- Volume 9 (2011), Issue 2
- Vol. 9 (2011), No. 2
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Natura 2000, a network of nature protection areas established under Council Directive 92/43/EEC (‘Habitats Directive’), has become a firm component of infrastructure planning. The aim of the network is to assure the long-term survival of Europe’s most valuable and threatened species and habitats. The German Federal Administrative Court has sharpened and specified the requirements of the Natura 2000 law, as regulated in the Federal Nature Conservation