Butterfly Conservation Europe

In order to implement conservation action at a country level, Butterfly Conservation Europe plans to operate through Network Partners.

Any organisation for which the mission of BC Europe is a major objective is eligible.
The Network is open to organisations working in Europe, both governmental and non-governmental. The Board of BC Europe will approve organisations that apply to become Network Partners and any projects that are developed on its behalf. Partners are appointed initially for a provisional period of 3 years to allow a good working relationship to be developed before being confirmed by the Board. Each Network Partner designates a contact person to be responsible for liaising with and contributing to Network decisions.

BC Europe also greatly welcomes the involvement of individuals, both professional and amateur, to contribute to its projects and help achieve its goals. Individuals will be expected to co-operate fully with relevant Network Partners as well as the Board and Secretariat of BC Europe. 

Network partners (January 2010):

Country	Organisation	Partner/ Associate	Address	Contact person	Website
Andorra	Snow and Mountain Research Centre of Andorra	Associate	Av. Rocafort, 21-23 Ed. Moli, AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra. Tel. +376 742630	Marta Domènech Ferrés	www.cenma.ad and www.bmsand.ad
Austria	Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistic (ÖGEF)	Partner	C/o Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Internationales Forschungsinstitut fur Insektenkunde, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria Tel: 00 43 152 177 497 (Herbert Zettel)	Helmut Höttinger	www.oegef.at
Belarus	Belarussian Entomological Society	Partner	Institute of Zoology, Akademicheskaia Str., 27 220072 Minsk, BELARUS Tel. (+375)17-284-21-92/ Fax (+375)17-284-10-36	Anatolij Kulak
Belgium (Flanders)	Butterfly Working Group of Natuurpunt	Partner	Institute of Nature Conservation, Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium Tel. +32(0)2/558.18.37  Fax +32(0)2/558.18.05	Dirk Maes	www.natuurpunt.be/
Belgium (Wallonia)	Wallonie OFFS	Partner	Centre de Recherche de la Nature, des Forêts et du Bois, Avenue Marechal Juin 23, B-5030 GEMBLOUX, Belgique    Tel: + 32(0)81 626438	Violaine Fichefet
Bulgaria	National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences	Associate	Tsar Osvoboditel No1, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria Telephone/fax no +35929882894	Stoyan Beshkov
Croatia	Croatian Natural History Museum	Associate	Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel: +38 5 (1) 48 51 700 Fax: +38 5 (1) 48 51 644	Martina Šašić	http://mahpm.hpm.hr/
Czech Republic	Biological Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Associate	Biology Centre AV CR Entomology, Branisovska 35, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic      Tel:(+420)38777 5312	Martin Konvicka
Denmark	Danish Entomological Society	Partner	Dansk Entomologisk Forening c/o Zoologisk Museum Universitetsparken 15 DK – 2100 København Ø	Michael Kavin	www.entoweb.dk
Estonia	Estonian Lepidopterists Society	Partner		Toomas Tammaru
Finland	Finnish Lepidopterological Society	Partner	Lämmittäjänkatu 2 A, FI-00810 Helsinki, FINLAND Tel: +358-9-477 2310 / fax. +358-9-477 2311	Jasko Kullberg
France	National Museum of Natural History	Associate	Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 5173 / 7179, CP51, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France Tel: +33 1 60 47 92 28   +33 1 60 46 81 18	Cécile Edelist and Luc Manil	www.mnhn.fr/vigie-nature/
Germany	Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ	Associate	Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany Te:+49 345 558-5320; fax:+49 345 558-5329	Josef Settele	www.ufz.de
Germany	Bavarian Academy for Nature and Landscape Conservation (ANL)	Associate	ANL - Bayerische Akademie für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, Seethalerstrasse 6 D - 83410 Laufen/Salzach. Tel:: +49 (8682) 896350. Fax: +49 (8682) 896316	Christian Stettmer	http://www.anl.bayern.de
Hungary	Hungarian Society of Lepidopterology	Partner	Szalkay József Magyar Lepkészeti Egyesület	Safian Szabolc Adam Korosi	http://lepidoptera.fw.hu/
Iceland	Zoological Museum	Associate		Erling Olafsson
Ireland	Dublin Naturalists' Field Club	Partner	35 Nutley Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.  Tel: + dnfc@eircom.net	David Nash	www.butterflyireland.com www.dnfc.net
Isle of Man	Manx Butterfly Conservation	Partner	52 Ballalough, Andreas, Isle of Man, IM7 4HX, UK, +44 1624 882027	Garry Curtis
Italy	Zoological Union of Italy	Partner	Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo Via Accademia Albertina 13.  I-10123 TORINO Italy.  Tel/fax no. +390116704515	Emilio Balletto
Lithuania	Lithuanian Entomological Society	Partner	Lietuvos entomologų draugija, Akademijos str. 2, LT–08412 Vilnius	Giedrius Svitra and Dalius Dapkus	www.entomologai.lt
Luxembourg	Natural History Museum	Associate	25, rue Münster, L- 2160 Luxembourg.              Tel:  00 352 462233400	Marc Meyer
Macedonia	Butterfly Study Group (BSG)	Partner	part of Bird Study and Protection Society of Macedonia (BSPM)	Prof. Branko Micevski
Netherlands	Dutch Butterfly Conservation	Partner	De Vlinderstichting, Postbus 506 6700 AM  Wageningen tel. (+31) 0317 467346 fax 420296	Chris van Swaay	www.vlinderstichting.nl
Norway	Norsk entomologisk forening (Norwegian Entomological Society).	Associate	Norsk entomologisk forening, c/o Geir E.E. Søli, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway NO - 7491 Trondheim, Norway	Leif Aarvik
Poland	Association for Butterfly Conservation (TOM)	Partner	Towarzystwo Ochrony Motyli (TOM) -  c/o Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Insitute of Biology, University of Bialystok, Swierkowa 20B, 19-950 Bialystok. Tel: +48 85 745 73 67. Fax +48 85 745 73 02	Marcin Sielezniew
Portugal	Tagis	Partner	c/o Museu Bocage – MNHN Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58 1250-102 Lisbon, Portugal Tel/fax no. 00351213965388	Patricia Garcia Pereira	www.tagis.net/tagisINGwelcome.htm
Romania	Focal Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation	Partner	Centrul Focal pentru Monitorizarea şi Conservarea Biodiversităţii , Sinaia no. 13A Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Telephone/fax no. ++ 40(0) 364-111732	Sergiu Mihut
Russia	Russian Entomological Society	Partner		A. Devyatkin
Serbia	Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning	Associate	Omladinskih brigada 1 11070 NoviBeograd	Predrag Jaksic
Slovakia	Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences	Associate	Stefanikova 3, PO Box 254, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia Tel: 00 421 2 52494555	Henrik Kalivoda
Slovenia	Society for the Conservation and Study of Lepidoptera in Slovenia	Partner	Društvo za proučevanje in ohranjanje metuljev Slovenije (DPOMS) , Stara Dečkova cesta 14, 3000 Celje, Slovenia Tel: +386 (0)41990833   +386 (0)34904310	Rudi Verovnik	http://www.metulji.biologija.org/
Spain	Association Zerynthia	Partner	Asociación Española para la Protección de las Mariposas y su Medio (ZERYNTHIA), C/ Madre de Dios, nº14 - 7ºD, CP 26004, Logroño -La Rioja. Tel +34 617528004	Yeray Monasterio	WWW.ASOCIACION-ZERYNTHIA.ORG
Spain (+ Andorra)	Catalonia Butterfly Monitoring Scheme	Associate	Museu de Granollers-Ciències Naturals, c/Francesc Macià, 51, 08402 Granollers,	Constanti Stefanescu	www.catalanbms.org
Sweden	Department of Natural Sciences, University of Gävle	Associate	University of Gävle, S-801 76 Gävle, Sweden Tel: +4626-648507 Fax: +4626-648758	Nils Ryrholm
Switzerland	Swiss Butterfly Conservation	Partner	Butterfly Conservation Switzerland Käsereistrasse 18 CH-8919 Rottenschwil SWITZERLAND Tel G:   ++ 41 (0) 56 634 33 03 P:        ++ 41 (0) 56 634 32 16	Goran Dusej
Turkey	Doga Koruma Merkezi (DKM)	Partner	320. Sokak no.4, Ortadogu Sitesi, Yüzüncüyil, Ankara, Turkey. tel: +90 312 287 8144. fax: +90 312 286 6820	Evrim Karacetin	www.dkm.org.tr
United Kingdom	Butterfly Conservation (UK)	Partner	Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Dorset BH20 5QP, UK.                                                                                     Tel: + 44 (0)1929 400209	Martin Warren	www.butterfly-conservation.org

If you want to get in touch with one of the partners, you can request their email address by sending an email to info_AT_bc-europe.eu.

Melitaea cinxia is still widespread and common in large parts of Europe, but rare and threatened at the edge of its distribution in NW Europe. Photo: Chris van Swaay.