About the Conservation Committee
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One
of the key aims of the Societas
Europaea Herpetologica (SEH) is to promote the conservation of
European
herpetofauna. The Conservation Committee is the primary mechanism for
doing this. The conservation committee was founded in 1981. Key
approaches used from this time were
• Habitat assessments
• Assessment of species status
• Developing a Committee with a broad geographic representation
• Exchange of knowledge and experience through regular meetings of the
Conservation Committee
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Exchange of knowledge with European herpetologists and worldwide
through consulting, conservation actions, meetings, email exchange etc
• Working with and
providing expert representation to the Bern
Convention
• Expert input to
Bern Convention Expert Group and the Bern Convention Standing Committee
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SEH, through its Conservation Committee, is an active member of the European Habitats Forum, a
group of European environmental NGO networks
that provide input and advice to the European Commission and especially
in connection with the implementation of the European ˇNature
Directives˘ (i.e. the Habitats Directive and Birds Directive). In
particular the SEH contribution to this work has focussed on species
protection mechanisms and on monitoring and the assessment of
conservation status.
The members of the CC are available for providing
support and consulting in terms of conservation actions needed, best
way to conduce an action or a research with focus on species or
habitat conservation etc.
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