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Communication on conservation of wetlands

Corporate author
European Commission
Date
1995
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-054746)
Publisher | Place of publication
Europe Information Service | Brussels, Belgium
Pages
24 p.
Language
English
Country/Territory
European Union
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Sustainable use Land-use planning Wetlands
Abstract

On the initiative of Ritt Bjerregaard, the EU Commissioner for the environment, the European Commission adopted on May 30 a Communication on the ' wise use and conservation of wetlands ', addressed to the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. Europe Environment reprints below the most important passages to this document, which catalogues the ' indispensable measures ' to be taken in order to preserve the economic and ecological role of these areas of particular importance to the environment