The vision

To create the backbone of an ecological network, running from the Barents to the Black Sea that is a global symbol for transboundary cooperation in nature conservation and sustainable development.

The Green Belt Book

Content, Forewords, Introduction
1. A vision for the Green Belt in Europe
Section 1.
Transboundary cooperation and the Green Belt
2. Transboundary cooperation – a European challenge
3. Joining cultural and natural heritage along the Green Belt
4. Between the Alps and the Puszta: A transboundary national park shared by Hungary and Austria
Section 2.
How green is the Green Belt?
5. The Fennoscandian Green Belt
6. The Central European Green Belt
7. The South-Eastern European Green Belt
Section 3.
Case studies from along the Green Belt
8. Combining nature protection and local development in the southern part of the Green Belt of Fennoscandia
9. Sustainable use of the Morava-Dyje floodplain in Austria
10. The development of cooperation and land use around Lake Neusiedl/Fert
11. The protection of the Drava-Mura wetlands
12. The Bojana-Buna Delta between Albania, and Serbia and Montenegro
13. Transboundary protected area of Jablanica-Shebenik as a chance for the Balkan Lynx .
14. Rhodope Mountains: The Green Belt between Greece and Bulgaria
Section 4.
Turning the vision into reality
15. Mapping the European Green Belt
16. Agricultural ecosystems
17. Sustainable tourism – a development option for the Green Belt?
18. Financial mechanisms for the Green Belt and ecological networks
19. The future for the Green Belt
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