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The ECNC Network

The ECNC Network of institutes implements, together with the Secretariat, the work programme and annual work plans. This Network is a vast reservoir of knowledge, data and experience.

Organizations supporting ECNC's work are welcome to join the Network. They need acceptance by the Board and to sign the 'Memorandum of Cooperation' to help ECNC achieve its mission.

Currently the ECNC Network comprises 50 partners in 26 European countries.

International

EUCC - The Coastal Union 
www.eucc.net; www.coastalguide.org

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
www.unep-wcmc.org 

Belgium

University of Antwerp (UA), Dept. Biology, Research Group Ethology and Nature Management
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*DEPBIO

Croatia

Department of Botany (Division of Biology), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
http://www.botanic.hr/

Cyprus 

Terra Cypria
www.terracypria.org 

Czech Republic

Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection (AOPK)
www.nature.cz 

Denmark

National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), University of Aarhus
www.neri.dk

Estonia 

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences
http://pk.emu.ee 

University of Tartu, Institute of Geography
www.geo.ut.ee

Institute of Sustainable Technology, Tallinn University of Technology
www.ttu.ee

Georgia

Caucasus Nature Conservancy (CNC)

Germany

Center for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research (ZALF)
www.zalf.de
 
Institute for Ecological and Regional Development (IÖR)
www.ioer.de

Greece

Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN)
www.eepf.gr/EEPFpage_english.htm 

University of the Aegean, Department of Environmental Studies, Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory
www.aegean.gr/environment/
 
The Goulandris Natural History Museum, Greek Biotope / Wetland Centre 
www.ekby.gr

Nomos + Physis; non-profit society for environmental protection and sustainable development
www.nomosphysis.org.gr

Hungary

Central European University (CEU), Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
www.ceu.hu

Debreceni Egyetem (DE), Interfaculty Centre for Environmental Science (ICES)
www.unideb.hu

József Attila University (JATE), Department of Ecology
www.jate.u-szeged.hu
 
Ireland

University College Cork (UCC), Coastal and Marine Resources Centre
www.ucc.ie
 
Italy

National Research Council (Centro di studio sulla Genetica Evoluzionistica, CNR-CGE)
www.cnr.it
 
Macedonia

Macedonian Ecological Society
www.mes.org.mk

the Netherlands

Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) 
www.lei.wageningen-ur.nl

Leiden University, Centre for Environmental Science (CML-RUL)
www.leidenuniv.nl

Knowledge Directorate - Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV-DK)
www.minlnv.nl/portal/page?_pageid=116,1640354&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Plant Research International 
www.plant.wageningen-ur.nl

Tilburg University (UvT), Globus - Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development
www.uvt.nl/globus

Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), c/o Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group
www.ncp.wur.nl/UK/

Stichting Recreatie, Expert Centre on Leisure and Recreation
www.stichtingrecreatie.nl

Norway

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) 
www.nina.no
 
Poland

Forest Research Institute (IBL) 
www.ibles.pl

Institute of Environmental Protection (IOS) 
www.ios.edu.pl

Institute of Nature Conservation (INC-PAS)
www.iop.krakow.pl/iop/inc.asp?00

Romania

University of Bucharest, Dept. of Systems Ecology and Sustainable Management of the Natural Capital
www.unibuc.ro/en/home

Russian Federation

Biodiversity Conservation Centre 
www.biodiversity.ru

All-Russian Research Institute for Nature Protection (ARRINP)

Moscow City Pedagogical University, Department of Biology

Serbia
 
Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia (IPN) 
www.natureprotection.org.yu 

Slovak Republic

Technical University Zvolen (TUZVO), Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (FEE TUZVO), UNESCO Chair for Ecological Awareness and Sustainable Development
www.tuzvo.sk

Slovenia

Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora 
www.ckff.si

Spain

Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Department of Ecology
www.uam.es

Centro de Investigaciones Ambientales de la Comunidad de Madrid 'Fernando Gonzalez Bernáldez' (CIAM)
CIAM is an environmental research centre of Madrid Regional Goverment in cooperation with the Ecology Department of Madrid University (UCM)
www.ucm.es/info/cifgb/ciam.htm
 
Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Interuniversitary Department of Ecology
www.ucm.es/OTROS/index.html

TERRA - centro para la política ambiental 
www.terracentro.org

Sweden

Swedish Species Information Centre
www.artdata.slu.se

Turkey

Turkish Environmental and Woodlands Protection Society (TÜRÇEK)
www.turcek.org.tr
 
Ukraine

Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), Centre for Ecological Studies
www.ibss.iuf.net

United Kingdom

Natural England 
www.naturalengland.org.uk

Natural History Museum (NHM), Biogeography & Conservation Lab
www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/worldmap