Europe’s Eastern Partnership countries make significant progress in expanding protected nature sites

The EEAs briefing 'Protected areas in the Eastern Partnership countries'found that between 2000 and 2019 coverage of nationally protected areas were expanded in all six partnership countries which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

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Thursday, August 27, 2020
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Countries, Foreign relations, Government, Foreign relations of the European Union, Council of Europe, Emerald network, Eastern Partnership, European External Action Service, Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Protected area
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  • The EEAs briefing 'Protected areas in the Eastern Partnership countries'found that between 2000 and 2019 coverage of nationally protected areas were expanded in all six partnership countries which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
  • Thanks to the European Commissions financial and Council of Europes technical support, 561 so-called Emerald Network sites (under the Bern Convention) have been created covering just over 12 % of the Eastern Partnership countries territories.
  • The EEA also provided expertise on sufficiency assessments of species and habitats in the countries proposed for inclusion in the Emerald Network.
  • While Eastern Partnership countries have made substantial progress in overall performance over the duration of the project, more efforts are needed to improve data reporting obligations under international agreements related to biodiversity.
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