Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART I
- PART II
- PART III
- PART IV
- Appendix: Texts of Conventions
- 1 Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, 1940
- 2 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946
- 3 Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals, 1957, As Amended
- 4 African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1968
- 5 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, 1971
- 6 Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals, 1972
- 7 Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972
- 8 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1973
- 9 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, 1973
- 10 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979
- 11 Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, 1979
- 12 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 1980
- Index
11 - Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, 1979
from Appendix: Texts of Conventions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART I
- PART II
- PART III
- PART IV
- Appendix: Texts of Conventions
- 1 Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, 1940
- 2 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946
- 3 Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals, 1957, As Amended
- 4 African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1968
- 5 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, 1971
- 6 Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals, 1972
- 7 Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972
- 8 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1973
- 9 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, 1973
- 10 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979
- 11 Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, 1979
- 12 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 1980
- Index
Summary
PREAMBLE
The Member States of the Council of Europe and the other signatories hereto,
CONSIDERING that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members;
CONSIDERING the wish of the Council of Europe to co-operate with other States in the field of nature conservation;
RECOGNIZING that wild flora and fauna constitute a natural heritage of aesthetic, scientific, cultural, recreational, economic and intrinsic value that needs to be preserved and handed on to future generations;
RECOGNIZING the essential role played by wild flora and fauna in maintaining biological balances;
NOTING that numerous species of wild flora and fauna are being seriously depleted and that some of them are threatened with extinction;
AWARE that the conservation of natural habitats is a vital component of the protection and conservation of wild flora and fauna;
RECOGNIZING that the conservation of wild flora and fauna should be taken into consideration by the governments in their national goals and programmes, and that international co-operation should be established to protect migratory species in particular;
BEARING in mind the widespread requests for common action made by governments or by international bodies, in particular the requests expressed by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 1972 and the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe;
DESIRING particularly to follow, in the field of wildlife conservation, the recommendations of Resolution No. 2 of the Second European Ministerial Conference on the Environment;
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- International Wildlife LawAn Analysis of International Treaties concerned with the Conservation of Wildlife, pp. 428 - 441Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1985
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