The European Commission adopted an action plan on Thursday 27 April “to rapidly improve” the implementation of the nature and biodiversity directives: 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds (see EUROPE 11684). A major goal of the action plan is to complete the Natura 2000 network.
The Commission hopes, through this action plan “for nature, people and the economy”, to speed up progress towards the European objective of...