European Conference on the Participation of private landowners in conserving and managing habitats and species in Natura 2000 areas
9th November 2011 - University Foundation
rue d'Egmont 11 - Brussels
9.30 Registration of the participants
10.00 Welcome of the participants
Thierry de l’ESCAILLE, Secretary General, the European Landowners’ Organization
10.10 Key note address:
Vesna VALANT, Member of the Cabinet of the EU Environment Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK
10.30 Testimonies of the project partners on the added value of the project,expectations and replicability
Thierry de l’ESCAILLE, Secretary General, the European Landowners‘ Organization (ELO); Michiel
LIEFSONS, Counsellor for Environment, Energy, Housing, Animal Welfare, City of Hasselt; Kristien SMETS, Counsellor for Environment and Tourism, Town of Zonhoven; Ilse IDELER, Director, vzw Regionaal Landschap Lage Kempen (RLLK); Frans VERSTRAETEN, Director, vzw Limburgs Landschap, Bert VANHOLEN, Provincial Director of Limburg, Agency for Nature and Forest (ANB); Claude de VILLENFAGNE,vzw Ontwikkeling Vijvergebied Midden-Limburg (OVML)
Moderator: Jan BOUCKAERT, attorney, STIBBE
11.15 Q & A Session
11.30 Coffee Break
11.40 Presentation of the results of public consultation on the participation of private landowners on
« The participation of the private sector in the management of high nature values »
Presentation of the study on
« Participation of private owners in conserving and managing habitats and species in Natura 2000
areas»
12.15 Q & A Session
12.30 Political, Technical and financial recommendations for further participation of private landowners in
conserving and managing habitats and species in Natura 2000 areas
12.45 Conclusion by Frank VASSEN, Policy Officer, Nature Unit, DG Environment
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Presentation on European projects examined in the study on the on the participation of private
owners in conserving and managing habitats and species in Natura 2000 areas
Living space in the estuary stretch of the river Traisen - Herbert TIEFENBACHER, Forstverwaltung
Grafenegg, Austria;
Lippe flood plain - Oliver SCHMIDT-FORMANN, Environmental Office, City of Hamm, Germany;
IRD Duhallow - Maura WALSH, CEO, I.R.D. Duhallow, Ireland.
Moderator: Mark GOVAERT, Laureate of the SBNL Award for the Environment, Farm Engelendael
15.00 Q & A Session
15.15 Coffee Break
15.30 Participation of private landowners in conserving and managing habitats and species in Natura 2000
areas- political view
Angelo SALSI, Head of Unit LIFE Nature, DG Environment, Jurgen TACK, Director, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO); Claus MAYR, Director of European Affairs, NABU, German partner of BirdLife International
Moderator: Seger van VOORST tot VOORST, Director, Hoge Veluwe
16.45 Q & A Session
17.00 Closing Speech & Summary
Jos RUTTEN, General Director, Agency for nature and forest (ANB)
17.15 Conclusion of the event
The participation in the conference and in the field visit is free of charge. There will be a bus available to get participants of the field visit to the project area from Brussels.
Field visit in the project area
10th November 2011 - Vijvergebied, Midden Limburg, Belgium
8.00 Departure from Brussels
10.00 Welcome
Visit of the Domain Kiewit
11.30 Visit in the pond area led by experts from the Agency for nature and forest (ANB)
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Walk to Bolderberg led by vzw Ontwikkeling Vijvergebied Midden-Limburg (OVML)
Big Pond
15.30 End of the visit in Terlaemen
17.30 Return to Brussels
This project is supported by the European Commission Directorate General Environment under the LIFE+ Nature program (Grant Agreement N° LIFE08 NAT/B/000036).
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