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

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

The Rio Summit has pointed to the urgency for the development of an international conservation policy; and the post-Maastricht debates in Europe have highlighte