ARC - Europe and further afield

EUROPE AND OVERSEAS

European work

While being based in Britain, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation has a global remit. We have identified that our main areas of interest outside of the UK are promoting herpetofauna conservation in Europe and the UKâ€™s Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and Sovereign Base Areas.

Our work in Europe is mostly through our association with the Societas Europaea Herpetologicaâ€™s (SEH) conservation committee and through the IUCN. SEH is a member of a European Non-Governmental network of environmental organisations called the European Habitats Forum (EHF) which is actively engaged in working with the European Commission, and notably the Directorate General for the Environment (DG Environment) and the member States of the European Union at a European level. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation staff represent SEH at this network.

Through our founding organisations we have had a long history of involvement promoting and co-ordinating conservation work on amphibians and reptiles throughout Europe. We have worked closely with the Council of Europe providing significant support to the Amphibian and Reptile Expert Group of the â€˜Bern Conventionâ€™ on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Habitats and have been involved with the production of action plans for some of Europeâ€™s most threatened herpetofauna. We have also used our influence in Europe to effect positive conservation in the UK. Perhaps most noticeably the success of Recommendation 67 through the Bern Convention which has identified some specific actions needed to further the conservation of Dorsetâ€™s heathlands. We have also worked closely with the Heritage Service in Eire, helping with the conservation of natterjack toads in County Kerry.

More on our work in the UK Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and Sovereign Base Areas. >>>

Societas Europaea Herpetologica. >>>

IUCN. >>>