Environment

Last February, during the Plenary in Lausanne, the issue of undertaking a statement on environmental matters was addressed.
CIVL Environmental Affairs Working Group would like NACs and concerned persons to answer a few questions…

The CIVL bureau has just reactivated its Working Group for Environmental Affairs. Its Chairman, Thomas Senac, is looking for concerned people to build a dedicated network.

Thomas Sénac, from France, was appointed to chair a new Environment Affairs Working Group.
Some first proposals were agreed upon, and Thomas will start to implement them.
He will also contact the FAI Environmental Commission chairman, Michael Goth, to find out what is expected from the new Working Group and how he can contribute to the Commission.
Contact Thomas Sénac

Sitges, Spain
Report by Riikka Vilkuna (Finland)

The FAI General Conference accepted an environmental policy statement in 1997. It states that the FAI will publish environmental Codes of Conduct for different air sport disciplines. Codes of Conduct cover e.g. considerate flying, flying site layout and operational procedures, landscaping and habitat and Nature Conservation.

Environmental Commission has written Environmental Codes of Conduct which has two parts: the first part is common to all, the second part specific advice to different air sports. The Air Sport Commissions (ASCs) were asked to review the draft. The hang gliding and paragliding part was reviewed and all who commented the draft before CIVL Plenary 1999 considered it a good document.

Lausanne, Switzerland
Report by Olli Borg (Finland)

All human activities have an impact on the environment – also flying, sports etc. The impacts vary from local to global.

Local

The local impacts have been a problem on many mountain sites (especially in national parks etc.). The local impacts may include :
- Disturbance of wildlife (eg. breeding)
- Noise