NATURA 2000: Safeguarding Europe's biodiversity

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Natura 2000 is the EU's flagship tool for safeguarding biodiversity and halting its loss by 2010. Across Europe, some 25,000 sites have been made part of the Natura 2000 network in order to protect and manage wild species and the rarest and most endangered habitats in the EU. Doing what it takes to protect biodiversity for the benefit of future generations is the main focus of Green Week 2006, being held in Brussels from 30 May until 2 June. Hungary's Hortobagy National Park is one of Europe's most beautiful natural sites: over 80,000 hectares of grasslands, steppes and wetlands offering an exceptional mosaic of flora and fauna.