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Who we are Achievements & Objectives
Summary
Achievements and Objectives
2012-2013
Main aims for 2013
Aims of Wild Europe in tandem with its partner organizations for 2013 include:
- Develop a new EU Parliamentary Resolution. Identify achievements, shortfalls since the 2009 Resolution, proposing actions and incorporating a range of new initiatives
- Promote parliamentary support groups at national level, as models for a network
- Support emerging initiatives for national and local wilderness (viz France, Austria, Ireland, Romania) within the framework of the new Wild Europe definition of wilderness and wild areas
- Develop the strategy for old growth forest protection: promoting consensus, funding and implementation. Support key ancillary protection campaigns
- Establish a Forum for Social Benefits, exchanging best practice and jointly promoting supportive policy & infrastructure (Wilderness Foundation UK with Wild Europe)
- Develop a mobile education concept for wild nature in Romania (European Nature Trust)
- Identify further funding opportunities from the PES agenda (Payment for Ecosystem Services): developing the existing peatland initiative and introducing a forest component (European Nature Trust in tandem with Wild Europe).
- Promote a phase II for the Wilderness Register: monitoring, update, addition and promotion of associated local protection planning
- Support promotion and implementation of EC guidance on non intervention management in wild and wilderness areas
- Support for administration of a prominent Natura 2000 area –negotiation in progress. A prospective model for sustainable wilderness protection: testing EC non intervention management guidance, tourism and PES enterprise, and effectiveness of current protective legislation
- Trial ANEP (Audit of Non-extractive Economic Potential) in wilderness and wild areas, linked with TEEB Phase 3 programme
- Continue promotion of a restoration strategy based around Target 2 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the CBD’s cited 200,000 klm2 of marginal land where restoration can support global conservation objectives
- Develop and agree a 20 year target for wilderness network
- Wilderness film Wild Carpathia 3 (European Nature Trust)
Main achievements in 2012
Achievements for wilderness and wild areas by the Wild Europe initiative and its partner organizations (cited in brackets where relevant) in 2012 have included:
- Initiation of a strategy for old growth forest protection in Europe – currently at consultation & initial funds search phase
- New standardised definition of wilderness: consensus achieved. Definition adopted as the basis for EC non intervention management guidance in the Natura 2000 network, and the EC Wilderness Register (Wild Europe WWG)
- Finalisation of EC guidance on non intervention management for wild and wilderness areas in the Natura 2000 network (project with Alterra, PANParks and Eurosite; Wild Europe drafted the initial petition and supported the subsequent initiative for this)
- Development of the EC Wilderness Register – a cornerstone for future protection (project with Alterra, PANParks, Eurosite; original proposal drafted & promoted by Wild Europe)
- Funding initiative from Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) agenda – a model joint business/charity-based enterprise was established to secure income for restoration – initially of peatlands (European Nature Trust in tandem with Wild Europe). This was part of wider support for the role of wilderness in the Green Infrastructure programme, with proposals developed and linked to the EU Biodiversity Strategy
- Production of wilderness film Wild Carpathia 2 – a sequel to its widely acclaimed predecessor which helped fuel the WWF initiative for protection of old growth forest in Romania. (European Nature Trust)
- Development of a restoration strategy - based around outputs from 2010 Brussels Conference including 1) the PES agenda (see above) 2) support for a new ecotourism enterprise agenda 3) participation in development of Target 2 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy (restoration of 15% of degraded ecosystems by 2020)
- Preparation of CAP reform proposals: in part adopted, in part postponed by request (please enquire for further detail)