<p>Natura 2000 is part of the European Union: s framework to protect and preserve biological diversity. Natura 2000- areas are by the goverment appointed to areas of national interest for preserving nature. Also wind power stations are appointed as of national interest and the reason for this is the goverments goal to get energy from reneweble energysources. This essay describes when both these intrests conflict eachother when it comes to building wind power stations <em>within</em> Natura 2000- areas. The main focus of this essay is a casestudy of two cases from two different counties, Dalarna- and Norrbotten county, where applications have been made to build wind power stations within existing Natura 2000- ares, both cases have reached the court dealing with enviromental issues. In Dalarna county the court dealing with enviromental issues said no to the application and in Norrbotten the court said yes but in both cases simular factors seem to have been determining the outcome. For instance seem the Natura 2000 protection to be of minor consideration and rather <em>what kind</em> of habitats and biotopes that could be damaged in case of putting up a wind power station park and <em>how</em> these habitats and biotopes would be affected seems to have been the main focus. In Dalarna county the area is consisting to onehundered percent of the priority biotope western taiga and in Norrbotten the area holds different types of biotopes of which some are counted as prioritied biotopes. The amount of energy produced have also been in focus when judgement have been made in the two cases. The fact that both wind power stations and Natura 2000 are of national interest seem to have been of no consideration and the conflict between these two interests does not seem to have been in focus in the two cases.</p>

Natura 2000 is part of the European Union: s framework to protect and preserve biological diversity. Natura 2000- areas are by the goverment appointed to areas of national interest for preserving nature. Also wind power stations are appointed as of national interest and the reason for this is the goverments goal to get energy from reneweble energysources. This essay describes when both these intrests conflict eachother when it comes to building wind power stations within Natura 2000- areas. The main focus of this essay is a casestudy of two cases from two different counties, Dalarna- and Norrbotten county, where applications have been made to build wind power stations within existing Natura 2000- ares, both cases have reached the court dealing with enviromental issues. In Dalarna county the court dealing with enviromental issues said no to the application and in Norrbotten the court said yes but in both cases simular factors seem to have been determining the outcome. For instance seem the Natura 2000 protection to be of minor consideration and rather what kind of habitats and biotopes that could be damaged in case of putting up a wind power station park and how these habitats and biotopes would be affected seems to have been the main focus. In Dalarna county the area is consisting to onehundered percent of the priority biotope western taiga and in Norrbotten the area holds different types of biotopes of which some are counted as prioritied biotopes. The amount of energy produced have also been in focus when judgement have been made in the two cases. The fact that both wind power stations and Natura 2000 are of national interest seem to have been of no consideration and the conflict between these two interests does not seem to have been in focus in the two cases.