Tilburg CountDown 2010 & Local Action for Biodiversity Paul Scherrenberg City of Tilburg, The Netherlands Session C8 ICLEI Conference Sevilla 2007.

TilburgCountDown 2010

&Local Action for Biodiversity

Paul ScherrenbergCity of Tilburg, The Netherlands

Session C8ICLEI Conference

Sevilla 2007

Outline

• Introduction • Why sign CD2010?• Tilburg approach• Favorable conditions• Success factors• Conclusion

The Netherlands

Tilburg

Tilburg, new suburb

Dongezone

Why sign CD2010?

Is it not obvious?

• Raise political attention• Create Momentum• Join forces and act• Network

Tilburg approach

• Green Template• Ecological Map• Reach out• Team up

Green Template

• Platform > Policy > Map• Ecological structure around Tilburg• Directs spatial planning• Agreement between 10 stakeholders• Protecting & connecting measures• Nature compensation

Green Template

Ecological Linking

Plan: Ecological Map

• Inventory of nature type and species

• Degree of protection• Present and potential value• Normative and informative• Educational• Platform Citynature

Protected areaProtected species (group)Ecological linking zoneGreen Template

BeschrijvingLandschapseenheid 1 Agrarisch cultuurlandschap …Landschapscluster 2 Zwaluwenbunders-Vloeivelden …Deelgebied 3 Hemeltjes …Bijhorende elementen 35 PoelBosje …Beleid Streekplan, natte evz: @@@Groene Mal: Hemeltjes …NDT HuidigPotentieel Beemdgras-raaigrasweideBeemdgras-raaigrasweide ……Soortgroepen Actueel

Potentieel Waardevol voor planten, mn. Grote PimpernelWaardevol voor amfibieënSoortenlijsten ja Vogels (link naar waarnemingslijsten)

Beheer en onderhoud ….….FOTO

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Zoom in

Reach out

• Awareness– Articles, folders– Platform Citynature

• Education– Schools,– Nature Museum

• Commitment– Political (manifesto)– NGO’s, businesses– Activities & projects

Team up • Local

– Platform Citynature– Platform Sustainable Tilburg– Ecoteam

• Regional initiatives:– Green Forest – Sustainable Triangle

CD2010 regional members– 2005: Tilburg and Province– 2006: 10– 2007: > 27

Team up

(Inter)National– CD2010

– ECNC (EuropeanCenterNatureConservation)

– European Regions for biodiversity

– LAB-project• Capetown

• Sao Paolo

• Barcelona

• Seoul

• Seattle

• Tilburg & more

Favorable conditions

• Political attention is rising • Increased interest of citizen

in quality of environment• Biodiversity is easily percepted by citizen • Results of efforts are easily presentable• Knowledge and experience exchange• Growing networks

Success factors in North Brabant

• Active & enthousistic people• Bottom-up initiatives• Many (in)formal networks• Important role of Province

– Biodiversity/sustainability strategy,– Taskforce, projects, finance– Conferences, seminars, workshops – Publicity

• Research institutes (e.g. ECNC, Telos)• Active exchange of knowledge and

experiences

Conclusion

• Political and public awareness• Biodiversity networks are growing• Biodiversity is concrete, hands-on• Local Action counts• Reach out & Team up

Thank you for your attention