Nature and tourism

Mondoeco lists major sites of nature and landscape conservation. We are strongly interested in providing a map of Sites listed in the networks Natura 2000 and Biosphere Reserves, that include Sites of Community Importance in terms of related biological diversity. Despite their possible marginal location, and even though they are roughly unknown, those sites play a very important environmental role: when properly managed, they enhance a significative input to the sustainable development, both ecologically and economically.
In addition, our maps display major National or Regional Parks, Nature routes, and Gastro-routes. As from some site, description may be reported in the national language only.
 

Mondoeco nature sites

Choose from the above map your best natural site to visit, in one click!

Following, you will also find a selection of news on ecology, environment and sustainable development.

News from Mondoeco

The destiny of forest resources

The challenges of deforestation, climate change and poverty are inextricably linked. Maintenance of forest resources, particularly tropical forests in developing countries, presents a quick win for climate change policy makers through promoting low carbon development. Not converting forests to...

feb 10, 2012 / Read more »

Restored wetlands

Restored wetlands are less productive than natural wetlands, scientists have discovered. Regeneration can take hundreds of years and sites may never reach the quality of the original wetlands, a study shows. Study co-author, David Moreno-Mateos, a postdoctoral fellow from the University of...

jan 28, 2012 / Read more »

European Habitats Forum EHF

In 2010, the European Council committed to a new long-term (2050) vision and mid-term (2020) headline target for biodiversity recovery across the EU: ‘To halt the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in the EU by 2020 and restore them in so far as possible,...

jan 19, 2012 / Read more »

New EU biodiversity strategy

Biodiversity loss is an enormous challenge in the EU, with around one in four species currently threatened with extinction and 88% of fish stocks over-exploited or significantly depleted. The European Commission has adopted an ambitious new strategy to reduce the loss of biodiversity and...

dec 20, 2011 / Read more »