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Smart and Green — On the spot in Visegrad cities
A common set of indicators measuring the positive and negative impacts caused by tourism in the Carpathians
Smart and Green – The Future of Visegrad Cities
For Blue and Green Environment: Policy recommendations on better implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the Nature Directives
We have prepared an in-depth analysis of the current Status of the Water Framework Directive and the Nature Directives, and provided suggestions for better policy implementation and integration of them, as well as best practice examples from Central and Eastern Europe.
Cars and your life: an educational toolkit
The educational toolkit is developed with our Slovakian, Czech and Polish partners within an International Visegrad Fund project. The toolkit focuses on car manufacturing, car use and their various environmental, economic and social aspects on various scales rom global to local. 17 exercises/scenarios are included in the toolkit targeting 11-16 year-old students.
Greening measures in CAP – Which may work for you and nature?
Since its introduction in 1968, the CAP has been evolving to reflect the changing needs of both agriculture and the European society as a whole. In efforts to tackle the growing environmental and climate change challenges related to agriculture, its most recent update – implemented since 2015, contains a series of new rules for the implementation and approval of direct payments. In our newest brochure, we have presented and explained the so-called greening measures, which aim to make agricultural practices more acceptable for the climate and the environment and thus more beneficial for people too. The brochure will be translated to 5 national languages and sent to farmers and farmers’ associations.
Natural Water Retention Measures: benefits for society and the economy
Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) are multi-functional measures that aim to protect water resources and address water-related challenges by restoring or maintaining ecosystems as well as natural features and characteristics of water bodies using natural means and processes.NWRMs are more cost effective than grey infrastructure solutions, often times cheaper to build and have no maintenance costs.
NWRMs are more cost effective than grey infrastructure solutions, often times cheaper to build and have no maintenance costs.
Moreover, such solutions can provide new green jobs for engineers and workers, and enhance innovation and green economy, including new environmentally-friendly solutions. NWRMs contribute to local communities if used for tourism e.g. birdwatching, human health and quality of life by providing clean water and undisturbed landscape. These measures require sectoral cooperation between environmentalists, water, agriculture and forest managers and urban planners. Read more about it in our brochure.
Read more about it in our brochure.
We prepared a translation of the most important part of the brochure in: Bulgarian, Hungarian, Slovak, Czech and Polish.
Common Agricultural Policy infographic
Is public money indeed spent on public goods?
Our newest infographic shows how taxpayers’ money is spent on agriculture in the EU. Annually, EUR 53 billion is spent on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – 40% of the overall EU budget!
The future of EU’s food and farming system is being decided now as the European Commission (EC) is preparing a reform of CAP and has launched a related public consultation everyone can participate in.
We are inviting you to check the information about CAP spending and its consequences for small-scale farmers, labor forces, diffuse pollution and biodiversity and to take action by joining the public consultation. In order to facilitate your participation, we suggest you use the recommended responses to the five most important questions about the future of CAP that are available on the website of the Living Land campaign that to unite organisations and concerned citizens to call on decision-makers to fundamentally rethink our agricultural policies: https://www.living-land.org/actnow/.
Sustainable Consumption and Social Justice in a Constrained World – How to make it happen?
A brighter future, with a little help from our nature
Today, demand for both drinking and industrial water is growing as the global population is expanding and as we increasingly use it for energy and food production. We are well aware that this “blue gold” is irreplaceable and still, we do not invest enough to keep our water clean and manage it in a sustainable way. Instead, we rely on grey infrastructure that destroys natural elements, pollutes the environment, costs large amounts of money and still does not function effectively.
What is the right answer to the contemporary challenges? Nature-based solutions.
Read about the ways to integrate green-blue infrastructure into the water sector in our newest brochure “A Brighter Future, With a Little Help From Our Nature”.
Resilient Modern Cities, with a little help from our nature
By 2050, 82% of Europe’s population will live in cities. At the same time, urban areas are facing a wide range of challenges as the urban population is growing, the environmental degradation is increasing and the effects of climate change are starting to impact our daily lives. A big and challenging task is now in front of regional and local authorities – creating sustainable, healthy and resilient cities that will be able to afford to withstand the future challenges and provide well-being to its citizens.
What is the answer to these challenges? Nature! Multifunctional green spaces, carefully planned and integrated into spatial plans, can significantly contribute to addressing these challenges.
Our publication “Resilient Modern Cities With a Little Help From Our Nature: green infrastructure integration into urban spatial planning” presents the benefits of nature for creating livable and healthier cities in the EU, including best practice cases and recommendations.
Sustainable agriculture, with a little help from our nature
Did you know that people have converted 37% of earth’s land surface into farms and pastures? Decades of intensive farming practices have taken its toll on environment and people – agriculture is thought to cause around 70% of the projected loss of terrestrial biodiversity. Also, the global decline in insect pollinators is caused mostly by the use of pesticides in agriculture.
Because agriculture relies heavily on nature, unsustainable practices initiate a vicious circle where both people and nature end up as losers.
CEEweb for Biodiversity supports creating and maintenance of sustainable farming systems, which can ensure producing safer and healthier food and provide conditions for a thriving countryside with secured livelihoods for farmers. Well-preserved nature is a pre-requisite for those systems, as it delivers a whole array of benefits for farming, including pollination, appropriate nutrient cycling, pest control, water regulation and soil protection.
Our new brochure on green infrastructure integration into the agriculture sector presents the most recent scientific evidence, best practice examples and recommendations for having more nature in our fields. You can read more about it here – we believe that you will find the information both interesting and useful!
A healthier future – with a little help from our nature
Did you know that the annual economic burden of health impacts from air pollution in Europe is more than 1 trillion EUR? Have you heard about the rehabilitation garden in Sweden that improves mental health of patients and significantly lowers primary care costs? Our new publication on green infrastructure (GI) and health presents the most recent scientific findings and evidence on beneficial effects and economic advantages of having more nature, collected and/or compiled by institutions such as World Health Organization and the Institute for the European Environment Policy. We will send this publication to the representatives of national health authorities in Central and Eastern Europe, calling them to invest more time, capacities and funds in promoting the development of GI in their countries. By raising awareness and calling for action on national levels, we are hoping to contribute to a better and more concrete integration of green infrastructure and health on the ground. You can read more about it here – feel free to use and share the content!
How much are Nature’s Gifts Worth? – Summary Study of the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services in Natura 2000 Sites of the Niraj -Târnava Mică Region
The final outcome of the Mapping and Assessing Ecosystem Services in Natura 2000 sites of the Niraj-Târnava Mică project is a comprehensive assessment of the region’s ecosystem services conducted with the aim of being able to better preserve the gifts of nature. In this summary study there are our most important findings and suggestions.
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What is the way forward? – Scenarios for the Niraj-Târnava Mică Region with relation to Ecosystem Services
is the title of our newest brochure on Ecosystem Services, which is the result of mapping 91.000 ha of Natura 2000 sites and their services in the Niraj-Târnava Mică region, Romania, jointly with Milvus Group and the Centre for Ecological Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA ÖK). With the active inclusion of local stakeholders, we worked out four different scenarios for 2040 considering the previously identified 12 key ecosystem services. Without a doubt, we can see that people want to have a strong community and strong environmental legislation in the future, which can result in keeping and strengthening the mosaic landscape of the region, small scale agriculture with healthy products and clean water, diverse forests and sustainable tourism.
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Services Nature Provides Us – Policy Recommendations Related to Forest and Game Management for Decision Makers
After having found out what the most valued ecosystem services were in the Niraj-Târnava Mica region (e.g. timber, honey, diverse landscape, water retention, wild plants and mushrooms, touristic attractiveness), we provided suggestions for decision-makers to preserve them for future generations and integrate them to various sectors, in that case the forest and game management sector.
Services Nature Provides Us – Tourism related policy recommendations for decision makers
After having found out what the most valued ecosystem services were in the Niraj-Târnava Mica region (e.g. timber, honey, diverse landscape, water retention, wild plants and mushrooms, touristic attractiveness), we provided suggestions for decision-makers to preserve them for future generations and integrate them to various sectors, in that case the tourism sector.
Services Nature Provides Us – Water management related policy recommendations for decision makers
After having found out what the most valued ecosystem services were in the Niraj-Târnava Mica region (e.g. timber, honey, diverse landscape, water retention, wild plants and mushrooms, touristic attractiveness), we provided suggestions for decision-makers to preserve them for future generations and integrate them to various sectors, in that case the water sector.
Services Nature Provides Us – Agriculture related policy recommendations for decision makers
After having found out what the most valued ecosystem services were in the Niraj-Târnava Mica region (e.g. timber, honey, diverse landscape, water retention, wild plants and mushrooms, touristic attractiveness), we provided suggestions for decision-makers to preserve them for future generations and integrate them to various sectors, in that case the agriculture sector.
Our 2017 Calendar
Did you know that green roofs provide shelter and nutrition for pollinators, urban gardening creates stronger communities, spending time in nature reduces stress levels…? We know and we organized a photo contest showcasing their beauty and emphasizing the benefits of green infrastructure to our everyday lives. You can see and read about the most beautiful green roof in town here.
Furthermore, we selected 12 photos from the authors/organisations that participated in the contest and created a beautiful green calendar for 2017. We sent it to over thousand of national and EU decision makers, asking them to advocate for a bigger part of EU budget for green infrastructure and by doing that to provide the EU citizens with a timely response, tackling all the challenges they are facing today.
Socio-Economic Benefits of Natura 2000 in Central and Eastern Europe 2016
The Stipa project in Natura 2000 site in Romania resulted with €2,5 million in annual benefits and increased the income of 2,300 farming families. In Latvia’s Slitere national park, ecotourism project ensured additional work places as the number of the companies providing travel services rose from 23 to 48 and as visitors spent around €1 million in 2011. These are just some of the numerous success stories that prove that Natura 2000 is indeed a motor of the economy.
It is the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world and it covers one fifth of the European territory, offering multiple benefits for nature, economy and society. The Birds and Habitats Directives, the basis of Natura 2000, are currently under the fitness check by the European Commission. First Vice President Frans Timmermans promised the results will be published in June, and then postponed its publishing for the fall.
We are still (impatiently) waiting for the results of the fitness check and we want the directives to stay intact.
In order to further investigate the numerous benefits Natura 2000, we developed the fact sheet focusing on the stories of socio-economic benefits in its sites in the Central and Eastern European region (Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Latvia):
We’re inviting you to read it and to follow us on Twitter (@CEEwebEurope) and engage in a conversation with us!
How to become viable? A guidance material for small-scale farmers
Small-scale family farmers are a centrepiece of the society in Central and Eastern Europe, however, various processes are threatening their very existence.This guidance material is designed to provide guidance to small-scale farmers, farmer organisations, and NGOs supporting the development of small-scale family farming. The paper lays down basic principles of small-scale farming and the challenges and opportunities small-scale farmers are facing. It also showcases sustainable and simple solutions for maintenance and growth of smallholdings, highlighting at the same time their socio-economic benefits. Small-scale family farming can be made viable in the region in a cost-efficient, sustainable manner.
Biodiversity proofing of EU Cohesion Policy funds with a view to sustainable development
2014
Drawing from its past studies, from a review of existing indicators and from the experience of members from Central and Easter Europe, CEEweb advances a Sustainable Rural Development Index (SRDI) that would support the transition from evaluating from a purely nature conservation approach to a sustainable use of resources and enhancement of ecosystem services, in line with the 2013 Communication of the Commission. The logic behind the study is that preservation or stimulation of biodiversity-friendly farming systems depends on a number of social and economic factors that need to be efficiently addressed by the policy. In the short-term we are confronted with a crucial period in terms of reversing biodiversity loss in European agriculture. However, this process can only be achieved through a sustainable and balanced rural development that would provide the much needed social and economic tools to farmers so that they can truly become the stewards of the environment.
Green Infrastructure: Training Manual for Trainers
2014
Good Practices of Sustainable Tourism in the Carpathians
2014
The purpose of this document is to show examples of sustainable tourism development. The best practices show us how sustainable tourism development contributes to local communities and helps to preserve the natural and cultural heritage. These examples may serve as a model not only for other Carpathian countries, but also for other mountain regions.
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Enriching our society through natural solutions: Why and how to make Green Infrastructure projects a sustainable answer for ecological, social and economic problems?
2013
To spread the word among stakeholders and provide guidance on how to implement Green Infrastructure, CEEweb for Biodiversity and ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation have worked together to combine their policy knowledge and international experience. This brochure has been made to give context, a definition, examples and help for thinking in terms of “natural solutions” and Green Infrastructure projects.
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Gaining Profit while Conserving Nature: Guidelines for cooperation of businesses and NGOs in the Visegrad countries
2013
The guidelines aim to enhance interest of business and NGO sectors to work together for biodiversity conservation in the region and build their capacities for doing so.
The publication is available in English, Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak
Four Highlights from Natura 2000 Forests: NGO recommendations on management
2013
It is crucial to share experience and knowledge on different forest management options and their role in achieving favourable conservation status of forests. With this brochure NGOs wish to contribute to this knowledge by sharing their field-based experiences. Four selected issues of forest management are highlighted: Wilderness and non-intervention management , management for deadwood retention, light forests and ecological coherence. Download
Integrating the Water Framework Directive and the Nature Directives: implementation in Central and Eastern Europe
2013
Case studies from Poland, Hungary and Romania showed that in Central and Eastern Europe there are already successful examples of projects based on the integration of the Water Directive and the Birds and Habitats Directives. Download
Implementation of Environmental Impact Assessments in Central and Eastern Europe: Case studies from Estonia, Bulgaria and Hungary
2013
The study reveals that EIAs can be a useful tool for biodiversity conservation in Central and Eastern Europe. Case studies showed that infrastructure projects that were considered harmful to biodiversity were eventually stopped or postponed. Nevertheless, in some cases the decision to halt such infrastructure projects was taken mostly because of economic rather than environmental reasons.
Rural Development Programmes Performance in Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons learnt and policy recommendations
2013
The study focuses on the performance of National Rural Development Programmes in terms of biodiversity in five countries from Central and Eastern Europe: Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania.
Biodiversity: under-funded and under threat
2013
Three years on from international agreements to halt biodiversity loss, European biodiversity remains under threat. This document, drawing on the table in annex 1 (p.5), assesses progress towards halting global biodiversity loss, and towards achieving international ‘Aichi’ biodiversity targets.
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Are we going to tackle the growing e-commerce in CITES species?
2013
The survey outlines how internet trade poses emerging threat to endangered species.
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Benefits and minimising risks of the ‘no net loss initiative’
2012
This study examines the potentials, risks and limitations of compensation and offsetting schemes employed to to meet the objective of the no net loss initiative (NNL), and comes up with recommendations for future policy discussions.
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Capping resource use
2012
We need to set a cap on the use of resources including all types of raw materials if we want to effectively bring down their consumption in the EU and refit our economy inside its ecological space. This publication contains proposal for how to realise this necessary reduction in non-renewable energy use within the EU.
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How do we care for the Natura 2000 site during conservation planning?
2012
Experiences and recommendations from the pilot project “Participation in Natura 2000 site management planning in Poland”
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Updated Version – 2012 English, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian
Why is today’s economy a problem of tomorrow?
Further answers for Ministers and Children
Updated version – 2012
Third issue from the series for ministers and children reveals the interlinkages between the only seemingly disconnected crisis of today and of tomorrow. Download (pdf, 4 MB)
ACTING IN THE PRESENT – WORKING FOR THE FUTURE Biennial Report of CEEweb for Biodiversity 2010-2011
2012
In this colorful publication you can read about our activities we have undertaken and policies we have been pushing for in the past two years.Download (pdf, 2.2 MB)
Financing Nature in Central and Eastern Europe
2012
This publication provides an insight into the financing mechanisms for Natura 2000 and nature conservation based on the analysis of ten case studies from five different Central and Eastern Europe countries.
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2011
The Visegrad Countries’ project titled as ‘Conservation of Natural Heritage of Visegrad Countries Through Saving Biodiversity In The Landscape’ has aimed to focus on these issues and assessed the national green infrastructure elements in the Czech Republic,Hungary,Poland and Slovakia. This study aimed to provide information on the recent status of these elements and to offer recommendations for the development of Green Infrastructure and other relevant policies at national and EU level.
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Proposed Climate Change Act for Hungary based on energy quota system
Borrowing services from nature – Methodologies to evaluate ecosystem services focusing on Hungarian case studies
2011
This publication aims to show good examples for evaluating natural values and for showing possible environmental and social impacts of various policies
Short introduction about the publication
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From resource efficiency to limiting resource use – innovative tools for a sustainable Europe
Conference Booklet
2011
At the event experts from different sectors discussed vividly the policy context of increasing resource efficiency, challenges and opportunities of implementation and the need and possible alternatives for limiting resource use.
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ACTING IN THE PRESENT – WORKING FOR THE FUTURE
Biennial Report of CEEweb for Biodiversity 2008-2009
2010
In this colorful publication you can read about our activities we have undertaken and policies we have been pushing for in the past two years.
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Why is today’s economy a problem of tomorrow?
Further answers for Ministers and Children
2010
The next issue from the series for ministers and children reveals the interlinkages between the only seemingly disconnected crisis of today and of tomorrow.
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Environmental, Social and Economic Effects of Direct Marketing of Farm Products
An eye-opener for decision-makers
2010
This publication describes the real advantages of direct marketing supported by the government from a social and economic point of view not overemphasizing the obvious environmental benefits.
English (pdf, 636 KB) Bulgarian (pdf, 636 KB), Estonian (pdf, 636 KB)
e-CEETES – Central and Eastern European e-Trade in Endangered Species
2010
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna Report (CITES) is one of the most influential agreements concerning biodiversity.
CEEweb prepared this summary of the effects of e-trade in the CEE region in order to raise this issue at the following Conference of the Parties of CITES, held March 2010.
English (pdf, 14.5 MB)
Clear View
Regional synthesis report on the biodiversity challenges in Pan-Europe
2009
The well-being of any society depends on healthy ecosystems that provide proper services. Therefore conservation of biodiversity rightfully should be the same level priority on the political agenda as socio-economic issues.
This synthesis report was prepared using data collected from 46 national biodiversity assessments. The survey shows that in the Pan-European region the situation could and should be improved.
English (pdf, 816 KB)
Why Does Biodiversity Loss Matter?
Answers for Ministers and Children
2008
How Local Agenda 21 Can Change Your Community
A manual for the Carpathian settlements
2008
Significance and Implementation of Global Environmental
Conventions at National Level
National Capacity Self-Assessment for Global Environmental
Management in Hungary
2008
The publication looks at implementation of the three Rio conventions in Hungary: the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention to Combat Desertification. The reader can learn about the global environmental challenges where joint international action is indispensable.
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The Biomass Dilemma
2008
This booklet explains about the real social, economic and environmental implications of biomass and 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.
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BUILDING ON VALUES – PROTECTING THE FUTURE
Biennial Report of CEEweb for Biodiversity 2006-2007
2008
In this colorful publication you can read about our values and much of the activities we have undertaken in the past two years.
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Services of nature – How Natura 2000 contributes to the provision of ecosystem services for human well-being
2007
Natura 2000 from an NGO point of view – Lessons learnt in EU 10
2007
The handbook is intended for helping NGOs in candidate and potential candidate countries to prepare for EU accession, with special regard to the biodiversity legislation of the Union. The experiences of EU 10 NGOs are summarised to give a better picture of the opportunities and possible pitfalls during the accession process.
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Natura 2000 Site Designation Process with special focus on the Biogeographic seminars
Second edition for Romania and Bulgaria, 2007
English (pdf, 201 KB)
Bosnian (pdf, 328 KB)
CEETES – Trade in Endangered Species in Central and East European Countries
2007
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Conserving Biodiversity through Sustainable Production and Consumption
2007
Background document to the pre-conference on biodiversity and sustainable production and production held before the Belgrade Conference within the Environment for Europe process, which was prepared by CEEweb and Integrative Strategies Forum on behalf of ECO Forum. It aims to explore the links between socio-economic processes and biodiversity loss and thus to show the needs for effective actions, which can ultimately save biodiversity.
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Delivering the Kyiv commitments: NGOs join forces in the Pan-European region
2007
This publication reviews the progress and needs for delivering the Pan-European Kyiv commitments to halt biodiversity loss. Through collecting successful NGO projects and initiatives, it contributes to sharing good practices in the region in various fields.
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Sustainable Rural Development Model Project in the Carpathian Eco-region – Neaua Parish
2007
CEEweb, through its local member organisation, Milvus Group has implemented a regional development model project in a small Romanian municipality in the Carpathian Eco-region. This publication summarises the outcomes of this project.
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Sustainable Tourism Opportunities in the Carpathians
2006
With a dash of theory and through 15 real-life case studies from the Carpathian countries, the publication summarises positive and negative impacts of tourism. It covers economical, socio-cultural and environmental impacts. Three additional case studies present future opportunities for tourism development in sustainable way. The publication was developed in the framework of the EU CADSES co-financed Carpathian Project by CEEweb, ETE and ad hoc CEEweb Carpathian Tourism Working Group.
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European rural development: past, present and future
2005
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“A European approach and its Hungarian implementation” LEADER – Community initiative for the economic development of rural areas
2005
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Linkages between biodiversity and tourism – An introduction
2004
Biodiversity is impacted by tourism in various ways. This publication gives an overview of these linkages and illustrates the possible positive and negative ways of tourism development through Central and Eastern European case studies.
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Report of the international conference “TIME IS LIFE – Conference on halting biodiversity loss by 2010”
2004
The 2010targetto halt biodiversity loss is a serious commitment of governments after 2001 at various levels. This conference organised by CEEweb looked through the progress made until 2004 and the needs for strengthened efforts formulated in a position paper. National level assessments of the delivery of the targets in CEE countries are also summarised in the conference report.
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Natura 2000 Site Designation Process with special focus on the Biogeographic seminars
First edition for EU 12 countries
2004
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Safeguarding biodiversity in National Development Plans
2003
The use of EU funds greatly shapes the natural and economic landscape of EU Member States. CEEweb analysed the National Developments of CEE countries in 2003 with regards for biodiversity conservation, which is summarised in this publication.
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Implementation of International Commitments in Central and Eastern European Countries
2003
Governments are committed to various multilateral environmental agreements for the conservation of biodiversity. CEEweb assessed the implementation of some of these conventions in CEE countries, which is summarised in this publication.
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Implementation of PEBLDS in Central and Eastern European Countries
2003
The Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy is a regional tool for biodiversity conservation. The national implementation of PEBLDS was assessed by CEEweb in CEE countries.
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Integrated evaluation of regional development plans and strategies with regards to sustainability
2002
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Autók és nyersanyagok az iskolában – oktatási segédanyag iskoláknak
2017
Egy visegrádi projekt keretén belül lengyel, cseh és szlovák partnereinkkel kidolgozott oktatási segédlet az autóipar, az autóhasználat és a közlekedés témakörében. 17 feladat/óraterv, 11-16 éves tanulóknak.
Profitszerzés természetesen: Útmutató a Visegrádi országok vállalatai és civil szervezetei közötti együttműködéshez
2013
Az útmutató célja, hogy a vállalati és a civil szektor partnerségét elősegítse és az együttműködő felek kapacitását növelje a Visegrádi régió természeti kincseinek megőrzése érdekében.
Civil Együttműködés a Biológiai Sokféleség Védelméért
2010
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A biológiai sokféleség az élet alapja. Jelen van a vízben, a földön és a levegőben, magában foglalja a mikroszkopikus baktériumoktól kezdve az összes élőlényt, de az ökoszisztémák változatosságát is csakúgy, mint a fajokon belüli genetikai változatosságot. A biodiverzitás az ökoszisztémák nyújtotta szolgáltatásokon és természeti erőforrásokon keresztül alapját képezi bárminemű emberi tevékenységnek.
Ezen kiadvány szemlélteti a biodiverzitás megőrzésének fontosságát, valamint azt, hogy a CEEweb ernyőszervezet és egyik tagszervezete, a Nimfea Természetvédelmi Egyesület mit tesz a természeti sokféleség védelmében.
Egy irányba nézünk de vajon ugyanazt látjuk-e?
2010
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Az ökológiai problémák egyre fokozódó kihívások elé állítják a döntéshozókat és a társadalom egészét, miközben számos környezeti célkitűzés megvalósítása valószínűtlennek tűnik.
A növekvő elszegényedés, munkanélküliség és a gazdasági válság is további kihívásokat jelent mind a zöldek, mind a szociális területen tevékenykedő szakemberek számára. Alapvető probléma, hogy a különböző területeken jelentkező kihívások összefüggéseit sem a döntéshozók, sem az érintettek nem látják át kellőképpen, és így azok végső okaira sem adnak hatékony válaszokat.
Ezen kiadvány a környezeti és társadalmi problémák mögötti közös gazdasági társadalmi hajtóerőket tárja fel és holisztikus javaslatok fogalmaz meg azok befolyásolására.
Miért Fontos a Biodiverzitás?Válaszok Minisztereknek és Gyerekeknek
2010
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Ez a történet minisztereknek és gyerekeknek egyaránt íródott. Zsuzsiról és Péterről “tipikus fiatalokról” szól: bár minketten szeretik a természetet, elég keveset tudnak környezetükről, amely körülveszi őket, illetve arról, hogy a természet és a biodiverzitás milyen fontos szerepet játszik saját életükben.
Szerencsére közös utazásukon találkoznak egy férfival, aki el tudja nekik magyarázni, mik az összefüggések a biodiverzitás és a klímaváltozás, a turizmus és a szegénység, vagy a bioüzemanyagok és a rizs ára között. Ahogy utazásuk végéhez közeledik, Zsuzsi és Péter kezdi megérteni, hogy az emberiség sorsa és a biodiverzitás elválaszthatatlanul kapcsolatban állnak. Csatlakozzon Ön is Zsuzsihoz és Péterhez ezen az utazáson, és fedezze fel, mik korunk legégetőbb környezeti problémái!
Falukovácsolás Agenda21 szemlélettel2008
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A vidék ma Magyarországon – ahogy a világban máshol is – egyre fokozódó kihívásokkal szembesül. A falvak elöregedése, a munkahelyek és szolgáltatások városokban való koncentrálódása, a sokak számára egyre kevésbé vonzó vidéki életforma mind olyan tünetek, amelyek mára egy szakmát hívtak életre, a vidékfejlesztést. Az eddigi tapasztalatok azonban azt mutatják, hogy a vidéket nem lehet felülről megmenteni. A vidék újraéledése sokkal inkább az ott élő emberek összefogásán, tenni akarásán múlik. A Helyi Agenda 21 ehhez próbál segítséget nyújtani, kereteket adva olyan helyi szintű fejlődésnek, amely a fenntarthatóság elvein alapul.
A nemzetközi környezetvédelmi egyezmények jelentősége és végrehajtása nemzeti szintenNemzeti kapacitásfejlesztési felmérés Magyarországon
2008
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A kiadvány témája a “három Riói Egyezmény” (nevesen az Egyezmény a Biológiai Sokféleségért, Éghajlatváltozási Keretegyezmény és Egyezmény a Sivatagosodás és Aszály Elleni Küzdelemről) magyarországi végrehajtásának helyzete. Az olvasó megismerkedhet azon globális környezeti kihívásokkal, ahol elengedhetetlen a közös nemzetközi együttműködés.
Az európai biodiverzitás monitorozása2006
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A Natura 2000 az Európai Unió számára értékes élőhely típusok és fajok védelmére kijelölt területek hálózata. A fajok és élőhelyek állapotát, és az abban végbemenő változásokat ismernünk kell ahhoz, hogy a fennmaradásukat biztosítani tudjuk. Ez a folyamatos megfigyelési és ellenőrzési tevékenység a biodiverzitás monitorozás. A kiadvanyban civil szervezetek foglalták össze az uniós monitorozási tevékenységük során szerzett tapasztalataikat és javaslataikat, amely hasznos segítség és útmutató lehet a téma iránt érdeklődőknek és a monitorozásban részt vevő szakembereknek.
A kiadvány az Európai Élőhely Fórum (European Habitats Forum): Towards European Biodiversity Monitoring, 2006 kiadványa alapján, a KVVM Természetvédelmi Hivatal munkatársainak hozzájárulásával készült.
Uniós támogatások, uniós elvárások – Természetvédelem és Natura 2000 az Új Magyarország Fejlesztési Tervben2006
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Az Új Magyarország Fejlesztési Terv (ÚMFT) és a hozzá kapcsolódó dokumentumok (ágazati és regionális operatív programok, vidékfejlesztési tervek) fogják meghatározni, hogy az elkövetkezo hét évben, 2007-13 között mire fordítjuk az Unióból érkezo Euro milliárdokat. A kiadvány a fejlesztési terveket a természetvédelmi szempontok érvényesülése alapján elemzi. Különösen nagy hangsúlyt fektettünk annak vizsgálatára, hogy az EU Madárvédelmi és Élohelyvédelmi Irányelveinek célkituzései milyen mértékben integrálódtak.
Képzés az Európai Unióról civil szervezeteknek – háttéranyag2006
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A civil szervezetek is egyre többet “kénytelenek” foglalkozni az Európai Unióval, hogy képesek legyenek a minél hatékonyabb érdekérvényesítésre. A CEEweb által szervezett képzéshez kapcsolódó háttéranyag röviden ismerteti az Unió történetét, céljait és prioritásait, intézményrendszerét és döntéshozatali mechanizmusait. Emellett külön fejezet foglalkozik a civilek és állampolgárok által is alkalmazható jogorvoslati lehetőségekkel is. A háttéranyag azok számára is hasznos segédeszköz, akik nem vehettek részt a képzésen.
Útmutató a Biológiai Sokféleség Egyezményhez2006
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A Biológiai Sokféleség Egyezmény jelenleg a legátfogóbb egyezmény, amely a természet működésének megőrzését tűzi ki célul. Az Útmutató többek között röviden ismerteti az Egyezmény céljait, előírásait, intézményes hátterét, működési területeit, az Egyezmény megvalósításának kereteket nyújtó ökoszisztéma szemléletet.
A vidékfejlesztés európai jelene és jövőjeVárható változások az uniós vidékfejlesztési szabályozási rendszerben, és ezek következményei
2005
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Kiadványunk célja, hogy röviden összefoglalja a 2007-2013 időszakra vonatkozó vidékfejlesztési támogatások alapját képező európai uniós szabályozás legfőbb pontjait és ismertesse ennek várható hatásait. Az új időszakra vonatkozó változásokon kívül bemutatja az újonnan csatlakozott tagállamok számára rendelkezésre álló különleges lehetőségeket is.
“Egy európai eszme és hazai megvalósítása”LEADER- Közösségi kezdeményezés a vidék gazdasági fejlesztése érdekében
2005
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Az Európai Unió egyik legsikeresebb vidékfejlesztési programja, a LEADER integrált, részvételi megközelítést követ a helyi kezdeményezések támogatásában. Az elsősorban civil szervezetek számára készült kiadvány a program leírásán kívül megosztja a magyarországi kísérleti LEADER-típusú program tapasztalatait, valamint bemutat válogatott nemzetközi esettanulmányokat is.
Natura 2000 civil szemmelÁttekintés a Natura 2000 munkacsoport eddigi munkájáról
2005
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A kiadvány ismerteti a 2002-ben alakult magyar Natura 2000 munkacsoport (alapító tagjai a CEEweb, a Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi Egyesület, a Magyar Természetvédők Szövetsége és a WWF Magyarország) egyes találkozóin elhangzott közérdekű információkat és felvetéseket. Az összefoglaló tartalmazza a 2005-ben rendezett Civil Szervezetek Országos Találkozójának Natura 2000 állásfoglalását.
A környezetvédő címkétől a környezetvédő márkanévig2005
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A turizmus kedvezőtlen hatásainak minimalizálása – végső célként megszüntetése – olyan feladat, amit a természetvédelem nem kerülhet el. Ennek érdekében a turizmust a fenntarthatóság elveinek figyelembevételével, tervezett, szervezett és ellenőrzött módon kell folytatni, amely folyamatnak az egyik szabályozó eszköze egy olyan önkéntes minősítési rendszer lehet, ami kritériumként tartalmazza a környezet- és természetvédelmi szempontok figyelembevételét. Kiadványunk ennek az elgondolásnak egy lehetséges megvalósítási módját mutatja be a németországi Viabono kritériumrendszeren keresztül.
Sikeres és sikertelen tapasztalatok az EU Élőhelyvédelmi Irányelvének megvalósításában: a németországi példa2003
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A kiadvány célja, hogy kidolgozott értékelési szempontok alapján bemutassa azokat a pozitívan értékelhető németországi módszereket és lépéseket, amelyek a Natura 2000 területek sikeres kijelöléséhez hozzájárultak. A kiadvány másik célja, hogy a hibák ismertetésével és elemzésével elkerülje e buktatókat az irányelvek megvalósítása során.
Közös célunk: a természet védelme – nemzetközi egyezségek, hazai kötelezettségek2003
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Egyre nyilvánvalóbb, hogy a természeti erőforrások- így a fajok és élőhelyek pusztulását meg kell akadályozni. Globális viszonylatban rohamosan csökken a fajok száma,a természetes élőhelyek is folyamatosan degradálódnak, zsugorodnak. Munkánk során azt vizsgáltuk, hogy Magyarország milyen nemzetközi kötelezettséget vállalt a természetvédelem terén és ez idáig milyen lépések történtek a teljesítés érdekében.
Integrált regionális fejlesztési tervek, stratégiák elemzése a fenntarthatóság szempontjából2002
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Jelen tanulmányunkban megkíséreljük, hogy számszerűen is értékelhető módszert dolgozzunk ki annak vizsgálatára, mennyire sikerült komplexen, egy kistérséség fejlesztési koncepcióján belül, a fejlődés különböző, de egymással összehangolt rendszert alkotó, összes fontos tényezőinek figyelembevételével a kívánatos fejlődési irányt és annak elérését szolgáló intézkedéseket és célszerű tevékenységeket megfogalmazni.
A kavicsbányászat és kavicsbányatavak környezet- és természetvédelmi problémái2002
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