Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2025 | Chantal Marijnissen Head of Unit | Exchange of views on development cooperation and conservation projects in Africa | — |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Chantal Marijnissen Head of Unit | Exchange of views on development cooperation and conservation projects in Africa | SRC |
Mission & Goals
DOB Ecology is a non-profit foundation set-up in the Netherlands by an entrepreneurial family. Our mission is to support partners and projects that protect and restore threatened ecosystems and biodiversity in a way that (re)builds the conditions for resilient livelihoods of local communities. Our priorities for funding are: 1. Conservation and restoration of forest and wetland landscapes in South America and Sub-Saharan Africa. 2. Programmes that achieve tangible results on the ground, carried-out in a way that benefits and builds support of local people for conservation. 3. Research that addresses challenges faced in conservation management and builds capacity in the countries where the research takes place.
EU Legislative Interests
European Green Deal EU Strategy for Biodiversity Natura 2000 (Habitats and Birds Directives) Nature Restoration Law Programme for the environment and climate action (LIFE) EU ‘Biodiversity for Life’ (B4Life) initiative
Communication Activities
We are in touch with the Environment Dept of DG International Partnerships and have met staff of this unit on-line and in-person (our most recent meeting was on 20 October 2025). Our discussions concern how we can better coordinate funding that the EU is deploying under the NaturAfrica programme with funds that European philanthropic foundations make available for similar objectives in the same locations. For example: our foundation DOB Ecology funds three landscapes in Africa where the EU NaturAfrica is also funding: 1. the Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo; 2. Gashaka Gumti National Park in Nigeria; and 3. the Niokolo-Badiar National Parks and transboundary landscape in Senegal/Guinee.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Philea (Philanthropy Europe Association. www.philea.eu)
Organisation Members
Not applicable
Connected Legislation
Århus Convention application to EU institutions
Corporate liability for environmental damage
Review of Recommendation 2001/331/EC: Environmental inspection criteria
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies
Behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law
Environmental protection through criminal law
Environmental liability: prevention and remedying of damage
Decision on combating environmental crime
Environment Implementation Review
Implementation of certain directives on the environment
The environment to take place in SOFIA in October 1995
Revision of EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme)
EU environmental standards vs stricter national norms of 3 new Member States
Alignment of environmental policy reporting obligations
The environment - amendment of 85L0337
Environmental inspections
G7 Halifax Summit 1995: Environmental considerations
Fight against serious environmental crimes
Decision on behalf of the EC, of an amendment to the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters
Directive on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (the ‘ELD’)
Environmental information, public participation & justice
Environmental protection through criminal law (replacing Directive 2008/99/EC)
Access to justice in environmental matters
LIFE Environment Instrument: Amendment to Regulation EEC/1973/92
Extension of LIFE Financial Instrument to 2006 (Amendment: Reg 1655/2000)
Revision of LIFE programme
Environment, Security and Foreign Affairs
Biological Diversity
Amendment: LIFE Financial Instrument for the Environment (Reg 1655/2000/EC)
Implementation of environmental directives
Resolution on the Kyoto Conference objectives
LIFE: Romania's participation in environmental financial instrument
Environmental aspects of enlargement negotiations