"BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION - BEYOND 2010"

2010 will be a major milestone for biodiversity policy both in the EU and globally. It will be the year of the full evaluation of the delivery to the EU Biodiversity Action Plan and as well the UN International Year for Biodiversity. Thus it is time to take a stock on where we are and to start framing the post-2010 biodiversity vision and preparing the strategy for the period being ahead of us. Therefore, the European Commission organized a major conference on 'Biodiversity Protection - Beyond 2010' that took place on 27-28 April 2009 in Athens, Greece and convened all the main actors engaged in the development and implementation of EU biodiversity policy together with international institutions and globally recognized experts.

• Conference programme
• Video records of key parts of the conference
  (Sessions recorded: Opening Session, Setting the Scene Plenary Session, The EU Biodiversity Action Plan Working Group, Objectives for Biodiversity Protection beyond 2010 Working Group, reports and Round Table, Final Plenary 'The Message from Athens')

   

Speeches and presentations given at the Conference are published in the URL below

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