The management, financing and monitoring of Natura 2000, the pan-European network of protected natural areas, leave room for improvement, according to a new report published by the European Court of Auditors on Tuesday 21 February.
The special report, “More efforts needed to implement the Natura 2000 network to its full potential”, followed on from an audit, the purpose of which was to determine whether Natura 2000 had been appropriately implemented. Auditors visited 24 Natura 2000 sites...