SECTORAL POLICIES / Biodiversity

Action Plan for implementation of 'Nature' directives deserves adequate budget, according to NGOs

Brussels, 28/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

Environmental NGOs, ardent supporters of the EU’s birds and habitats directives, have welcomed the action plan presented by the European Commission on Thursday 27 April to improve delivery of these flagship pieces of nature legislation, though they felt it could have been stronger – in particular in terms of funding (see EUROPE 11776).

For WWF and BirdLife, the action plan has a number of points to commend it: - it pushes for the long-awaited completion of the Natura 2000 network of...