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10 messages for 2010 — protected areas: Protected areas provide a wide range of services in a context of increasing pressures and a rapidly changing environment. Europe is the region with the greatest number of protected areas in the world but they are relatively small in size. Europe's Natura 2000, unique in the world and still young, and the Emerald network under development, are international European networks of protected areas that catalyse biodiversity conservation.
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Average size of terrestrial nationally designated areas (in km2) in different regions of the world: * EEA-39 includes the 32 EEA member countries and seven collaborating countries (http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-andmaps/ figures/political-map-of-eea-member-and-collaborating-countries).
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Biodiversity - key fact 2: Protected areas, including Natura 2000 sites in EU Member States, now account for 22 % of the terrestrial area of EEA member countries.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › … › Biodiversity — SOER 2010 thematic assessment › Key facts
Biodiversity — SOER 2010 thematic assessment: Biodiversity — the variety of ecosystems, species and genes — is essential to human wellbeing, delivering services that sustain our economies and societies. Its huge importance makes biodiversity loss all the more troubling. European species are threatened with extinction and overexploitation. Natural habitats continue to be lost and fragmented, and degraded by pollution and climate change. Despite actions taken and progress made, these threats continue to impact biodiversity in Europe. The new global and EU targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2020 are ambitious but achieving them will require better policy implementation, coordination across sectors, ecosystem management approaches and a wider understanding of biodiversity's value.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Thematic assessments
Complementarity between national designations and international networks: The system of protected areas in Europe is complex, and in many cases, there is a complementarity and overlap between different designation‑types at various levels.
Located in Environmental topics › … › Europe's protected areas › Facts and figures
Connectivity across national boundaries: Located in Environmental topics › … › Europe's protected areas › Facts and figures
Conventions at the European level: Environmental policy instruments important for the establishment of protected areas in Europe.
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Conventions at the global level: Environmental policy instruments important for the establishment of protected areas in Europe.
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Conventions on European seas: Environmental policy instruments important for the establishment of protected areas in Europe.
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Directives of the European Union: Environmental policy instruments important for the establishment of protected areas in Europe.
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