BirdLife's activities on EU Policy

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About BirdLife's European Division

BirdLife has an office in Brussels: the European Division. The office was established in 1993, reflecting the increasing importance of European Union actions on the environment.

It is responsible for coordinating the work of the European Partnership and the BirdLife Task Forces on European Union policy issues. It also represents the BirdLife Partnership in the European Institutions. The office also advises BirdLife Partners on issues of EU policy, disseminates relevant information from specialised Brussels information sources to them and organises training on EU policy issues.

European Division: Activities

Priority policy issues dealt with by BirdLife's European Division:

• TEN-T and Natura 2000: the way forward
• Climate Change and Biodiversity Decline - the key environmental challenges of our times
• Why is BirdLife concerned about biofuels?
• Renewable Energy development - yes! But in a strategic and sustainable way
• The EU Budget Review - a chance to turn commitments into action
• The Birds and Habitats Directives in the EU and future Member States
  • 25th anniversary of the Birds Directive
• The Common Agricultural Policy and Rural Development
• Farming for Life Campaign

Other work issues include:

• The EU Biodiversity Strategy
• Birds as indicators of biodiversity
• Greening of the Trans-European Transport Network
• The Environmental Liability Directive
• International Trade and WTO Negotiations
• Common activities with the Green 10
• Work on forests
• BirdLife position paper on Bio-energy use in the EU (PDF, 212 KB)
• Report 'Environmental tools in EC development cooperation (full version)
• Leaflet 'Environmental tools in EC development cooperation' (EN)
• Leaflet 'Environmental tools in EC development cooperation' (ES)
• Report - BirdLife's Global Seabird Programme (PDF, 177 KB)