Press Releases & Campaigns
Awareness-raising Campaigns
- Voices of Nature: promoting the inextricable connection between wildlife and people (2021)
- 40th anniversary of the Bern Convention: 40 stories depicting the work of the Convention (2019)
- Think Outside the Box: diseases of exotic pets that may spread and kill local amphibians and reptiles (2018)
- #NotAlone: raising awareness on how biodiversity can help us against climate change (2018)
- The Last Tweet: raising awareness on the problem of illegal killing of birds (2017)
- Invasive Crafted Species: highlights the dangers of exotic species and aims to involve citizens in fighting this major environmental problem (2016)
Press Releases
- 45th Anniversary of the Bern Convention, 19 September 2024
- International Day for Biodiversity 2024, 22 may 2024
- The Bern Convention adopts a Strategic Plan to guide its progress towards 2030 targets on nature conservation: 5 December 2023
- International Day for Biological Diversity 2023: The Bern Convention’s past and future contributions to the Global Biodiversity Framework: 22 May 2023
- International Day for Biological Diversity 2022: The Bern Convention is the CoE’s tool to ensure that Humans, Nature and Wildlife may share a future: 22 May 2022
- Bern Convention adopts a Vision for the period to 2030: 3 December 2021
- Bern Convention & World Forum for Democracy: 8-10 November 2021
- Voices of Nature Campaign - 19 April 2021
- 200th case-file of the Bern Convention - 22 February 2021
- The European Diploma for Protected Areas celebrates the European Day of Parks 2020 - 24 May 2020
- 40th anniversary of the Bern Convention - 19 September 2019
- "Think Outside the Box" Campaign - 21 November 2018
- The #NotAlone Campaign - 22 May 2018
- The Last Tweet Campaign - 24 October 2017
- Statement by Øystein Størkersen, Chair of the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention, on the withdrawal of the United States of America from the Paris Agreement - 2 June 2017
- 22 May 2017: International Day for Biological Diversity - Press release
- A campaign involving DIY Youtubers is launched by the Bern Convention to raise awareness on Invasive Alien Species - 10 November 2016
- The Standing Committee to the Bern Convention will meet in Strasbourg to assess European progress towards the sustainable use of our common natural heritage - 20 November 2015
- First ever mediation visit under the Bern Convention to find a compromise between evergy developments and biodiversity conservation : press release - 30 September 2015
- Monitoring visit to Patara and Fethiye (Turkey) to check enforcement of conservation measures for the oldest living species on Earth - 20 July 2015
- Georgia's Vashlovani Protected Area receives European recognition - 17 June 2015
- 50 Jahre Europadiplom - 11 June 2015 [German only]
- Adoption of the Pisa declaration : press release - 1st June 2015
- Communication "21-22 May 2015: 50th Anniversary of the European Diploma for Protected Areas and International Day for Biological Diversity" - 15 May 2015
- Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General for Democracy, Council of Europe - 50th anniversary of pioneering scheme behind Europe’s only biodiversity treaty - 27 April 2015
- Eladio Fernández-Galiano: “Está justificado tomar medidas drásticas para conservar lo que nos da de comer” - 24 March 2015
- Italia top parchi, celebra 50 anni premio europeo - 15 March 2015
- European Diploma for Protected Areas: Exceptional monitoring visit to the Bayerischer Wald National Park, Germany - 24-25 February 2015
- Wild-bird crimes under the spotlight of Bern Convention’s Experts - 24-25 February 2015
- Parties to the Bern Convention adopt a Recommendation to urge Greece to protect prime European sea turtle habitat in Kyparissia Bay – 5 December 2014
- Release of the new Emerald Software – 19 September 2014
- The Desertas Nature Reserve (Portugal) was awarded the European Diploma of Protected Areas - 2 July 2014
- Progress towards the achievement of Aichi target 12 – June 2014
- 22 May 2014: International Biodiversity Day : communication of the Bern Convention
- 3 March 2014: World Wildlife Day
- 29-30 May 2013: Second Conference on the Illegal Killing, Trapping and Trade of Wild Birds, Tunis
- The Bern Convention joins the Friends of Target 12 Initiative – 28 May 2013
- 22 May 2013: International Day for Biological Diversity – “Water and biodiversity”
- Belarus becomes the 51st Contracting Party to the Bern Convention – 19 February 2013
