The implementation of Natura 2000 in forests: A trans- and interdisciplinary assessment of challenges and choices

Winkel, Georg; Blondet, Marieke; Borrass, Lars; Frei, Theresa; Geitzenauer, Maria; Gruppe, Axel; Jump, Alistair S.; Koning, Jessica de; Sotirov, Metodi; Weiss, Gerhard; Winter, Susanne; Turnhout, Esther

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2015.04.018

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“…According to the hierarchical planning approach proposed by Baskent & Keles (2005), SMPs should represent the first level of cascade planning, but they were mainly descriptive and aspirational rather than definitive, probably because of the extreme complexity involved in implementing the many contrasting objectives of a SMP (Winkel et al 2015). Consequently, SMPs seemed to be generally ineffective in setting integrated, landscape-level objectives and second-level targets such as tactical forest management plans.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating conservation objectives into forest management: coppice management and forest habitats in Natura 2000 sites

Mairota¹,

Buckley²,

Suchomel³

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(9)Most forest habitats, as defined and listed for their nature conservation importance in the Habitats Directive of the European Union and in the Bern Convention, result from centuries of human intervention. This paper explores the scope for, and the attitudes towards coppicing in Natura 2000 sites in some of the EU28 countries where coppice was historically one of the most important traditional silvicultural systems. A questionnaire survey was circulated to experts involved with Natura 2000 sites and case studies were conducted in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, to investigate attitudes to coppice silviculture within the framework of Natura 2000 site management plans. A list of forest habitat types capable of being managed as coppices was compiled and populated with sites at national and regional levels. At the regional level, management plans for the relevant forest habitat types in Natura 2000 sites were critically scrutinised together with other statutory, administrative or contractual measures. The results show that approaches to integrate coppice management into conservation plans differ widely. Examples of disparities are given and the possible causes discussed. A case is made for coppicing to be continued, where appropriate, as an important strategy in site management plans that aim to conserve habitats and improve forest biodiversity.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating conservation objectives into forest management: coppice management and forest habitats in Natura 2000 sites

Mairota¹,

Buckley²,

Suchomel³

et al. 2016

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“…5 Natura 2000 represents the European Ecological Network of Protected Areas; Natura 2000 is the basis of nature protection at the EU level in line with the concept of SD (Ferranti et al, 2010;Winkel et al, 2015).…”

Section: Europeanization Of South Eastern Europementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Th e implementation of the objectives of nature protection is carried out through the democratic principles that are a prerequisite for SD (Stringer and Paavola, 2013;Niedziałkowski et al, 2015). Th e objectives of nature protection at the EU level arising from the concept of SD at the international level are the Birds Directive (BD) and the Habitats Directive (HD) 2 (Rosa and Da Silva, 2005;Wurzel, 2008;Ferranti et al, 2010;Louette et al, 2011;Winter et al, 2014;Winkel et al, 2015). Th e democratic principles for achieving these goals according to the concept of SD allow for access to information and the opportunity for non-governmental actors to participate in decision-making.…”

Section: Nature Protection In the European Unionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2008; Louette et al, 2011;Pietrzyk-Kaszyńska et al, 2012;Winter et al, 2014;Winkel et al, 2015). Th e implementation of N2000 represents the political commitment necessary for EU accession (Baker, 2003;Kati et al, 2014) and requires the establishment of multi-level governance (MLG) of N2000 (Cent et al, 2014;Niedziałkowski et al, 2015).…”

Section: Europeanization Of South Eastern Europementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Th e system of nature protection at the EU level is based on the international obligations of sustainable development (Giljum et al, 2005;Ferranti et al, 2010;Winter et al, 2014;Winkel et al, 2015). Th e concept of sustainable development 1 (SD), based on the 1987 Brundtland Report (BR) and the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, emerged in order to protect nature on a global level, which is the main pillar of economic and social development (Lukšič, 2010).…”

Section: Nature Protection In the European Unionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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While the partisan theory has already rendered initial insight on whether political parties can make a difference in environmental policy, only little is known about their influence on forest policy. This article attempts to reveal the role of green, left‐wing and right‐wing parties in the case of German Natura 2000 policy. By testing whether nature conservation or forest interests are strongly supported by the government policy outputs, we test the influence of the different parties that were part of 62 governments from 2004 to 2018 in 16 German Bundesländer. The results show that the German left‐wing parties take up the ideas of the nature conservation sector, while right‐wing parties foster typical forest interests. Furthermore, right‐wing parties very often maintain the policy status quo instead of making policy changes so that the implementation of the biodiversity goal of Natura 2000 often is postponed. The German Green party does not foster nature conservation interests more strongly than the SPD. Coalitions between right‐wing parties increase the chance for policy outputs that tend to favour forest interests.

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The implementation of Natura 2000 in forests: A trans- and interdisciplinary assessment of challenges and choices

Cited by 73 publications

References 37 publications

Integrating conservation objectives into forest management: coppice management and forest habitats in Natura 2000 sites

Integrating conservation objectives into forest management: coppice management and forest habitats in Natura 2000 sites

Učinci europeizacije sustava zaštite prirode u hrvatskoj: primjer uspostave višestupanjskog sustava za upravljanje zaštićenim područjima „natura 2000“

Political parties' influence on environmental policy in the forest: Natura 2000 forest sites in Germany as a case study

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