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European Communities - Twenty-Second Report Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 9 November 1999.

CONTENTS REPORT PART 1: THE BACKGROUND Introduction The scope of this Report Map Part 1: The Background (Continued) Possible follow-up action by the Committee Conduct of the Inquiry PART 2: THE EVIDENCE AND THE COMMITTEE'S OPINIONS Biodiversity and Policy Integration Biodiversity Action Plans at international and national level The principle of integration Devolution: a particular issue for the United Kingdom Agenda 2000 and the special significance of agriculture Agri-Environment Schemes Protection of marine sites Enlargement of the Community NATURA 2000 SITE SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT Protection of proposed (or candidate) SPAs and SACs Selection of SPAs and SACs in the United Kingdom Barometer Natura Baromètre Selection of SPAs and SACs in the United Kingdom (Continued) Dispersed species and habitats Adapting to future change Consultation with landowners and non-governmental organisations THE COMMISSION, EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AND TOPIC CENTRES The European Environment Agency and DG Environment Relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and Natura 2000 Monitoring compliance with and effectiveness of the Birds and Habitats Directives Fragmentation/Partitioning Of Land By Transport Infrastructure Monitoring compliance with and effectiveness of the Birds and Habitats Directives (Continued) Handling of marine and coastal matters at the Community level Agricultural expertise and the European Environment Agency EC instruments which can be used for enhancing biodiversity The LIFE Programme Some comparisons with other Member States—Denmark and Ireland The marine environment PART 3: SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS Concluding remarks of the Interim Report UK Sites of Special Scientific Interest—the requirements for improved protection Natura 2000: site selection issues Statutory nature conservation advice in the United Kingdom Target national coverage of protected species and habitats Protection of candidate SPAs and SACs Working with non-governmental organisations and other interests Monitoring Biodiversity in the wider countryside Agri-environment schemes Agricultural advice Maximising the benefits for biodiversity from other EC instruments Enlargement of the Community Integration of biodiversity and Natura 2000 work within the Commission, theEuropean Environment Agency and the Nature Conservation Topic Centre Agricultural expertise in the EEA The marine environment of the United Kingdom Coastal zone planning in the United Kingdom Handling of marine and coastal issues at the Community level Exchanging experience at a practical level between Member States United Kingdom devolution issues RECOMMENDATION TO THE HOUSE Appendix 1 Membership of Sub-Committee C Appendix 2 List of Witnesses Appendix 3 Corrigenda to Interim Report Appendix 4 Status of implementation of Natura 2000 in the EU Member States as at December 1998 Appendix 5 Note of meeting held at the offices of the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Union, Brussels on Wednesday 21 April 1999 Appendix 6 Programme of visits by members of Sub-Committee C to Denmark and the Republic of Ireland Appendix 7 Summaries of information obtained during Sub-Committee C's visits to Denmark and the Republic of Ireland Appendix 8 The Fontainebleau Agreement and Agri-Environment Measures Appendix 9 Glossary of acronyms and technical terms ORAL EVIDENCE European Topic Centre on Nature Conservation, Paris Oral Evidence 12 July 1999 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Oral Evidence 21 July 1999 Supplementary written evidence from Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Joint Nature Conservation Committee Supplementary written evidence from Joint Nature Conservation Committee Supplementary written evidence from Joint Nature Conservation Committee Oral Evidence 27 October 1999 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Supplementary written evidence from Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Oral Evidence 27 October 1999 WRITTEN EVIDENCE CSERGE (Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, University of East Anglia) Convention of Scottish Local Authorities Hampshire County Council Royal Society for the Protection of Birds World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-European Policy Office, Brussels) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-UK) NOTE:   Pages of the Report and Appendices are numbered in bold type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text of the Report are as follows: (Q) refers to a question in oral evidence; (p) refers to a page of the Report or Appendices or to a page of evidence.

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