• Recommendation on Natura 2000 designation: Complete designation of the network. This should be based on the areas initially proposed by experts, before the political negotiations (political / economic pressures). 100% initial areas proposed by experts must be designated

• Recommendation on Natura 2000 management:
  • Development of mandatory measures, control and fines.
  • The application of the management prescriptions of the Docob need to be legally binding if they are to be effective
  • Development of other tools to deal with national issues such as water/agriculture, and infrastructure (roads, urbanisation etc)
  • Evaluation of effectiveness of conservation measures must be put in place
  • Development of a real biological survey, with periodic evaluation of each site at a local level (not at national level)

• Recommendation on Natura 2000 financing: 
  • Return to adequate funding for site management at local operators level.
  • Ensure that future ERDF funding provides a broad opportunity to include biodiversity and Nature 2000 measures, and does not exclusively focus on issues like climate, but includes also biodiversity.
  • Adequate budgets to implement Docob. ERDF criteria adequate for biodiversity.