Members

• BirdLife International (www.birdlife.org) European Community OfficeRue de la Loi 81 A Clairie PapazoglouB-1040 Brussels clairie.papazoglou@birdlifeeco.netBelgium Tel: +32 2 280 08 30

• Central and East European Working Group for the Enhancement of Biodiversity (www.ceeweb.org)Üll_i út.91/b. Andras Krolopp H-1091 Budapest krolopp@ceeweb.org Hungary csoka@ceeweb.org

Tel: +36 1 217 08 03

• Coastwatch Europe (www.coastwatcheurope.org/)Civil and Environmental Engineering Karin DubskyTrinity College Dublin coastwatch@eircom.netDublin 2 Tel: +353 55 25843Ireland

• EUROPARC Federation (www.europarc.org)Kröllstrasse 5PO Box 1153 Richard BlackmanD-94 475 Grafenau r.blackman@europarc.orgGermany Tel: +49 8552 96 100

• European Environmental Bureau (www.eeb.org)Boulevard de Waterloo 34 Regina SchneiderB-1000 Brussels info@eeb.orgBelgium Tel: +32 2 289 10 90/95

• European Nature Heritage Fund (Euronatur) (www.euronatur.org)Konstanzerstrasse 22 Lutz RibbeD-78 315 Radolfzell info@euronatur.orgGermany Tel: +49 7732 92720

• The Coastal Union (www.eucc.nl)P.O. Box 11232 Alan Pickaver NL-2301 EE Leiden pickaver@eucc.nlThe Netherlands Tel: +31 71 51 22 900

• Eurosite (www.eurosite-nature.org)Postbus 90154 Nicole Nowicki-CaupinNL-5000 LG Tilburg nnowicki@eurosite-nature.orgThe Netherlands Tel: +31 13 5 944 970

• International Mire Conservation Group (www.imcg.net)Botanical Institute Hans JoostenGrimmer Strasse 88 info@imcg.netD-17 487 Greifswald Tel: +49 383 486 41 28Germany

• IUCN, The World Conservation Union (www.iucn.org)Regional Office for Europe15, rue Vergote Tamás MarghescuB-1030 Brussels europe@iucn.orgBelgium Tel: +32 2 732 82 99

• Planta Europa (www.plantaeuropa.org)C/o Plantlife International14 Rollestone Street, Elizabeth RadfordSalisbury, SP1 1DX liz.radford@plantlife.org.ukUK Tel: +44 1722 342 736

• Societas Europea Herpetologica655A Christchurch Road Keith CorbettBoscombe Bournemouth keith.corbett@herpconstrust.org.ukDorset BH1 4AP Tel: +44 1202 3913 19UK

• Wetlands International (www.wetlands.org)PO Box 471 Ward HagemeijerNL-6700 AL Wageningen, hagemeijer@wetlands.agro.nl The Netherlands Tel: + 31 317 47 88 54

• WWF European Policy Office (www.panda.org/epo)Avenue de Tervuren, 36 Sandra JenB-1040 Brussels Sjen@wwfepo.orgBelgium Tel: +32 2 743 88 00

14 international NGO networkscommitted to the conservation,restoration and sustainable use

of habitats and species in Europe

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• Chair: • Secretariat:Martin Harper ehf_secretariat@iucn.orgPlanta Europa IUCN Regional Office for Europe

Edited in November 2002

Mission

The European Habitats Forum, founded in 1991, exists to:

Represent the interestof civil society in

conserving Europe’snatural heritage, in

the implementation ofthe EU Habitats and

Birds Directives;

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Positively influencebiodiversity policy

and legislation through discussion

and partnership withrelevant stakeholders.

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SPECIES

To advise and influence:

� The development and implementation ofnature conservation legislation;

� The practical management and sustainableuse of natural resources;

� Biodiversity monitoring, including thedevelopment of indicators

� The promotion of information, education andpublic awareness of biodiversity in Europe.

To support the implementation of:

� The EU Habitats and Birds Directives andNatura 2000;

� The EU Biodiversity Action Plan.

To promote nature conservation andthe sustainable use of naturalresources in Europe, through:

� The Convention on Biological Diversity;

� The Bern Convention.

To promote communication:

� Between European nature conservation NGOsin order to enhance the effectiveness of theirprogrammes.

Coastwatch Europe

The Forum has developed:

� Constructive communication between the EU and Nature Conservation NGOs workinginternationally in Europe.

The Forum works by:

� Networking of information via the EHF Secretariat;

� Joint work on priority activities;

� Exchange of information on potential funding sources;

� Regular exchange of publications and newsletters;

� Meetings of the members every six months;

� Representing its membership at key European fora, for example, the HabitatsScientific Working Group, the EuropeanCommission Biodiversity Expert Group, theBern Convention Standing Committee andadvising on the implementation of the ECHabitats Directive and the establishmentof the Natura 2000 network.

Main tasks:

� To coordinate the common interests of the members activities to enhance theeffectiveness of their programmes;

� To choose a "portfolio" of activities bydiscussion between the members of theforum at its regular meetings;

� To identify new activities on which the14 NGO networks can work jointly, as over400 protected areas are represented in theforum in more than 30 European countries.

Aims How the Forum works Tasks

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