HAVING REGARD to the fact that Norway has established with effect from 1 January 1977 an economic zone extending to 200 nautical miles off its coast, within which Norway exercises sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring, exploiting, conserving and managing the resources thereof, and that the Community has agreed that the limits of the fishing zones of its Member States (hereinafter referred to as the area of fisheries jurisdiction of the Community) shall extend up to 200 nautical miles, fishing within these limits being subject to the common fisheries policy of the Community;

HAVING REGARD to the fact that it has been decided to establish around the Faroe Islands, with effect from 1 January 1977, a fishery zone extending to 200 nautical miles off the coast within which the Faroe Islands will exercise sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring, exploiting, conserving and managing the living resources thereof and that the Community has agreed that the limits of the fishery zones of its Member States (hereinafter referred to as the area of fisheries jurisdiction of the Community) shall extend up to 200 nautical miles, fishing within these limits being subject to the common fishery policy of the Community;

COMMENDING the measures already taken on the domestic initiative of Danubian countries and on the bilateral and multilateral level of their cooperation as well as the efforts already undertaken within the CSCE process, by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and by the European Community to promote the cooperation, on bilateral and multilateral levels, for the prevention and control of transboundary pollution, sustainable water management, rational use and conservation of water resources;

sustainable management of natural resources;

sustainable management of natural resources, especially the rational management of drainage basins;

sustainable management of natural resources in high-altitude areas;

land use patterns, management of water resources, soil conservation, forestry, agricultural activities and pasture and range management;

ensuring integrated and sustainable management of natural resources, including:

rationalise and strengthen the management of resources already allocated for combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought by using them more effectively and efficiently, assessing their successes and shortcomings, removing hindrances to their effective use and, where necessary, reorienting programmes in light of the integrated long-term approach adopted pursuant to this Convention;

developing, managing and efficiently using diverse sources of energy, including the promotion of alternative sources;

Information exchange on methods, techniques and experiences on forest genetic resource conservation and management.

Assessment and development of best operational management practices for forest genetic resources and integration of related activities into national forest programmes.

adjusting, as appropriate, the institutional and regulatory framework of natural resource management to provide security of land tenure for local populations;

Assessment and development of best operational management practices for forest genetic resources and integration of related activities into national forest programmes;.

training with regard to, and strengthening, public awareness and environmental education campaigns and disseminating knowledge of techniques relating to the sustainable management of natural resources;

Establishment of a web-based, permanent and widely accessible network of national inventories on forest genetic resources that are used or potentially useful for sustainable forest management in Europe.

Evaluation of forest genetic resources at species and provenance level (including evaluation of trials in the case of existing provenance experiments) that could be of value for sustainable forest management in Europe.

Whereas the third action programme of the European Communities on the environment (3), of which the Council and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States approved the main principles on 7 February 1983, makes particular reference to the need for a rational policy for the protection and management of natural resources;

contribute to increased knowledge of the processes leading to desertification and drought and the impact of, and distinction between, causal factors, both natural and human, with a view to combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought, and achieving improved productivity as well as sustainable use and management of resources;

Establishment of a web-based, permanent and widely accessible European network of national inventories of animal genetic resources ex situ and in situ /on farm taking into account activities within the framework of the European National Coordinators for animal genetic resources and linked to the FAO/DAD-IS system.

assess educational needs in affected areas, elaborate appropriate school curricula and expand, as needed, educational and adult literacy programmes and opportunities for all, in particular for girls and women, on the identification, conservation and sustainable use and management of the natural resources of affected areas;

Subregional or joint action programmes may include agreed joint programmes for the sustainable management of transboundary natural resources relating to desertification, priorities for coordination and other activities in the fields of capacity-building, scientific and technical cooperation, particularly drought early warning systems and information sharing, and means of strengthening the relevant subregional and other organisations or institutions.

HAVING REGARD to the fact that Norway has established with effect from I January 1977 an economic zone extending to 200 nautical miles off its coast, within which Norway exercises sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring, exploiting, conserving and managing the resources thereof, and that the Community has agreed that the limits of the fishing zones of its Member States (hereinafter referred to as the area of fisheries jurisdiction of the Community) shall extend up to 200 nautical miles, fishing within these limits being subject to the common fisheries policy of the Community;

support of environmental protection and sustainable management of natural resources.