July 2011
Naturalliance, a new web-portal to help everyone whose work or recreation depends on nature has just launched. The initiative was borne out of the unique TESS project, and seeks to build up the knowledge needed to manage and restore land, water and wildlife whilst recording the good work being done for nature across Europe.
As a key partner for the TESS project, FACE enabled hunters to contribute to the project by participating in surveys and providing information for case studies. This dynamic engagement can continue, as Naturalliance provides information on a variety of topics, from hunting and game management to hounds and dog walking, looking to showcase best practice and opportunities for all of them.
The website is available in lots of European languages, so check it out: www.naturalliance.eu.
NATURALLIANCE: READ THE PRESS RELEASE.
26 May 2011
Brussels - After 3 years of hard work by 14 partners from 10 countries, the core results of an important 3-year research project – TESS - were presented in a final conference hosted by the European Parliament intergroup “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development” in the European Parliament, Brussels on 25 May.
TESS (Transactional Environmental Support System) is a research project supported by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. The project began in October 2008 with the aim of designing a decision support system that will make it easy for policy makers to integrate local knowledge into their decision making whilst guiding and encouraging local activities that restore and maintain biodiversity and ecosystem services. In this respect, the aims of TESS are more ambitious than only supporting central policy. The ultimate aim is to aid restoration and maintenance of biodiversity and natural resources in the European countryside, by reversing the processes that caused so much degradation.
FACE, as one of the project’s partners, enabled hunters to contribute to the project by participating in surveys and providing information for case studies. The dynamic engagement of hunters in the provision of information reflects the motivation of hunters to be involved in improving the practices, methods and support systems available for biodiversity restoration – from the local level right through to the pan-European.
The conference was opened by MEP Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines (EPP, Spain and ENVI Committee Member) and keynote speakers included Prof. Jacqueline Mc Glade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Morton Thorøe, former Secretary General of the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF).
MEP Paul Rübig (EPP, Austria) underlined the importance of decision support for EU policy makers as well as for local actors and welcomed TESS’ dual address to these. Olivia Chassais (European Commission, Research and Innovation - RTD) complimented the project partners and offered wide dissemination of the project through the Commission.
The project’s unique nature, targeting the involvement of local actors in the conservation of biodiversity through the sustainable use of wild resources, urged Prof. Jacqueline Mc Glade to offer TESS a home in the EAA. TESS directly aligns with the aims of the EAA to involve local citizens in the provision of local information for the monitoring of the environment. The conference closes with an optimistic future for hunters and other local actors to continue to inform environmental policy, enhancing the paths towards a better state of nature.
TESS: http://www.tess-project.eu
TESS conference: http://www.tess-project.eu/tess_conference.shtml
14 TESS partners: http://www.tess-project.eu/partners.shtml
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/face_eu/sets/72157626810889694/
23.05.2011
All TESS results will be presented in a final conference in the European Parliament, Brussels on 25 May 2011. The conference will discuss the relevance for future policy making as well as for land management decisions with an outlook on future initiatives.
The keynote speakers will be Prof. Jacqueline Mc Glade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Morton Thorøe, former Secretary General of the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF).
Find the invitation, agenda and registration form online.
Please note that this event takes place in the same week as the European Green Week for which you may be in Brussels already.
November 2010
This news alert:
- presents the outcomes of the 2nd TESS project workshop;
- informs you about recent and upcoming project results;
- informs you about the concluding TESS conference in the European Parliament in Brussels.
Click here for the full news alert!
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