Download Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural

Convention on the Conservation of European
Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)
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A binding international legal instrument in the field of nature conservation, which covers
most of the natural heritage of the European continent and extends to some States of
Africa. It aims to conserve wild flora and fauna and their natural habitats and to promote
European co-operation in that field. The Convention places a particular importance on
the need to protect endangered natural habitats and endangered vulnerable species,
including migratory species. It was signed in 1979 and entered into force in 1982.
Council of Europe (2014)[1]
REFERENCES & WEBSITE
1. Council of Europe (2014). Nature. Convention on the conservation of European wildlife
and natural habitats. 
A bear, listed as a protected species in the Bern
Convention, in Bayerischer Wald National Park,
Germany, an Emerald Network site according to the
Bern Convention. mario.bono/Shutterstock.com
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