BERN AND LANDSCAPE CONVENTIONS: CROSSED POINTS OF VIEW
Interview with Maguelone Dejeant-Pons (COE - European Landscape Convention)
IENE 2016 conference (Lyon,France)
At the time of its birth the Bern Convention was unique for recognising the intrinsic value of wild flora and fauna, which needs to be preserved and passed to future generations as it constitutes a “natural heritage of aesthetic, scientific, cultural, recreational, economic and intrinsic value”. The approach of protecting both species and habitats, including migratory ones, was innovative and forward-looking. The Convention has its own mechanisms for standard setting and monitoring of compliance by its Parties. It further benefits from a unique cooperation with the non-governmental sector through its case-files system, as NGOs but also citizen groups or even individuals can alarm on an alleged breach of the Convention by any Party.
IENE 2016 conference (Lyon,France)
At the time of its birth the Bern Convention was unique for recognising the intrinsic value of wild flora and fauna, which needs to be preserved and passed to future generations as it constitutes a “natural heritage of aesthetic, scientific, cultural, recreational, economic and intrinsic value”. The approach of protecting both species and habitats, including migratory ones, was innovative and forward-looking. The Convention has its own mechanisms for standard setting and monitoring of compliance by its Parties. It further benefits from a unique cooperation with the non-governmental sector through its case-files system, as NGOs but also citizen groups or even individuals can alarm on an alleged breach of the Convention by any Party.
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