1. Introduction: aims, scope, structure and key information sources Graham Tucker; [...]ope's nature and conservation needs Graham Tucker; 3. The international drivers of nature conservation, their objectives and impacts on nature conservation policies and actions in Europe David Stroud, Euan Dunn, Wyn Jones and Graham Tucker; 4. Nature conservation policy, legislation and funding in the EU Graham Tucker, Kaley Hart, Andrew Farmer, Euan Dunn and David Baldock; 5. Conclusions, lessons learnt and implications for the future Graham Tucker; 6. Austria Wolfgang Suske and Kathrin Horvath; 7. Belgium Els Martens and Jorge Ventocilla; 8. Republic of Bulgaria Boris Barov; 9. Republic of Croatia Jasminka Radovi¿; 10. Cyprus Clairie Papazoglou and Andreas Demetropoulos; 11. The Czech Republic Petr Roth; 12. Denmark Anette Petersen and Jan Woollhead; 13. Estonia Aleksei Lotman and Silvia Lotman; 14. Finland Heikki Toivonen and Olli Ojala; 15. France Pierre Commenville; 16. Germany Eick von Ruschkowski; 17. Greece Ioli Christopoulou; 18. Hungary Katalin Sipos; 19. Ireland Andrew Jackson and Anja Murray; 20. Italy Elisa Cardarelli, Barbara Calaciura, Daniela Zaghi and Giuseppe Bogliani; 21. Latvia Otars Opermanis, Ilona Mendzina, Ainars Aunins and Inga Racinska; 22. Lithuania R¿ta Baškyt¿ and Žygimantas Obelevi¿ius; 23. The Netherlands Erik Gerritsen; 24. Poland Pawe¿ Pawlaczyk; 25. Portugal Ana Guimarães Ferreira and Domingos Leitão; 26. Romania Erika Stanciu, Ioan-Cristian Ioja, Mariana Tintarean and Mihai Pop; 27. Slovakia Viera Šefferová Stanová and Rastislav Rybani¿; 28. Slovenia Peter Skoberne; 29. Spain Concha Olmeda and Juan Carlos Blanco; 30. Sweden Mats O. G. Eriksson and Mia Pantzar; 31. United Kingdom Graham Tucker, Wyn Jones, Susan Davies and Joan Edwards; Appendix; Index.