity	According to the European Portuguese Presidency's "Business and Biodiversity" Initiative (B@B) the business sector should get more involved in nature protection. Read more>>
Biodiversity conservation in Pan-Europe	The Belgrade Conference on 10-12 October provided another opportunity within the 'Environment for Europe' process to shape environmental policy on Pan-European level. Returning from Belgrade with mixed feelings, NGOs now need to keep a close eye on the follow up. Read more>>
	Rural development in the Carpathians CEEweb is implementing the Sustainable Regional Development Model Project in the Carpathian Mountains. Read more>>
Bio-geographic seminars	Bio-geographic seminars are important milestones in the adoption of the proposed Special Areas of Conservation, which will form part of the Natura 2000 network. In the new EU member states CEEweb coordinates the NGO input into the seminars in cooperation with WWF. Read more>>

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