The brand new LIFE Belgium for Biodiversity project has started and is one of the very first Strategic Nature Projects in the EU. This flagship project will facilitate various processes to halt biodiversity loss and restore vital ecosystems, contribute to the resilience and coherence of the Trans European Nature Network and lowering environmental pressures like light pollution.
Over the course of 9 years this ambitious project will also contribute to transformative change by providing state of the art capacity building and brand the Natura 2000 network, the biggest ecological network in the world. The LIFE Belgium for Biodiversity project will be carried out with 14 partners in the whole Belgian territory, including the Belgian part of the North sea.
You want to know more and get in touch with staff that work on the project? Please do register to this free event!
The program (subject to changes)
| 09:00 - 9.45 | Welcoming and registration |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Welcome by the CEO of the Flemish Agency of Nature and Forests: Goedele Van der Spiegel |
| 10.00 - 11.00 | Presenting the LIFE Belgium for Biodiversity project  |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Morning parallel sessions |
| Eco and agro tourism in the Natura 2000 network | |
| Capacity building for N2000 and biodiversity: a mixed story of human and natural capital | |
| Perspectives on biodiversity and soft systems methodology | |
| Monitoring and mapping | |
| Conservation Objectives on Natura 2000 sites | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Afternoon parallel sessions |
| Nature-inclusive agriculture in a Belgian context | |
| Light pollution | |
| Species action plans and species protection programmes | |
| National Parks in Belgium | |
| Financing biodiversity | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Interactive recap of the kick-off |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Closing by Cinea (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency) - Mr Joseph Van der Stegen |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Closing drink |
The language of communication during the plenary sessions will be English. The accompanying presentations will be in both French and Dutch.
The working language of parallel sesssions depends on the organiser and can be in French, Dutch or English. You may speak your own language during these sessions.
