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Press release | Naturefriends International
Europe / Environment / International Biodiversity Day
Naturefriends demand a secure
financing basis for environmental protection measures in the next EU funding
period
Vienna,
22 May 2014 / On the occasion of the International Biodiversity Day, Naturefriends
warn of the danger of increasing biodiversity loss in our cultural landscape
"It's
not only bees - an increasing number of butterfly and bird species also disappear
from our landscapes" says Andrea Lichtenecker, deputy secretary general of
Naturefriends International.
There is a plethora of reasons for this
development: unchecked settlement development and new transport routes destroy
precious habitats of many species of flora and fauna. Climate change also
endangers many species, as well as too intensive agriculture and forestry. Precious
ecosystems such as flower meadows and alpine pastures are also endangered by discontinuation
of (often unprofitable) farming and bush encroachment.
In order to stop species loss in our cultural
landscape, specific area-related measures are needed. The EU Rural Development
Programme is the most important international tool to implement these measures.
However this is exactly the area where massive financial restrictions threaten
to be applied in many EU member states over the next few years.
"The funding of environmental protection
measures through the rural development programme enables farmers to take environmental
protection into consideration when working ecologically precious areas, such as
flower meadows and alpine pastures. If cuts are made in this area, many farmers
will have to choose between intensification or discontinuation of farming. It's
especially barely workable land such as mountain meadows and alpine pastures
that would not bring profit. If farmers stop to work these lands altogether, diverse
habitats will be lost and with them, our cultural landscape which is an
important base for tourism" says Andrea Lichtenecker, warning against
austerity measures in environmental protection.
Further
information:
EU
Rural Development Programme
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rural-development-2014-2020/index_en.htm
"Rettet
die Blumenwiesen", an initiative of Austrian environmental organisations
("Save the flower meadows")
http://www.rettet-die-blumenwiesen.at/
(German only)
Further information and contact
Andrea
Lichtenecker, deputy secretary general
Naturefriends
International
Diefenbachgasse
36, 1150 Vienna
Tel.:
+43 1 892 38 77-17
e-mail:
andrea.lichtenecker@nf-int.org
www.nf-int.org
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