Brussels, 15/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved a list of 959 nature sites in mountain regions of the European Union which, under the habitat directive, will enjoy reinforced protection of natural habitats, and for the animal and vegetable species within them.
These sites, situated in the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines and the Fennoscandian mountains, cover some 37% of the mountain territory of seven Member States (France, Germany, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Italy and...