1991 - 2006. EUROBATS celebrates its 15th anniversary
1991 - 2006. EUROBATS celebrates its 15th anniversary
1991 - 2006. EUROBATS celebrates its 15th anniversary
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Contents<br />
Foreword<br />
<strong>1991</strong>-2006 • <strong>EUROBATS</strong> <strong>celebrates</strong> <strong>its</strong> 15 th <strong>anniversary</strong><br />
Bakary Kante, Director of the Division of Environmental Conventions (UNEP) .......................... 7<br />
and Andreas Streit, Executive Secretary of <strong>EUROBATS</strong> (UNEP) .................................................. 8<br />
Messages<br />
Shafqat Kakahel, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP ...................................................................... 9<br />
Robert Hepworth, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Migratory Species .................... 10<br />
Sigmar Gabriel, German Federal Minister for the Environment ................................................. 12<br />
Claus Mayr, Deputy Head – Department for Nature Conservation ............................................. 13<br />
and Environmental Policy, NABU, Germany<br />
Looking back<br />
<strong>EUROBATS</strong> – the early days ........................................................................................................... 14<br />
The birth of <strong>EUROBATS</strong>, or how CMS survived after 12 barren years….................................... 19<br />
The first triennium of <strong>EUROBATS</strong> – take-off by a successful Agreement .................................. 22<br />
<strong>EUROBATS</strong> – A highlight of CMS’ implementation ..................................................................... 26<br />
Countries across the Agreement area<br />
Albania as a part of the <strong>EUROBATS</strong> family .................................................................................. 29<br />
Armenia – 1 years with <strong>EUROBATS</strong> ............................................................................................ 32<br />
The importance of <strong>EUROBATS</strong> for Belgium ................................................................................. 3<br />
<strong>EUROBATS</strong> for the bats of Bulgaria .............................................................................................. 40<br />
Bat conservation in the Czech Republic ........................................................................................ 44<br />
<strong>EUROBATS</strong> in Estonia .................................................................................................................... 47
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