In nature and species conservation a paradigm shift has started in the last few years: static nature protection in isolated protected areas is not sufficient for conserving biodiversity, but approaches are needed that take the dynamic of nature and land use change into account. This change of attitudes contributed to the establishment of the model of a functioning ecological network in the Alps, which can contribute to conserve the extraordinary rich Alpine diversity.
The background report provides summary information on key instruments such as conventions, legislation, regulations and programmes relating to ecological networks at national and global level. Particular attention has been paid to information from the Alpine region. The Report also explains why ecological networks are important and how they work. Examples of international, alpine-wide, national and regional projects illustrate what different stakeholders are doing to improve the network situation.
News
Publications
Links
Events
News
2010-02-18
An ecological network frame becomes law in Lombardia
2010-02-08
Conference searching solutions to adapt to climate change
2010-02-08
International workshop on connectivity methods
2010-02-08
ECONNECT Project – Working full speed for implementing ecological networks
2010-02-08
Fourth meeting of the Platform
2010-02-08
Continuum fact sheets help implementing connectivity measures in the Alps
2010-02-08
Updated brochure and new eye-catcher posters on ecological networks in the Alps
2010-02-08
Think tank: Bundling the Alps-wide expertise on ecological networks
2010-02-08
The Ecological Continuum Initiative in the International Year of Biodiversity
2009-10-19
Catalogue of connectivity measures: new publication in English, French, German and Italian
2009-08-13
11,000 invasive species in Europe
2009-06-25
Further support for the Alpine ecological network
2009-06-18
New documentation on ecological networks in Europe
2009-05-20
Alps insight: Schengen for Flora and Fauna
2008-11-06
ECONNECT: Nature without limits
2008-10-23
Protected areas in the EU lacking in quality
2008-07-31
Biodiversity and climate change as subjects for transnational co-operation
2008-07-31
Modifications to Alpine plant communities
2008-06-19
Alps and Carpathians pulling together for biological diversity
2008-05-15
Ecological networks in the Alps at the 9th Conference on Biological Diversity
2008-04-03
New alpine Natura 2000 regions
2007-07-05
Nature abhors a border
2007-03-20
Biological diversity as an investment - Protected areas give the Alps a good image and help man and nature
Publications
Year of publication:
2010
Restoring the web of life
Year of publication:
2010
Connectivity Conservation Management
Year of publication:
2009
Reducing Moose–Vehicle Collisions through Salt Pool Removal and Displacement: an Agent-Based Modeling Approach
Year of publication:
2009
Cost–Benefit Analyses of Mitigation Measures Aimed at Reducing Collisions with Large Ungulates in the United States and Canada: a Decision Support Tool
Year of publication:
2009
Can Road-Crossing Structures Improve Population Viability of an Urban Gliding Mammal?
Year of publication:
2009
Wildlife Tunnel Enhances Population Viability
Year of publication:
2009
Natural Solutions
Year of publication:
2009
Evaluation of approaches for designing and implementing ecological networks in the Alps
Year of publication:
2009
Catalogue of possible measures to improve ecological connectivity in the Alps
Year of publication:
2009
Large carnivores in the Alps and Carpathians: Living with the wildlife
Year of publication:
2009
Ecological Networks implemented by participatory approaches as a response to landscape fragmentation: a review of German literature
Year of publication:
2009
Making the connection!
Year of publication:
2009
Making the connection: Involving stakeholders in the implementation of ecological networks in Europe
Year of publication:
2009
Towards Green Infrastructure for Europe
Year of publication:
2009
Progress towards the European 2010 biodiversity target
Year of publication:
2008
Long-term dynamics of a fragmented rainforest mammal assemblage
Year of publication:
2008
PANet Protected Area Networks
Year of publication:
2008
Size-dependent resistance of protected areas to land-use change
Year of publication:
2008
Building Green Infrastructure for Europe
Year of publication:
2008
Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations
Year of publication:
2007
Ecological networks as conceptual frameworks or operational tools in conservation
Year of publication:
2007
Contribution of the Natura 2000 network to biodiversity conservation in Italy
Year of publication:
2007
Guidance on the maintenance of landscape connectivity features of major importance for wild flora and fauna
Year of publication:
2007
The Pan-European Ecological Network: taking stock
Year of publication:
2007
Genetic effect of transportation infrastructure on roe deer populations
Year of publication:
2007
Incorporating ecological sustainability into landscape planning
Year of publication:
2007
Are hedgerows effective corridors between fragments of woodland habitat?
Year of publication:
2007
Establishing an Alpine Ecological Network
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2006
Corridor ecology: the science and practice of linking landscapes for biodiversity conservation
Year of publication:
2006
Global Warming: Can Existing Reserves Really Preserve Current Levels of Biological Diversity?
Year of publication:
2006
The indicative map of the Pan-European Ecological Network in Western Europe
Year of publication:
2006
Gap analysis of terrestrial vertebrates in Italy
Year of publication:
2006
Genetic structure is influenced by landscape features: empirical evidence from a roe deer population
Year of publication:
2006
Ecological Networks
Year of publication:
2006
Review of Experience with Ecological Networks, Corridors and Buffer Zones
Year of publication:
2006
Ecological networks: A spatial concept for multi-actor planning of sustainable landscapes.
Year of publication:
2006
A Biodiversity Vision for the Alps
Year of publication:
2006
Mountain areas as menageries
Year of publication:
2006
Natura 2000 in the Alpine regions
Year of publication:
2005
Transboundary Conservation
Year of publication:
2005
Ecological networks
Year of publication:
2005
A GIS methodology for assessing ecological connectivity: application to the Barcelona Metropolitan Area
Year of publication:
2005
Predicting ecological connectivity in urbanizing landscapes
Year of publication:
2004
The German way to greenways and habitat networks
Year of publication:
2004
Effectiveness of the global Protected Area network in representing species biodiversity
Year of publication:
2004
Landscape connectivity influences gene flow in a roe deer population inhabiting a fragmented landscape: an individual-based approach
Year of publication:
2004
Linking protected areas to the wider world: a review of approaches
Year of publication:
2004
Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
Year of publication:
2004
Ecological Networks and Greenways
Year of publication:
2004
Climate change meets habitat fragmentation: linking landscape and biogeographical scale levels in research and conservation
Year of publication:
2003
Designing a coherent ecological network for large mammals in northwestern Europe
Year of publication:
2002
Support for ecological networks in European nature conservation
Year of publication:
2002
Ecological Network and Local Authorities Sociological Instruments
Year of publication:
2002
Plant strategies and agricultural landscapes: survival in spatially and temporally fragmented habitat
Year of publication:
2002
Indicative Map of the Pan-European ecological network for Central and Eastern Europe
Year of publication:
2001
The Development and Application of Ecological Networks
Year of publication:
2001
Bridging the gap between ecology and spatial planning in landscape ecology
Year of publication:
2001
Korridore für Wildtiere in der Schweiz
Year of publication:
1999
1st International Symposium of the Pan-European Ecological Network "Nature does not have any borders: Towards transfrontier ecological networks"
Year of publication:
1999
Wildlife Ecological Spatial Planning (WESP): An instrument for integrating wildlife into comprehensive land management
Year of publication:
1999
Nature conservation sites designated in application of international instruments at pan-European level
Year of publication:
1997
Study of the potential wildlife passages in the south-eastern Italian Alps, with the special reference to the Brown Bear
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1997
Focal Species: A Multi-Species Umbrella for Nature Conservation
Year of publication:
1994
Conserving Europe's Natural Heritage
Links
ArcGIS Tools and Information for Designing Wildlife Corridors
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
ECOCHANGE project: Biodiversity and Ecosystem changes in Europe
Ecological Networks - Database Central and Eastern Europe
Ecological networks - SPEN and KEN projects
ECONNECT project: restoring the web of life
European Green Belt - Create the backbone of an ecological network
Green Infrastructure - information from the DG Environment
IENE – Infra Eco Network Europe
Italian Ecological Network - An approach for Italian vertebrates conservation
Lessons from the implementation of Biodiversity Corridor Initiatives in the EU
MALME - Metapopulation Approach for large Mammals in Europe - Case Study Alps
Mountain Connectivity Conservation Management information portal
Mountain Invasion Research Network
National Ecological Network as a Part of the Pan-European Ecological Network & NATURA 2000 Network, Croatia
NATREG project: Managing Natural Assets and Protected Areas as Sustainable Regional Development Opportunities
Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS)
PANet - Protected Area Networks
Protection of nature and biodiversity: Natural habitats (Natura 2000)
SCALES project: Securing the conservation of biodiversity across administrative levels and spatial, temporal and ecological scales
South and East European Ecological Network, part of PEEN
Terminology for landscape connectivity
The Alpine Ecological Network - Ecological Continuum Initiative and Platform Ecological Network
The Alpine Network of Protected Areas
The Carpathian Network of Protected Areas
The Message from Athens on the future direction of EU policy on biodiversity protection
The Pan-European Ecological Network
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Towards a green infrastructure for Europe: integrating Natura 2000 sites into the wider countryside
TransEcoNet - Transnational Ecological Networks in Central Europe
Two countries, one forest
Events
2010-04-18 - 2010-04-20
IUCN UK Conference “Nature – What’s in it For Me?”
2010-04-21 - 2010-04-21
5th meeting of the Platform "Ecological network" of the Alpine Convention
2010-05-21 - 2010-05-22
Biodiversity without frontiers
2010-05-22 - 2010-05-22
International Day of Biodiversity 2010
2010-07-27 - 2010-07-30
Functional significance of mountain biodiversity
2010-08-01 - 2010-08-06
Global Warming: The legacy of our past, the challenge for our future.
2010-08-23 - 2010-08-27
7th SER European Conference on Ecological Restoration
2010-08-30 - 2010-09-03
Climatic Change and Impacts on Natural an Protected Areas
2010-09-01 - 2010-09-05
The International Otter Colloquium
2010-09-15 - 2010-09-17
Forum Carpaticum 2010
2010-09-15 - 2010-09-17
Euromontana’s VIIth European Mountain Convention
2010-09-26 - 2010-09-30
Global Change and the World's Mountains
2010-09-27 - 2010-10-01
2010 IENE International Conference on Ecology and Transportation
2010-09-29 - 2010-10-02
Annual EUROPARC Conference 2010
2010-10-06 - 2010-10-09
ForumAlpinum 2010: Alps & Metropoles
2010-10-18 - 2010-10-29
10th Conference of the parties to the Convention on biological diversity
2010-10-21 - 2010-10-23
Protected Areas and Wildlife Management - which way to follow? A contribution to the International Year for Biological Diversity - 2010
