Friday, 23 November 2018

17:00                  Registration 

18:30                  Opening – Welcome

19:00 – 19:30     Biodiversity of Greece. Nikos Petrou, President of the HSPN Board of Directors

19:30 – 20:00     LIFE Programme. George Protopapas, Green Fund Director

20:00 – 20:30     LIFE Natura Themis project. Michalis Probonas, UoC – NHMC, LIFE Natura Themis Coordinator

20:30                  Welcome Reception – End of the first Conference day

Saturday, 24 November 2018

SESSION I:       Wildlife Crime Legislation and Implementation

09:00 – 09:30   Wildlife crimes and protection of biodiversity: Economic, social and environmental interactions. Joseph Van Der Stegen, Policy Officer, Nature Unit, DG Environment, European Commission 

09:30 – 10:15   The EU legislation related to wildlife crimes.  Ludwig Krämer, Former Head of Unit, Environmental Department of the European Commission

10:15 – 11:00   Overview of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case law on wildlife crimes.Valerie Fogleman, Professor of Law, Cardiff University School of Law and Politics; Consultant, Stevens & Bolton LLP

11:00 – 11:15   Discussion

11:15 – 11:45   Coffee Break

SESSION II:     Focus on Wildlife Trafficking

11:45 – 12:45   Enforcement of EU wildlife protection and implementation by domestic judges. Matthias Keller, Presiding Judge, Aachen Administrative Court

12:45 – 13:15   Special focus on illegal trade of birds: A journey through Europe.  Jan Van den Berghe, Vice President of the Court of First Instance, East Flanders

13.15 - 13.45     IMPELs contribution to the implementation of the EU action plan against wildlife trafficking. John Visbeen, Representative of the European Union Network for the Impelementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL)

13:45 – 14:00   Discussion

14:00 – 15:30   Lunch

SESSION III:   Cross-cutting Issues on Wildlife Crime and Biodiversity Protection

15:30 – 15:50   Sanctions for wildlife crimes: A thorny problem.  Georgios Almpouras, ENPE Working Group Member 

15:50 – 16:10   Combating biodiversity loss and wildlife crime through environmental liability. Stavroula Pouli, Head of the Coordination Office for the Implementation of Environmental Liability, Ministry for the Environment and Energy, MEEN – COIEL LIFE Natura Themis coordinator

16:10 – 16:30   Economic instruments as a complement to biodiversity protection. Angeliki Kallia – Antoniou, Attorney at Law, PhD, EU Environmental Law Expert, Professor at the National School of Public Administration

16:30 – 16.45    Discussion

SESSION IV:    The LIFE Natura Themis Project – its Role and Added Value

16:45 – 17:00   Wildlife crime in Greece: Out of sight, out of mind. Konstantina Ntemiri, Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS), Environmental Policy Officer, Antipoison Task Force Coordinator

17:00 – 17:15   Beyond Themis. Capitalizing experience in combating environmental crime. Dr Georgios Sbokos, Bar Association of Heraklion (HB), Head of HB Environmental Committee, HB LIFE Natura Themis Coordinator

17:15 – 17:30   LIFE Natura Themis: Public access to environmental information in Greece through the experience of the Environmental Law Observatories of Crete. Maria Maniadaki, Bar Association of Chania (CB), CB LIFE Natura Themis Coordinator

17:30 – 17:45   LIFE Natura Themis: Preventing wildlife crime by using IT tools. Christos Georgiadis, Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature Projects Coordinator, HSPN LIFE Natura Themis Coordinator

17:45 – 18:00   Discussion

18.00                 End of the second Conference day

Sunday, 25 November 2018

SESSION V:     Wildlife Crime in EU Landscape  

09:30 – 11:00   Panel Discussion on National Experiences:

• Slovenia, Lea Tomazic, Representative of EcoLexLife
• Malta, Antaia Christou, Representative of BirdLife Malta
• Cyprus, Nikolaos Kasinis, Representative of Game and Fauna Service of the Ministry of Interiors, Cyprus
• Hungary, Lilla Barabas, Representative of PannonEagle Life

11:00 – 11:30   Coffee Break

11:30  – 13:00 Wildlife Crime in Greece: The role of NGOs

• Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN). Dr Eirini Valianatou, Biologist , Hippocrates 2500 Years
• Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS – BirdLife Greece). Victoria Saravia, Egyptian vulture LIFE project Conservation Officer
• Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Sea (MOm). Dr Panagiotis Dendrinos, President of the MOm Board of Directors  
• ANIMA – Wild Life Conservation Society.Anna Kazazou, Zoologist
• ARCHELON – Τhe Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece. Panagiota Theodorou, Conservation Coordinator

13:00 – 13:15   Discussion

SESSION VI:    Reflections for the Future and Final Conclusions

13:15 – 13:45   Wildlife crime and biodiversity protection: The way forward. Ludwig Krämer

13:45 - 14:00    Final words and future actions. LIFE Natura Themis Project Representative

14:00                 Light Lunch & End of the Conference