The challenge of implementing the European network of protected areas Natura 2000

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 260-270

  Kati, Vassiliki ^a   Hovardas, Tasos ^b   Dieterich, Martin ^c   Ibisch, Pierre L ^d   Mihok, Barbara ^e   Selva, Nuria ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conservation biologists; European Directives; Governance; Protected area management; Questionnaire; Transnational conservation

Indexed keywords

AVES;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84921435579     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12366     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Apostolopoulou, E., E. G. Drakou, and K. Pediaditi. 2012. Participation in the management of Greek Natura 2000 sites: evidence from a cross-level analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 113:308-318.
2. Apostolopoulou, E., and J. D. Pantis. 2010. Development plans versus conservation: explanation of emergent conflicts and state political handling. Environment and Planning A 42:982-1000.
3. Araújo, M. B., J. M. Lobo, and J. C. Moreno. 2007. The effectiveness of Iberian protected areas in conserving terrestrial biodiversity. Conservation Biology 21:1423-1432.
4. Arlettaz, R., M. Schaub, J. Fournier, T. S. Reichlin, A. Sierro, J. E. M. Watson, and V. Braunisch. 2010. From publications to public actions: when conservation biologists bridge the gap between research and implementation. BioScience 60:835-842.
5. Bastian, O. 2013. The role of biodiversity in supporting ecosystem services in Natura 2000 sites. Ecological Indicators 24:12-22.
6. BirdLife Europe. 2012. On the road to recovery-Birdlife Assessment of Progress on the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy. Belgium.
7. Boller, F., T. Elscher, M. Erinc, and S. Ulbrich. 2013. Strategies for the implementation of Natura 2000 in cooperation with the organizations involved-the example of the federal States of Baden-Württemberg and Schleswig-Holstein. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 45:322-326.
8. Bosso, L., H. Rebelo, A. P. Garonna, and D. Russo. 2013. Modelling geographic distribution and detecting conservation gaps in Italy for the threatened beetle Rosalia alpina. Journal for Nature Conservation 21:72-80.
9. Brodier, S., S. Augiron, T. Cornulier, and V. Bretagnolle. 2013. Local improvement of skylark and corn bunting population trends on intensive arable landscape: a case study of the conservation tool Natura 2000. Animal Conservation 17:204-216.
10. Buono, F., K. Pediaditi, and G. J. Carsjens. 2012. Local community participation in Italian National Parks Management: theory versus practice. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 14:189-208.
11. Cabeza, M. 2013. Knowledge gaps in protected area effectiveness. Animal Conservation 16:381-382.
12. Cai, M., and D. Pettenella. 2013. Protecting biodiversity outside protected areas: Can agricultural landscapes contribute to bird conservation on Natura 2000 in Italy? Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management 21:1-11.
13. Cent, J., C. Mertens, and K. NiedziaLkowski. 2013. Roles and impacts of non-governmental organizations in Natura 2000 implementation in Hungary and Poland. Environmental Conservation 40:119-128.
14. Chape, S., M. Spalding, and M. D. Jenkins. 2008. The World's protected areas: status, values and prospects in the 21st century. University of California Press, Berkeley.
15. Cronbach, L. 1951. Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psycometrika 16:297-334.
16. D'Amen, M., P. Bombi, A. Campanaro, L. Zapponi, M. A. Bologna, and F. Mason. 2013. Protected areas and insect conservation: questioning the effectiveness of natura 2000 network for saproxylic beetles in italy. Animal Conservation 16:370-378.
17. Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., D. Memtsas, and A. Y. Troumbis. 2004. Questioning the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 special areas of conservation strategy: the case of crete. Global Ecology and Biogeography 13:199-207.
18. Doak, D. F., V. J. Bakker, B. E. Goldstein, and B. Hale. 2014. What is the future of conservation? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29:77-81.
19. Donald, P. F., F. J. Sanderson, I. J. Burfield, S. M. Bierman, R. D. Gregory, and Z. Waliczky. 2007. International conservation policy delivers benefits for birds in Europe. Science 317:810-813.
20. Dudley, N., K. J. Mulongoy, S. Cohen, S. Stolton, C. V. Barber, and S. B. Gidda. 2005. Towards effective protected area systems. An action guide to implement the convention on biological diversity programme of work on protected areas. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal.
21. EC (European Commission). 2004. Financing Natura 2000. EC, Brussels.
22. EC (European Commission). 2006. Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 and beyond. Sustaining ecosystem services for human well-being. EC, Brussels.
23. EC (European Commission). 2011a. Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020. EC, Brussels.
24. EC (European Commission). 2011b. Financing Natura 2000. Investing in Natura 2000: delivering benefits for nature and people. EC, Brussels.
25. EC (European Commission). 2011c. Future EU co-financing of Natura 2000. EC, Brussels.
26. EC (European Commission). 2013a. The Economic benefits of the Natura 2000 Network. EC, Luxembourg.
27. EC (European Commission). 2013b. Natura 2000: managing sites in the Natura 2000 network. Nature and Biodiversity Newsletter. EC, Luxembourg.
28. EEA (European Environmental Agency). 2010a. EU 2010 biodiversity baseline. EEA, Luxembourg.
29. EEA (European Environmental Agency). 2010b. Public awareness (SEBI 026)-assessment published May 2010. EEA. Available from http://www.eea.europa.eu (accessed May 2010).
30. EEA (European Environmental Agency). 2011a. Ecological footprint of European countries (SEBI 023)-assessment published May 2010. EEA. Available from http://www.eea.europa.eu (accessed May 2010).
31. EEA (European Environmental Agency). 2011b. Landscape fragmentation in Europe. Joint EEA-FOEN report. EEA, Luxembourg.
32. EEA (European Environmental Agency). 2012. Protected areas in Europe-an overview. EEA, Luxembourg.
33. ETC/BD (European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity). 2008. Online report on article 17 of the Habitats Directive: conservation status of habitats and species of community interest (2001-2006). EC, Paris.
34. Evans, D. 2012. Building the European Union's Natura 2000 network. Nature Conservation 1:11-26.
35. Ferranti, F., E. Turnhout, R. Beunen, and J. H. Behagel. 2013. Shifting nature conservation approaches in Natura 2000 and the implications for the roles of stakeholders. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management DOI:10.1080/09640568.2013.827107.
36. Field, A. 2003. Designing a good questionnaire. Available from http://www.statisticshell.com/docs/designing_questionnaires.
37. Gaston, K. J., S. F. Jackson, A. Nagy, L. Cantú-Salazar, and M. Johnson. 2008. Protected areas in Europe: principle and practice. Annales of the New York Academy of Science 1134:97-119.
38. Gillson, L., T. P. Dawson, S. Jack, and M. A. McGeoch. 2013. Accommodating climate change contingencies in conservation strategy. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28:135-142.
39. Grodzinska-Jurczak, M., and J. Cent. 2011. Expansion of nature conservation areas: Problems with natura 2000 implementation in Poland? Environmental Management 47:11-27.
40. Gruber, B., et al. 2012. "Mind the gap!" - How well does Natura 2000 cover species of European interest? Nature Conservation 3:45-62.
41. Hamann, A., and S. N. Aitken. 2013. Conservation planning under climate change: accounting for adaptive potential and migration capacity in species distribution models. Diversity and Distributions 19:268-280.
42. Hovardas, T., and K. Poirazidis. 2006. Evaluation of the environmentalist dimension of ecotourism at the Dadia Forest Reserve (Greece). Environmental Management 38:810-822.
43. Iojâ, C. I., M. Pâtroescu, L. Rozylowicz, V. D. Popescu, M. Vergheleţ, M. I. Zotta, and M. Felciuc. 2010. The efficacy of Romania's protected areas network in conserving biodiversity. Biological Conservation 143:2468-2476.
44. Jantke, K., C. Schleupner, and U. A. Schneider. 2011. Gap analysis of European wetland species: priority regions for expanding the Natura 2000 network. Biodiversity and Conservation 20:581-605.
45. Keulartz, J. 2009. European nature conservation and restoration policy-problems and perspectives. Restoration Ecology 17:446-450.
46. Maiorano, L., A. Falcucci, E. O. Garton, and L. Boitani. 2007. Contribution of the Natura 2000 network to biodiversity conservation in Italy. Conservation Biology 21:1433-1444.
47. Metzner, J., P. Keller, C. Kretschmar, B. Krettinger, N. Liebig, U. Mäck, and I. Orlich. 2013. Cooperative nature conservation in practice-implementation examples of landcare groups. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 45:315-321.
48. Niedzialkowski, K., J. Paavola, and B. Jedrzejewska. 2012. Participation and protected areas governance: the impact of changing influence of local authorities on the conservation of the Bialowiez˙a primeval forest, Poland. Ecology and Society 17:2.
49. Niedzialkowski, K., J. Paavola, and B. Jeȩdrzejewska. 2013. Governance of biodiversity in Poland before and after the accession to the EU: the tale of two roads. Environmental Conservation 40:108-118.
50. Nolte, C., F. Leverington, A. Kettner, M. Marr, G. Nielsen, B. Bomhard, S. Stolton, S. Stoll-Kleemann, and M. Hockings. 2010. Protected area management effectiveness assessments in Europe. A review of application, methods and results. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Bonn, Germany.
51. Opdam, P. F. M., M. E. A. Broekmeyer, and F. H. Kistenkas. 2009. Identifying uncertainties in judging the significance of human impacts on Natura 2000 sites. Environmental Science and Policy 12:912-921.
52. Opermanis, O., B. MacSharry, A. Aunins, and Z. Sipkova. 2012. Connectedness and connectivity of the Natura 2000 network of protected areas across country borders in the European Union. Biological Conservation 153:227-238.
53. Pe'er, G., et al. 2014. EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity. Science 6188 DOI:10.1126/science.1253425.
54. Peterson, K., M. Kose, and M. Uustal. 2010. Screening decisions concerning the likely impacts of plans and projects on natura 2000 sites. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 12:185-214.
55. Rego, P. R., M. A. R. Guitián, H. L. Castro, J. F. Da Costa, and C. M. Sobrino. 2013. Loss of european dry heaths in NW Spain: a case study. Diversity 5:557-580.
56. Schmiedel, I., M. Schmidt, A. Schacherer, and H. Culmsee. 2013. Effectiveness of protection areas for the conservation of rare and endangered vascular plant species-investigation in the lowlands of lower Saxony, Germany. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 45:45-52.
57. Söderman, T. 2009. Natura 2000 appropriate assessment: shortcomings and improvements in Finnish practice. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 29:79-86.
58. Stringer, L. C., and J. Paavola. 2013. Participation in environmental conservation and protected area management in Romania: a review of three case studies. Environmental Conservation 40:138-146.
59. Tsiafouli, M. A., E. Apostolopoulou, A. D. Mazaris, A. S. Kallimanis, E. G. Drakou, and J. D. Pantis. 2013. Human activities in Natura 2000 sites: a highly diversified conservation network. Environmental Management 51:1025-1033.
60. Wamelink, G. W. W., B. de Knegt, R. Pouwels, C. Schuiling, R. M. A. Wegman, A. M. Schmidt, H. F. van Dobben, and M. E. Sanders. 2013. Considerable environmental bottlenecks for species listed in the Habitats and Birds Directives in the Netherlands. Biological Conservation 165:43-53.
61. Woloszyn, W., W. Kalamucka, M. Koziel, M. Stanicka, M. Ziólek, and P. Czubla. 2012. Natura 2000 as a platform balancing socio-economic and environmental objectives-Theory and practice. Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio B 67:263-280.
62. Young, J., et al. 2005. Towards sustainable land use: identifying and managing the conflicts between human activities and biodiversity conservation in Europe. Biodiversity and Conservation 14:1641-1661.