Established in 2003, the European Green Belt initiative connects 24 countries alongside national and regional initiatives. It is a backbone of a Pan-European ecological network and renders a significant contribution to European ‘Green Infrastructure’. It builds on the former Iron Curtain, which once separated human societies, but now has the potential to connect ecological communities by forming a viable ecological network. Source: © European Green Belt Initiative/Coordination Group.

  
 
  Part of: Henle K, Potts S, Kunin W, Matsinos Y, Simila J, Pantis J, Grobelnik V, Penev L, Settele J (Eds) (2014) Scaling in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation. Advanced Books: e1169. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e1169