Limburg adopts endangered species as contribution to Countdown 2010
26 January 2006 Brussels, Belgium. The province of Limburg is one of the most biodiverse regions in Belgium. At a seminar held today in the European Parliament, Ignace Schops, Director of Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland, announced that its twelve municipalities would adopt one of the most endangered species each and take steps to save them by 2010. After Noord-Brabant, Limburg is thus the second region to officially join Countdown 2010. Tamás Marghescu, IUCN Regional Director for Europe welcomed this step and urged Europeans to acknowledge that the environment is the foundation of sustainable development. Pointing to the experiences of the National Park Hoge Kempen, he said that “investing in biodiversity can pay off in the long run”.
