This is in spite of the fact that the Working Group on Article 8 of the Habitats Directive stressed in its report that 'the Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 have assumed (…) strategic importance [and] are now recognised as being the EU's principal tools for achieving the new global and EU objective of halting the decline in biodiversity by 2010.'
This is in spite of the fact that the Working Group on Article 8 of the Habitats Directive stressed in its report that 'the Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 have assumed (…) strategic importance [and] are now recognised as being the EU's principal tools for achieving the new global and EU objective of halting the decline in biodiversity by 2010.'