A detailed description and analysis of European nature conservation and its achievements, focussing on the EU and last forty years.

The Natura 2000 network of protected areas is the centrepiece of European Union nature policy, currently covering almost one-fifth of the EU’s entire land ter

This volume offers insight in the identification and selection procedure of marine protected areas in the German exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of the North -

The ideas and practices that comprise “conservation” are often assumed to have arisen within the last two centuries. However, while conservation today has b

One of the main problems and aims of nature conservation in Europe is to protect semi-open landscapes. The development during the past decades is characterized