The European Commission is proud to announce the 27 finalists for the 2020 European Natura 2000 Award. You can discover the finalists on the Award website. The 79 applications received for this edition of the Award have been through a gruelling evaluation to select the 27 finalists. Reaching the shortlist is therefore a significant result in itself and there are three Irish projects that made the shortlist: The Living Bog Life Project; the Aran Islands EIP & The Rock-a-bill Tern Conservation Project.
The finalist applications highlight the many different achievements of those involved in Natura 2000. They include applications from 14 EU Member States and the United Kingdom, submitted by local and international NGOs, universities, municipalities, national administrations, businesses …. And they cover an array of issues from both marine and terrestrial Natura 2000 sites. The public vote for your favourite Natura 2000 Award finalist is also now open. You have until midnight on the 15 of September 2020 to vote for the finalist that you think deserves special recognition: the application which receives the most votes will be awarded the coveted European Citizens’ Award.
The winners of the five category Awards – Conservation, Socio-Economic Benefits, Communication, Reconciling Interests/Perceptions, and Cross-Border Cooperation and Networking – and the Citizens’ Award will be announced at the Award Ceremony in Brussels, tentatively scheduled for 14 October 2020.
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