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International legal possibilities and obligations for nature conservation in ports
Ports are often situated in valuable nature areas. In the past, large areas of coastal land and sea were claimed for port development without taking into account the nature values in that area. With the development of international nature conservation law new possibilities for nature conservation and nature development were developed. Although several instruments exist, this article focuses on the Ramsar Convention on the one hand and on the Birds and Habitat Directive on the other. Ramsar sites and protected areas under the Birds and Habitat Directives can be designated in or near port areas. For the designation only scientific criteria are taken into account (and no economic criteria). There are legal requirements for the conservation of these protected sites in both the Ramsar Convention and the directives. Similar provisions exist on the reduction of the size or the deletion of the protected area. Several conditions have to be fulfilled, such as reasons of public interest. Both instruments require compensation matters. The legal requirements are more precise and strict in the EC directives than in the Ramsar Convention. Enforcement is much better organized in the framework of the EC directives. New challenges exist to put the provisions of the directives into practice. If correctly applied these nature conservation instruments can lead to a more sustainable policy in finding a balance between ecology and economy
Response to ‘Protected areas and climate change Reflections from a practitioner's perspective
Cliquet et al. 1 provide a thought-provoking analysis of the challenges posed to
the EU's protected areas by climate change. This paper seeks to build on some of
the perspectives they brought to what is a highly challenging area of nature
conservation law, policy and practice. While there is much to support in their
analysis of the relationships between protected areas and climate change, there
are two key strands we seek to develop further, based on the RSPB's experience
of this area of nature conservation policy and practice: first, is the
ecological model for adapting to climate change and second, the legal framework
provided by the Birds2 and Habitats3 Directives (the Nature Directives) as it
relates to the delivery of such adaptive actions
Versnippering van de wettelijke bevoegdheidsverdeling en reglementering in de kustzone - aanzet tot samenwerking
Beleidsondersteunend onderzoek voor een geïntegreerd kustzonebeleid in België: welk geïntegreerd kustzonebeleid?
Mariene beschermde gebieden in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee: een eerste stap in de richting van het behoud van de mariene biodiversiteit?
The conservation of Belgian Marine Natura 2000 sites: the first steps into a brave new world?
Juridische inventarisatie van de kustzone in België: studie in opdracht van de Administratie Waterwegen en Zeewezen, Afdeling Waterwegen Kust
Voorstel van bestuurlijke en juridische verankering voor een geïntegreerd beleid van de Belgische kustzone
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