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Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
European Parliament, Brussels19th December 2011
European Green Belt
From Iron Curtain to
pan-European Lifeline
Dr. Kai Frobel, Dr. Liana Geidezis
BUND, Friends of the Earth Germany
Regional Coordinator Green Belt Central Europe
Green Belt Europe – beginning of the Initiative
1989: BUND initiates the Green Belt Germany
Early 1990ies: Activities for a FennoscandianGreen Belt and Balkan Green Belt
2002: First idea of a “Green Belt Europe”
2003: Conference “Perspectives of the Green
Belt” in Bonn (Germany) organised by BfN
2004: First Pan-European Green Belt
Conference “Connecting Europe’s Biodiversity”
in national park Fertö-Hansag (Hungary)
organised by IUCN and BfN
► Common structure of the initiative
► Programme of Work (PoW)© BfN
© BfN
© BUND
Green Belt Europe – Structure of the Initiative
12.500 Kilometers, 24 Countries
Central European
Green Belt
Balkan Green Belt
Fennoscandian Green Belt
National Focal Points
National Focal Points
National Focal Points
Patronage:
Vision of the European Green Belt
“Creating the backbone of an ecological network running from the
Barents to the Black Sea that is a global symbol for trans-boundary
cooperation in nature conservation and sustainable development”
Stara PlaninaBulgarian-Serbian border area
1 a/b Øvre- Pasvik (NOR) / Zapovednik Pasvik (RUS)2 Urho-Kekkonen (FIN)3 Riisitunturi (FIN)4 a/b Oulanka (FIN) / Paanajärvi (RUS)5 Kalewala (RUS)6 Hiidenportti (FIN)7 Koli (FIN)8 Patvinsuo (FIN)9 Petkeljärvi (FIN)10 Valkmusa (FIN)11 Laheema (EST)12 Matsalu (EST)13 Kemeri (LV)14 Slitere (LV)15a/b Kuřių Nerija (LV) / Kurschkaja Kossa (RUS)16 Slowinski (PL)17 Jasmund (D)18 Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft (D)19 Harz (D)20a/b Šumava (CZ) / Bayerischer Wald (D)21a/b Thayatal (A) / Podyjí (CZ)22a/b Neusiedler See (A) / Fertő Hanság (H)23 Triglav (SLO)24 Donau-Drau (H)25 Golubac (SRB)26 Skutari (MNE)27 Prokletije (MNE) 28 Mavrovo (MK)29 Shebenik-Jablanica (AL)30 a/b/c/d Galicia (MK) / Prespa (AL) / Pelister (MK) / Prespa (GR)
39 National Parks /Zapovedniks
along the European Green Belt
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Green Belt Europe: cross-section of
biogeographical and climatic regions of
Europe
Important migration corridor
(South – North) concerning climate
change
The European Green Belt is an.......
Distribution of the
European Wild Cat
...important migration route
Distribution of the
European Wild Cat
Green Belt Europe
Green Belt Europe - Initiative
Geopolitical and Cultural Relevancies
Connection of
- 15 EU-member states (yellow) - 3 candidate countries (dark grey)
- 4 potential candidate countries and -non-EU-countries (Russia, Norway)
Unique Chance for:Trans-boundary exchange and
cooperation in nature conservation,
regional development and
nature tourism
Development of an
European civil society, preserving
the common cultural heritage
Green Belt Europe
European community of “hundreds” of stakeholders
A range of organisations:
Baltic Green Belt and GreenNet
Running Projects on EU-Level
Central Europe Project (Interreg IVB)
April 2011 – March 2014
Lead-Partner: Thüringer Landgesellschaft (ThLG)/
Association for Rural Development Thuringia
22 Project partners (thereof 11 associated partners)6 participating Countries: Czech Republic, Germany, Austria,
Slovakia, Slovenia and Italy
www.greennet-project.eu
Baltic Sea Region, INTERREG IV B-Project
January 2009 – January 2012
Lead partner: University Kiel
22 partners (13 partners and 9 associated partners)7 participating countries: Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania,
Latvia, Estonia and Sweden (Coalition Clean Baltic)
www.balticgreenbelt.uni-kiel.de
Green Belt Europe
Memorial Landscape
Green Belt Europe
Requirements
► European Parliament should adopt a resolution for the protection of the European Green
Belt, also expressing support for the associated European Green Belt Initiative.
► The EU Parliament is asked to initiate and support further trans-boundary projects and
activities and to establish a financial support programme for the Green Belt (nature
conservation, nature tourism and regional development).
► A special focus should be put on harmonising conservation management on both sides of
the former Iron Curtain and closing gaps by extending nature reserves across borders.
► Green Infrastructure: The Green Belt is already an indispensable part of a Green
Infrastructure. Green bridges or similar measures should be applied for unavoidable crossings
of the Green Belt.
► Due to its outstanding significance for nature conservation and its historic dimension as a
European commemorative landscape, the EU should support a possible nomination of the
Green Belt as UNESCO-World Heritage.
Green Belt Europe – European Biodiversity
BUND-Project Office Green Belt
Regional Coordinator Green Belt Central Europe
Hessestrasse 4, 90443 Nuremberg, Germany
Phone 0049-911-575294-0
Fax 0049-911-575294-20
www.europeangreenbelt.org
www.greenbelteurope.eu
Contact