Econat2000 network
ECONAT2000 has developped to promote the exchange of best practice and experience for implementing Natura2000 and its interface with economic developments.
Econat2000 aim is to enhance trans-boundary and cross sector cooperation by exploring in greater detail: How the ‘legal’, ‘ecological’ and “economic” concepts in the Habitats and Birds Directives are applied in practical cases?
The network members are 4 organisations/institutions drawned from both the nature conservation and economic development sectors.
- Rijkswaterstaat , part of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management,
- Natural England, Nature Conservation Agency in England,
- Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz , NLWKN, part of Ministry of Environment of Lower Saxony,
- ATEN, Umbrella organisation grouping together protected area management bodies, mandated by the French Ministry in charge of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Land use planning.
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A programme of cross national peer to peer exchanges , on learning from case studies, has been organised in 4 countries in 2008 and 2009.
With particular emphasis, in 2009 on examining of cases regarding :
- Management planning
- Linear / transport infrastructure
- Legal aspects of species protection
- Natura 2000 Protected marine areas
- Flood Risk Management & Natura 2000 - working with local communities
- Estuaries
The SEMINAR 09 aim was to :
- Bring together the learning derived from the 6 Peer to Peer exchanges
- Broaden expertise on key subjects such as linear and transport infrastructures
- Explore new topics for further Econat2000 exchanges and new links with other European networks.
The seminar consisted of two days with presentations covering peer exchange subject areas, plus a site visit with relevant stakeholders in the Regional Natural Park of Lorraine.
