ECCB expresses concerns about the on-going intensification and homogenization of agricultural landscapes across Europe
and beyond. It calls for a robust and effective plan for sustainable land use
that meets current and growing needs at both national and regional levels
within Europe whilst safeguarding biodiversity
and ecosystem function.
Old growth forests are unique
ecosystems that play a fundamental role in the provision of ecosystem goods and
services and yet less than 2% remain throughout Europe.
ECCB calls for the strict protection of the remaining tracts of old-growth
forest (including the ecological processes that maintain them) together with
other wilderness areas in the European periphery. It also advocates for the ecological
restoration of potential wilderness landscapes.
The establishment of an Intergovernmental
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
The aim of IPBES is to improve coordinate responses to the accelerated loss of
biodiversity, impaired ecosystem services, and lack of policy action. ECCB
supports this process by emphasizing the need for a systematic approach to deal
effectively with uncertainty and other types of non-knowledge, which go beyond
the existing knowledge gaps. In the
absence of evidence, we call for full consideration of the precautionary
principle.
ECCB stresses that conservation across national borders should be seen as a cornerstone to linking peoples, societies and nations within the EU and beyond. Apart from the obvious need to protect nature, trans-boundary efforts to protect nature should be perceived as means to promote peace and strengthen common European values, Especially in times of economic and political crisis. ECCB calls for the intensification of trans-boundary cooperation, to be anchored in conservation strategies from regional to continental scales.
WHERE
DOES THIS MESSAGE COME FROM:
In
September 2012 approximately 900 conservation scientists gathered together at
the 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB) in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Policy Committee of the Europe Section of
the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB-ES) invited congress participants to
vote on 10 clearly defined statements to help formulate a position which
represents the values and opinions of the members. The 10 statements covered a
wide array of current topics of European conservation policy. Over 160 congress
participants took part in the vote. The results of the ballot, which summarize
main messages emerging from symposia, oral and poster sessions received support
of 67% of the voters, and should be regarded as the official “ECCB Policy
Message from Glasgow”.
Contacts: europe@conbio.org
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