The European Water Framework Directive is shaping a new conception of integrative water protection. In this article …, the consequences of the Water Framework Directive in respect to national environmental policy will be discussed in … the new conception of integrative water protection entails a fundamental change in European water protection policy and …

multilevel governance contexts, and to analyse empirically biodiversity governance in different EU countries in the light of … biodiversity governance from different EU countries. The results show that several of the legitimacy challenges in multilevel …