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Publications

H 1 LIFE and new partnerships for nature conservation

SILVA João Pedro, TOLAND Justin, NOTTINGHAM Stephen, (e.a.), BURRILL Anne (ed.), GOSS Simon (coord.), O'Biren Valérie (Coord.)

2015

77p.

Focus Nature

This LIFE Nature Focus publication looks at the importance of partnership work to the successful implementation of EU nature and biodiversity policy, in particular the management of the Natura 2000 network. Effective conservation today means working with a variety of different stakeholder groups. It means going beyond traditional partnerships with those who make a living from the land or sea – farmers, fishermen, foresters etc. – and working with society as a whole. The 76-page brochure, 'LIFE and new partnerships for nature conservation', gives a taste of the breadth of stakeholder groups atypical to nature conservation that LIFE projects have worked with up till now. It reveals the secrets of successful projects and highlights important lessons for building strong and durable stakeholder partnerships for managing EU biodiversity. It also offers suggestions for innovative ways of collaborating with traditional LIFE project stakeholders; ways that demonstrate how new private initiatives can complement existing public funding mechanisms, be economically sustainable and create jobs. As this brochure shows, the existing involvement in LIFE projects of private sector stakeholders – salt producers, mines and quarries, electricity companies, tour operators, railways and so on – is a clear indication that the programme can generate mutual benefits for business, biodiversity and local economies.

Thematic dossier

ENVIRONMENT, NATURE & CLIMATE, LIFE, nature protection, citizen participation

LIFE, nature protection, citizen participation

European Union

978-92-79-54059-2

2314-9329

KH-AJ-15-002-EN-N

English

LIFE

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/publications/lifepublications/lifefocus/documents/stakeholders.pdf

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