Traduction de «commission de météorologie hydrologique » (Français → Anglais) :

Can the Commission specify its position on the matter and say what conclusions it draws from any contacts it has had with the Spanish Government to date in relation to the plan?

The Spanish environment ministry recently presented the first draft of its National Water Plan to the Commission.

On the other hand the public Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology will be supported by LIFE in order to provide a valid demonstration using high technology, including satellite information, in an automatic station with the aim to improve the quality and quantity of hydrological data for flood forecasting models in some high risk areas.

In trying to get ahead a little bit of some of the development decisions that are going to need to made by the regulator, and the government, by industry, and communities, we have entered into a joint project with the oil and gas commission, and also then the Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations provided some funding to this as well, to do a regional hydrologic modelling of the 65 or more watersheds that make up northeast B.C. This information is going to help with, again, providing the context for all these water ...[+++] use decisions that the regulator and the companies need to make in terms of their development — how much water is there.

In this context the guidelines for the sensible use of wetlands as agreed by the Parties to the Ramsar Convention [Kushiro, 1993] should also be taken into account; Undertakes to ensure that, when sites are proposed, the NATURA 2000 network is consistent with the need to preserve wetland habitats in accordance with the Birds and Habitats Directives; Considers it necessary to formulate an integrated policy on management of hydrological resources in terms of both quantity and quality within the wetlands and outside them, and draws attention to the possible importance here of the communication on Community water policy ...[+++]which the Commission will be submitting; Recalls the support it gave to the communication on coastal areas in its conclusions of 18 December 1995, and takes the view that, as in the case of coastal areas, insufficient consultation between all levels of responsibility is one of the main causes of the current situation of wetlands; Emphasizes the need to take wetlands into account when drawing up the Community's strategy for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity which the Council called for in its conclusions of 18 December 1995 concerning the Convention on Biological Diversity; Welcomes the necessary research, education and training efforts being made to ensure the protection of wetlands; Stresses the need for the state of wetlands to be observed and monitored and for information and experience in this field to be exchanged, and the role played by the European Environment Agency in this matter, taking account of existing work and mechanisms in this field, particularly under the Ramsar Convention; Advocates coordination and cooperation with third countries to encourage the wise use of wetlands under existing instruments; Expresses the wish that the Community's concerns regarding the wise use and conservation of wetlands should be taken into account at the next conference of the parties to the Ramsar Convention, which must be ...

In this context, it is time that the Commission's Communication stressed some of the measures essential to ensure the preservation of wetlands and their characteristic biological richness: - coherence of the European protected areas network, Natura 2000, and fulfilment of related conservation obligations under the Habitats Directive adopted by the Council in 1992; - integrated development of water resources in terms of both quantity and quality; - regional development strategy based on Community principles and criteria; - significant financial support for integrated programmes and the implementation of coordinated multi-sectoral polic ...[+++]ies intended to ensure reasonable use and conservation of wetlands.