Konventionen om beskyttelse af Europas vilde dyr ogplanter samt naturlige levesteder, der ofte benævnes»Bern-konventionen«, blev vedtaget af Europarådet i1979 og trådte i kraft i EU i juni 1982.
The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, often referred to asthe ‘Bern Convention’, was agreed at the Council of Europe in 1979 and entered into force in the EU in June 1982.