Traduction de «Swiss community for nature and landscape » (Anglais → Français) :

75. Given that NATURA 2000 forms the central pillar of EU policy efforts to maintain ecosystems in changing climate conditions, calls for active management of NATURA 2000 sites and of other relevant landscapes, with proper financing from the EU and Member States and based on close cooperation with and consultation of local communities, and stresses, further, the need for guidelines to ensure connectivity between ...[+++]natural areas; stresses that, as stated in the Commission Impact Assessment (SEC(2008)2887) annexed to the Commission Communication ‘Towards an EU strategy on invasive species’, there is still a lot to learn about the magnitude and pathways of invasive species, how they impact on ecosystems, and how climate change will affect biological invasions;

75. Given that NATURA 2000 forms the central pillar of EU policy efforts to maintain ecosystems in changing climate conditions, calls for active management of NATURA 2000 sites and of other relevant landscapes, with proper financing from the EU and Member States and based on close cooperation with and consultation of local communities, and stresses, further, the need for guidelines to ensure connectivity between ...[+++]natural areas; stresses that, as stated in the Commission Impact Assessment (SEC(2008)2887) annexed to the Commission Communication ‘Towards an EU strategy on invasive species’, there is still a lot to learn about the magnitude and pathways of invasive species, how they impact on ecosystems, and how climate change will affect biological invasions;

But the Department of Justice did send a follow-up letter, making two points to the same Swiss authorities: first of all, emphasizing that everything in the letter of request was in the nature of an allegation only—there had been no findings, only an investigation—and that the letter must be read as comprising allegations; and secondly, underlining the crucial importance of scrupulously respecting the confidentiality ...[+++] of these communications.

E. whereas, historically, the focus of the conservation of nature has been its aesthetic and scientific value; whereas a modern approach should focus in addition on the recognition of ecosystems, species and biodiversity as essential to sustainable development; whereas the conservation of functioning ecosystems makes a fundamental contribution to the quality of human life and should be an integral part of all sectoral policies; whereas nature and biodiversity conservation measures should not be limited to protected areas but must be taken throughout the territory of the Community ...[+++] and integrated into all sectors of activity, including agriculture and transport, with due regard to the social and economic situations of the geographical areas concerned; whereas farming in Europe conserves and maintains agricultural landscapes, and farming in accordance with good agricultural practice is geared to protecting and conserving the environment; whereas land is a finite form of capital and farmers have an interest in keeping it in a healthy and fertile condition, both for themselves and for future generations,

Environment Cooperation will focus on: - assessing environmental problems in the Mediterranean region and defining, where appropriate, the initiatives to be taken; - making proposals to establish and subsequently update a short and medium-term priority environmental action programme for intervention coordinated by the European Commission and supplemented by long-term actions; it should include among the main areas for action, the following: integrated management of water, soil and coastal areas; management of waste; preventing and combating air pollution and pollution in the Mediterranean sea; natural heritage, landscapes and site c ...[+++]onservation and management; Mediterranean forest protection, conservation and restoration, in particular through the prevention and control of erosion, soil degradation, forest fires and combating desertification; transfer of Community experience in financing techniques, legislation and environmental monitoring; integration of environmental concerns in all policies; - setting up a regular dialogue to monitor the implementation of the action programme; - reinforcing regional and subregional cooperation and strengthening coordination with the Mediterranean Action Plan; - stimulating coordination of investments from various sources, and implementation of relevant international conventions; - promoting the adoption and implementation of legislation and regulatory measures when required, especially preventive measures and appropriate high standards.

6. CONSIDERS that, to this end, the Commission should draw up a priority action programme for the Mediterranean area which should be prepared within a term of 18 months, taking into account the decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the Barcelona Convention on 9 June 1995, with the appropriate participation of governments and interested institutions and the public, and which should be submitted to the Council and approved as soon as possible thereafter through whatever mechanism is established to follow up the Euromediterranean Conference. 7. CONSIDERS that the priority actions should include the following areas in the above mentioned programme: - integrated management of waters, soils ...[+++] and coastal areas; - management of waste; - prevention of, and struggle against air pollution and pollution in the Mediterranean Sea; - natural heritage, landscapes and sites conservation and management; - Mediterranean forest protection, conservation and restoration, in particular through prevention and control of erosion, soil degradation and forest fires; - transfer of Community experience in financing techniques, legislation and environmental monitoring; - integration of environmental concerns in all policies.