BirdLife calls for cyberaction
Brussels, Belgium - As
Europe is in the process of reviewing its Rural Development Policy for the next coming years, BirdLife International has launched a
cyberaction to allow citizens of the EU to express their wish for a better future for nature and farming.
<>br>Farmland birds and
other wildlife will further decline in Europe`s Countryside if intensive farming practices continue to be encouraged. Europe`s
natural heritage will be lost forever without further clear changes towards a more sustainable system of agriculture.
BirdLife
International invites everyone who cares about nature and creating a healthy countryside to join the Farming for Life cyberaction,
which will run online from 15 July to 31 October 2004.
The cyberaction (which can be accessed at:
http://www.birdlifecapcampaign.org), offers internet campaigners the opportunity to send the new EU Commissioner for Agriculture and
Rural Development a beautiful digital postcard from any of the 25 EU countries.
The new Commissioner, who is due
to be appointed in September 2004, will play a key role in keeping Europe`s countryside alive. He, or she, will be the driving force
behind the future of Europe`s agricultural policy and the guardian of its implementation in the European Union for the next coming
years.
BirdLife International Partners in each of the 25 EU countries are promoting the cyberaction and provide 25 different
illustrated postcards which hold the same common message for the Commissioner:
To support farming methods that contribute to
maintaining and restoring rich wildlife areas in Europe, and
To increase the overall funding available for nature-friendly
farming practices.
A compilation of the `signatures` generated by the cyberaction will be presented to the new Commissioner
when they start their mandate by the end of this year.
Created: 15th Jul 2004
