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"Mr President, the question asked by my colleague, Mr Florenz, is a legitimate one. There is a political gulf between the priorities set for the Community and the lack of clarity regarding financing. It is worthy of you, Commissioner Dimas, that you should express a wish, as you did at the start of this debate, to safeguard the financing of Natura 2000. In addition, we also need effective tools to make your wish a reality. We need a special fund.
A key challenge for the European Union is to protect the diversity of nature in the area we all share. Diversity is an all-important issue and for that reason it does not need to be justified separately here. Every Member State has committed itself to this by drawing up a list of its conservation areas in accordance with the Habitats Directive. From the point of view of nature conservation policy, the Natura 2000 network is unique, because it protects the environment of approximately 200 habitat types and 700 species, and will soon cover more than 17% of the EU’s territory.
The Natura 2000 network requires considerable input on the part of the Member States. The areas must not see any significant reduction in the natural resources which qualify them for inclusion in the Natura network. The authorities must likewise draft an appraisal of the environmental impact in all projects and plans that may have an effect on the natural worth of the areas concerned.
As this wide-ranging impact of the Natura 2000 network on all current and planned conservation area activity will demand a good deal in the way of resources and financial investment from the EU Member States, we really must ensure that sufficient, comprehensive funding is assigned at EU level to the administration of the Natura 2000 network by means of a separate financial instrument."@en1
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