Bern Convention

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

This complaint was submitted in 2021 by BirdLife Norway concerning the lack of legal protection for Northern Goshawk and other birds of prey in Norway, due to a change in the national legislation. The Northern Goshawk is protected under Appendix II of the Bern Convention.

The Case was succesfully dismissed once Article 17 of the Nature Diversity Act had been amended to reflect the concerns of the complaint, and the 40th Standing Committee noted for the record that this case represented a good example of what the Bern Convention’s case-file system had been designed to achieve: solving biodiversity issues in an atmosphere of dialogue and cooperation.

 Key Timeline

• 2017 - Case registration
• 2017 - Possible File
• 2020 - Case closed

 Documents

Complaint form

Regular reports to the Bureau and/or Standing Committee

Please note that all reports received by a Party during one calendar year are included in one single report for that year. Some older reports are not available in digital form.