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19.02.2013
Belarus deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on
the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern
Convention) on 19th February 2013 and will become the 51st Party to
the Convention on 1st June 2013. The Bern Convention, Europe’s
treaty on nature conservation, is a binding international legal
instrument which covers most of the natural heritage of the European
continent and extends to some States of Africa. Its aims are to
conserve wild flora and fauna and their natural habitats and to
promote participation and representation in the environmental
debate, monitoring and, to some extent in the decision-making
process. The Convention was adopted on 19 September 1979 and entered
into force on 1st June 1982.
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