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	Use of forests is sustainable in Lapland. Press release Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla 27.03.2007
		Without ambiguity, it shows that the proportion of the protected forest areas from the total forest area in Finland is the highest in Europe and the level of protection is the strictest in Europe.
		The proportion of protected forests is already 18 percent of the forests on the Northern boreal vegetation zone of Finland.
		The status of protection in Finnish Lapland and its vegetation zones is exceptionally good, because 43 percent of the forests in the Metsä-Lappi zone and 51 percent of forest land owned by Metsähallitus in the same area are protected.
	www.metla.fi /tiedotteet/2007/2007-03-27-lapin-metsien-kaytto-en.htm (847 words)

	CENTRE FOR MEDITERRANEAN COOPERATION IUCN - CONSERVATION OF NATURE
		The Mediterre Parks Fair is an annual event dedicated to parks and natural protected areas throughout the Mediterranean and organized by the Puglia Regional Government, the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Federparchi.
		The Mediterranean protected areas are not a natural landscape as the wildness parks of North America and Africa, but are shaped by many years of human activities such as farming, hunting, livestocks, and mining.
		At the Mediterre Fair, there was a session devoted to eco-agriculture and protected areas in which an initiative supported by the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Federparqui, Legambiente and the ONG Slow Food was showcased.
	www.iucn.org /places/medoffice/Noticias/mediterre.htm (701 words)

	Unasylva - No. 176 - Parks and protected areas - Management of protected areas in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
		Management of protected areas in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is presented as an example of efforts in North Africa and the Near East.
		It became clear, however, that for the creation of a representative, well-maintained system of protected areas, and to develop its renewable resources to the benefit of all its citizens, an organization needed to be established with this as its principal mandate.
		Protected areas elsewhere in the world were often created in the past to protect spectacular or unique natural features.
	www.fao.org /docrep/v2900E/v2900e08.htm (3752 words)

	EUROPEAN : Encyclopedia Entry
		European cultural sphere of influence: countries coloured in blue have received the most influence from European culture, while those in green mix European and indigenous cultures.
		European membership of NATO has also increased since the end of the Cold War, with the admission of number of Eastern European countries.
		This area consists of: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Saxony and Brandenburg in Germany, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/European (3745 words)

	Charter of Fundamental RIghts of the European Union
		The Union recognises and respects the entitlement to social security benefits and social services providing protection in cases such as maternity, illness, industrial accidents, dependency or old age, and in the case of loss of employment, in accordance with the rules laid down by Community law and national laws and practices.
		Every citizen of the Union has the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament in the Member State in which he or she resides, under the same conditions as nationals of that State.
		Every citizen of the Union shall, in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which he or she is a national is not represented, be entitled to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State, on the same conditions as the nationals of that Member State.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/instree/europeancharter2.html (2919 words)

	Chapter 7. Forests in protected areas
		Some countries have suggested that most or all of their forests fall under the protected area status as a consequence of general forestry legislation, but a number of others have held to more traditional views of protection and have included in their reporting only the legally designated protected areas which met international standards.
		The same protected forests map was then overlaid on the FRA 2000 global ecological zones map, and statistics on the proportion of forests inside protected areas were generated for each ecological zone.
		The total extent of forests in protected areas was estimated at 479 million hectares, which is equivalent to 12.4 percent of the world's forest area.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/004/Y1997E/y1997e0c.htm (1773 words)

	IUCN - World Commission on Protected Areas
		The area of new national parks established between 1990 and 1997 is almost as large as the area of national parks established in the previous 20 years.
		Protected areas are often not sufficiently well known for the benefits which they bring to society and are more often known for the conflicts between different interests.
		In addition, all members who work in protected areas are asked to organise or persuade their managers to organise open days for the local communities and the general public to explain the purpose and benefits of the protected area and the role which each of these stakeholders can play.
	www.iucn.org /themes/wcpa/region/europe/europe.html (5345 words)

	Protected area
		Protected Areas are locations which need and / or receive protection because of their environmental, cultural or similar value.
		A Protected Area as defined by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means.
		National parks are probably the best-known Protected Areas, but there are many other categories.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pr/Protected_area.html (76 words)

	Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations
		The Programme aims to protect, conserve and restore the structure and functioning of natural systems and habitats in order to halt the loss of biodiversity, including the diversity of genetic resources, both in the European Union and on a global scale.
		The European Union will shortly adopt a comprehensive thematic strategy for the protection and conservation of the marine environment with the overall aim of promoting sustainable use of the seas and conserving marine ecosystems.
		The European Union looks forward to completion of the reports sought by the General Assembly last autumn, to be compiled by the Secreatry General in collaboration with the relevant global and regional bodies, concerning the threats and risks to vulnerable and threatened marine ecosystems and biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
	www.un.int /ireland/eupres66.htm (909 words)

	Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series / Soviet Union / Appendix C
		The Soviet Union claimed that the creation of the Warsaw Pact was in direct response to the inclusion of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) in NATO in 1955.
		The Soviet Union was unable to conceal the fact that the alliance served as the ultimate mechanism for its control of Eastern Europe.
		The Soviet Union resorted to occasional propaganda offensives, accusing West Germany of revanchism and aggressive intentions in Eastern Europe, to remind its allies of their ultimate dependence on Soviet protection and to reinforce the Warsaw Pact's cohesion against the attraction of good relations with the West.
	memory.loc.gov /frd/cs/soviet_union/su_appnc.html (6968 words)

	European Union
		The European Union and its 25 Member States provide one of the most open climates for U.S. direct investment in the world, with well-established traditions concerning the rule of law and private property rights, transparent regulatory systems, freedom of capital movements and the like.
		The European Union traditionally has had no role in determining the conditions under which third-country investors could establish investments; as such, its main role was to ensure that firms (including those owned or controlled by non-EU nationals) already established in one Member State were not discriminated against by others.
		European Union grant and subsidy programs are generally available only for nationals and companies in the EU, but usually on a national treatment basis.
	www.state.gov /e/eb/ifd/2005/42034.htm (4275 words)

	ERS/USDA Briefing Room - European Union: Policy
		Agricultural policy is proposed by a supranational authority—the European Commission, agreed to or amended by agricultural ministers of EU member nations, and reviewed by the European Parliament.
		Producers with an area planted with these crops sufficient to produce no more than 92 metric tons of grain are classified as small producers and are exempt from the set-aside requirement.
		The area of subsidized oilseed production is limited by the terms of the 1994 U.S.-EU "Blair House" Agreement, and oilseed producers (unless they are small producers) are required to set aside land at the same rate as for all arable crops.
	www.ers.usda.gov /briefing/EuropeanUnion/PolicyCommon.htm (3683 words)

	Conservation International - Feature Stories - A brief history of CI's work creating parks and protected areas
		The ranch-now an ecotourism initiative, research facility and protected area-anchors a conservation corridor that CI and its partners are developing to connect key areas of the Pantanal with Emas National Park and other parts of the surrounding Cerrado hotspot.
		Protected areas in the tropics are overwhelmingly achieving their conservation objectives, according to research by CABS at CI and published in the journal Science.
		The European Union provides support for a second phase of the protected area management program in Côte d'Ivoire, and CI and BirdLife International agree to jointly implement conservation activities in West Africa's Mont Peko and Marahoué national parks.
	www.conservation.org /xp/frontlines/protectedareas/focus24-2.xml (2111 words)

	17/2/2004 -- Protect ecosystem for better life
		They Protected areas are also not sufficiently representative of the diverse ecosystems that exist.
		Protected areas are thus one of three the important themes being discussed in depth at the COP7 conference which Malaysia is hosting.
		This is because fish breed in mangrove areas, and their juveniles young feed there before moving on to the corals and seabed.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=29455 (1683 words)

	European Union 7 Days History
		On 28 November 1995, the 15 European Union countries and 12 countries with seaboards on the southern Mediterranean established a partnership which should eventually lead to the setting up of a free-trade area, flanked by agreements for cooperation in the social, cultural and human spheres.
		The European Union is open to any European country which wants to join it and is prepared to take on all the commitments made in the founding treaties and to subscribe to the same fundamental objectives.
		Throughout the European Union, there have been many celebrations and events commemorating the 40 year anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957.
	www.towson.edu /polsci/ppp/sp97/eu/7DHIST~1.HTM (2246 words)

	Malampaya.htm
		This protected area is the youngest to the brood of six proclaimed Protected Areas in Palawan by virtue of the NIPAS Law.
		Malampaya Sound Protected Land and Seascape covers 22 barnagays, 18 of which are within the political boundary of Taytay and the rest within San Vicente.
		The Sound is one of the eight selected sites in the Philippines under the National Integrated Protected Areas Programme (NIPAP), a special project of the DENR supported through a grant from the European Union, Since Palawan has a SEP Law, a co-management scheme between the DENR and PCSD prevails.
	www.pcsd.ph /protected_areas/malampaya.htm (703 words)

	Europe Safeguards Thousands of Natural Sites
		The European Commission today established the largest ever list of protected natural areas in the European Union.
		With the adoption of the lists in the Atlantic and Continental regions, the Natura 2000 network becomes the largest coherent network of protected areas in the world and the EU’s most efficient operational tool to protect its plants and animals, said Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas.
		This means that their protection must be enhanced to preserve the biodiversity of Europe.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/dec2004/2004-12-08-03.asp (519 words)

	mission and objectives
		The shared vision of establishing a transboundary protected area of international significance was the incentive to extend some of the existing protected areas and to designate new ones in the region - what allowed the designation of a three times larger area as a Biosphere Reserve.
		Moreover the total area has been extended several times to reach almost 144 per cent of its original size cent by adding some 65 thousand hectares of newly designated protected areas.
		Protected areas of the three countries are also actively promoting historical heritage conservation and cultural exchange, organising events like exhibitions and folk festivals.
	www.unesco.org /mab/ecbr/foundation/projects.htm (1009 words)

	Wolf Song of Alaska: Nature Protection: Commission Establishes Largest Ever List of Protected Areas in the European ...
		With the adoption of the lists in the Atlantic and Continental regions, the Natura 2000 network becomes the largest coherent network of protected areas in the world and the EUís most efficient operational tool to protect its fauna and flora.
		The lists of protected areas include a large number of endangered animal and plant species and habitats such as for example the Wolf, the Otter, the Salmon, coastal lagoons, heath- and grasslands, bogs, several types of forests and river systems.
		The protection of these species and habitats is scientifically considered to be of European importance, and a joint EU effort is therefore necessary to ensure bio-diversity and the conservation of natural fauna and flora in these regions of Europe.
	www.wolfsongalaska.org /gray_wolf_europe_protect.htm (614 words)

	European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights - 2000
		The Union recognises and respects the entitlement to social security benefits and social services providing protection in cases such as maternity, illness, industrial accidents, dependency or old age, and in the case of loss of employment, in accordance with the procedures laid down by Community law and national laws and practices.
		In order to combat social exclusion and poverty, the Union recognises and respects the right to social and housing assistance so as to ensure a decent existence for all those who lack sufficient resources, in accordance with the procedures laid down by Community law and national laws and practices.
		A high level of environmental protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment must be integrated into the polices of the Union and ensured in accordance with the principle of sustainable development.
	www.bessel.org /eurchart.htm (2505 words)

	The European Union plans to protect 38 natural spaces and rivers in Malaga
		The European Union also recently encouraged the Junta to include marine life in the Bay of Estepona on the list, which has some species of plant life that are in danger of extinction.
		The protection in question is a network established by the European Union to protect special habitats all over Europe, and thereby provide some guarantee that endangered species have some chance to survive.
		Among the rivers to be protected are some in a very poor state of conservation, flowing through industrial and urban areas and used for dumping waste of all type in.
	www.essentialestates.com /123EN.news.results.asp?newsid=943 (973 words)

	T&E :: European Federation for Transport and Environment
		European Union member states are spending over 1 billion every day on imported oil, four times more than in 2003 and smashing all previous records, according to analysis by TandE.
		But European leaders are failing to make the connection between rocketing oil prices and worrying levels of oil dependence on the one hand, and the need to tackle Europe's gas guzzling car fleet on the other.
		The European Commission is set to propose new noise and energy efficiency standards for tyres with a blanket exemption for Europe's noisiest and most gas gazzling sports-utility vehicles (SUVs), according to draft rules seen by TandE.
	www.transportenvironment.org (1007 words)

	European Important Bird Areas
		The aim of the European IBA programme is to ensure that the conservation value of the over 4,000 Important Bird Areas in Europe is maintained, and where possible enhanced.
		Important Bird Areas are more than a bunch of sites, they aim to form a network sites ensuring that migratory species find suitable breeding, stop-over and wintering places along their respective flyways.
		The European IBA Programme is implemented through national IBA Programmes in 29 countries with the support and co-ordination of the European Division of the BirdLife Secretariat.
	www.birdlife.org /action/science/sites/european_ibas (754 words)

	Open Letter to European Union President Guy Verhofstadt (Human Rights Watch Press release, )
		The new security measures proposed by the European Commission to combat terrorism, combat the funding of terrorism, and provide for a European arrest warrant have been introduced and are being deliberated at an unprecedented pace.
		The panel should be invested with the power to implement a process whereby third parties (nongovernmental organizations, academics, and other concerned groups and individuals in civil society) could make submissions to the panel in order to ensure that a wide range of concerns are taken into account.
		The area of freedom, justice, and security should be based on the principles of transparency and democratic control.
	www.hrw.org /press/2001/10/coe-1012-ltr.htm (942 words)

	ECOCLUB.com Ecotourism News
		Fotiou of the Greek Wetland Protection Centre, pointed out that in the case of Greece introducing public transport to P.A.s would fail as people would simply continue using their automobile to visit a Protected Area prefering to experience nature as independently as possible.
		But we were told that the "Saturated Areas" approach is now seen as dated by GNTO and that the current tendency is favouring the creation of management bodies for each protected area, after...
		Most protected areas around the world are to be found in border areas, or internal "border" areas (i.e.
	ecoclub.com /news/37/whatsup.html (1415 words)

	Marine Protected Areas - Links
		European Union: Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
		European Union: Directive 79/404/EEC on the conservation of wild birds
		OSPAR Convention, Annex V on the Protection and Conservation of the Ecosystems and Biological Diversity of the Maritime Area
	www.ngo.grida.no /wwfneap/Projects/reflink.htm (1599 words)

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