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WELCOME to the web pages of the ETC on Biological Diversity
The ETC/BD is an international consortium working with the European Environment Agency under a framework partnership agreement. The main tasks of the topic centre are:
- Assist the European Environment Agency in its task of reporting on Europe's environment by addressing state and trends of biodiversity in Europe
- Provide the relevant information to support the implementation of environmental and sustainable development policies in Europe in particular for EU nature and biodiversity policies (DG Environment: Nature and Biodiversity)
- Build capacity for reporting on biodiversity in Europe, mainly through the European Information and Observation Network (Eionet)
The current consortium of the ETC/BD started its operation on the 1st of January 2009. Further details on the current consortium are available in the web page named 'Structure' above.
News from the Topic Center
# 06/01/2012 CDDA 2011 data available
All the publicly available data on nationally designated areas is available on the EEA data service . The site contains the database, the GIS data and the QA/QC reports (more...)
# 05/01/2012
The Service du Patrimoine Naturel (SPN) of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle is searching for an intern to help with its programme of habitat mapping (CARHAB), in particular to assist with a survey of current experience across Europe and to prepare a review of national or regional habitat mapping in Europ (more...)
# 14/12/2011-ETC/BD Newsletter
The December 2011 version of the ETC/BD newsletter is now available. (more...)
# 14/11/2011- Reference Portals for the Reporting Tools (Art.17 & Art 12)
Two reference portals have been created to help in reporting under Article 12 of the Birds Directive and Article 17 of the Habitats Directive. (more...)
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