Transcript Biodiversity perspectives from Croatia IJ

Biodiversity perspectives
from Croatia as a new Member State
Dubrovnik, November 2013
Ivana Jelenić
Nature Protection Directorate
Content of presentation
• Introduction
• Preparation of the Natura 2000 proposal in
Croatia
– with reference to the negotiation process in nature
protection and „informal rules”
• Consultations on the Natura 2000 proposal
• Biogeographical seminar
• Next steps
– ecological network impact assessment (ENIA) and
new Nature Protection Act
– Natura 2000 management
– monitoring and reporting
• Financing Natura 2000
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Introduction
Natura 2000 – European ecological network
Birds Directive
Habitats Directive
Annex I
Regulary occuring migratory
birds (Art. 4.2.)
Annex I – habitat types
Annex II - species
National list of pSCI
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL
SEMINAR
SCI list
SPA
6 years
SAC
Natura 2000
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Introduction
EU 27
26444 sites
17,90% (land)
241 536.42 km2 (sea)
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Preparation of the N2000 proposal in Croatia
• Task of the State Institute for Nature Protection (SINP)
• Site selection criteria:
– Only scientific criteria as defined in Annex III to the
Habitats Directive and, for birds, internationally
accepted criteria defined by BirdLife International
(IBA) – rulings of the ECJ(Case C-67/99 EC vs. Ireland,
C-71/99 EC vs. Germany, C 220-99 EC vs. France, etc.)
– Selected sites must, by their coverage and
geographical distribution, allow for long term
conservation of each species/habitat type
– No specific percentage is defined – the aim is to select
the representative parts of distribution area of an
endangered habitat type or endangered species
– Each country selects proportionally to its biodiversity
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Preparation of the N2000 proposal in Croatia
• 1st phase: Collecting and interpreting available data
with assistance of scientific institutions, experts and
NGOs; GIS data - Emerald project of the CoU 2001-2003
2006 and 2008 (41.500 €); LIFE III CRO-NEN project 20032005 (535.850 €)
• 2nd phase: Organizing and financing the field research
(inventory) (State budget  5.8 mil kn)
• 3rd phase: Consultation process in 2008 and 2009
through the PHARE 2005 project „Institutional
strengthening and implementation of the ecological
network Natura 2000 in Croatia”(1.611.750 €)
• 4th phase: Further amendments to the proposal,
collection of data on marine habitats and preparation
of future project proposals related to monitoring and
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management (IPA + SFs)
Preparation of the N2000 proposal in Croatia
• National ecological network
• Emerald network
52% land, 40% sea
• Regulation on proclamation of the
ecological network (OG 109/07)
47% land, 39% sea
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Preparation of the N2000 proposal in Croatia
780 sites = 742 pSCI + 38 SPA
Regulation on ecologiocal
network (OG 124/13)
36,67% land
16,39 % sea
29,38 % total
Source: SINP,
September 2013
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Consultation on the N2000 proposal
– 2008 and 2009 – through the PHARE 2005 project
„Institutional strengthening and implementation of the
ecological network Natura 2000 in Croatia”
– Involvement of the spatial planning offices on
local/regional level (Varaždin C., Međimurje C.,
Koprivnica-Križevci C., Virovitica-Požega C., OsijekBaranja C. and Primorje-Gorski kotar C.)
– Intensive exchange of data with forestry sector (11
meetings of the WG for defining forest areas inside N2000
in period 2010-2013)
– Informing stakeholders on N2000 proposal in parallel with
the adoption of the new Nature Protection Act
(discourses and presentations: Croatian Government,
Croatian Chamber of Economy, Croatian Employers’
Association)
– Internet consultation on the elements of the Proposal on
the Regulation on ecological network (3 May -1 June
2013) based on the new NPA (NN 81/13)
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Negotiations in nature protection
• Negotiation process : July
2008 – June 2011 (Chapter
27 Environment)
• No transitional periods, only
technical adaptations of
annexes to directives (HDAnnexes I, III, IV and V; BD
-Annex II)
ANNEXES TO DIRECTIVES DO
NOT COVER NEW MEMBER
STATES !!!
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Negotiations in nature protection
• „Informal rules”:
– Biogeographical regions - possible to exclude
– Reference list – not a CHECK list
– Things that do (not) pass:
• Endemic species/habitat types – difficult, but not
impossible
• Species already present in old MS - out of question
• New taxonomic groups - out of question
• Species that were already rejected in previous
enlargements
• Adding new species to the annexes of the BD, except
on Annex II/B
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Negotiations in nature protection
• „Informal rules”:
– Things that do (not) pass:
• Habitat types – wise to cover most of the elements
through the EU Interpretation Manual of Habitat Types
• „clever amendments” - habitat types listed on the HD
are „widely” described and can cover distribution
areas of many species that a new MS would like to
add
• Species/habitats present in neighbouring (candidate/
accessing) countries can easily be added
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Negotiations in nature protection
• Results of the adaptations :
– 2 habitat types added to the Annex I of the HD: SubMediterranean grasslands of the order Trifolio-Hordeetalia and
Tufa cascades of karstic rivers
– 12 endemic, endangered and/or rare species added to the
Annex II of the HD: Dinaromys bogdanovi, Dinarolacerta
mosorensis, *Vipera ursinii macrops, Aulopyge huegelii,
Salmothymus obtusirostris, Chondrostoma knerii, Chondrostoma
phoxinus, Knipowitschia croatica, Squalius svallize, Squalius
microlepis, Proterebia afra dalmata, i *Degenia velebitica
– 4 endemic, endangered and/or rare species added to the
Annex IV of the HD: Dinaromys bogdanovi, Dalmatolacerta
oxycephala, Dinarolacerta mosorensis i Degenia velebitica
– 7 species of birds added to the Annex II/B of the BD: Alectoris
chukar, Coturnix coturnix, Corvus corone cornix, Corvus
frugilegus, Corvus monedula, Pica pica i Garrulus glandarius
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2013/17/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in
the field of environment, by reason of the accession of the Republic of
Croatia
(http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:158:0193:0229:EN:PDF)13
Biogeographical Seminar
• National list of pSCI – assessment in line with strictly
defined criteria (http://bd.eionet.europa.eu)
• Approach: „species by species” and „habitat type
by habitat type” for each biogeographical region
– Present: representatives of the new MS „defending” the
proposal (ministry/agency/institute + independent experts
– number not limited), NGOs (number is limited), ETC/BD,
EC, independent experts invited by the EC
• “Judgements”:
– IN MAJ – new MS has reported some species on the
reference list but no sites were selected in a particular
biogeographical region for that species
– IN MOD – more sites for a species is to be added
– IN MIN – species is present on proposed sites and it will be
enough to add it as a new „target feature”
– SCI RES – reserve – just for a limited period of time in order
to conduct additional research (BG and RO – 1 year)
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Next steps
• By completion of the Natura 2000 work does not end but
only begins…
• Next steps:
– Appropriate assessment of plans and projects (HD- Art. 6 Para. 3 &
4)
– Management of Natura 2000 (HD- Art. 6 Para. 1 – only
conservation measures are obligatory, not management plans!
– Monitoring and reporting (HD -Art. 11 & 17; BD-Art. 12) - on
national level, for all habitat types and all species listed on
directives for each biogeographical region
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Appropriate assessment and new Nature Protection
Act (OG 80/13)
AA of projects
SCREENING
MAIN ASSESMENT
Procedure OPI (+CM)
85-90% of projects are „screened out” in the Screening phase
AA of strategies, plans or programmes
1. SPP for which the SEA or screenig for SEA is obligatory:
Screening
- Stand alone procedure for strategies, plans and programmes for which
the SEA is obligatory OR integrated within the screening for SEA
Outcome: Decision/Opinion on acceptability of SPP or Decision/Opinion
on the need to carry out the Main assessment of SPP
Main assessment
- Need for Main assessment „triggers” the obligation to carry out the SEA!
- Main assessment integrated into the SEA procedure
- Outcome: Opinion on acceptability (with mitigation measures) or
opinion on unacceptability
2. SPP for which SEA/screening for SEA is not obligatory, AA is carried out
within the procedure of issuing the nature protection conditions and prior
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approval (Art. 20.-22. of the NPA)
ENIA statistics
Chart No.1 : Percentage of project requests per Screening, Main assessment and
OPI&CM at the level of the Ministry in period 2008 - 2013
Source: MENP, 2013
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ENIA statistics
Chart No. 2: Percentage of project requests per Screening, Main assessment and
OPI&CM at the level of the counties in period 2008 - 2013
Source: SINP, 2013
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Management of Natura 2000
NPA articles 56-57
Conservation measures are obligatory
 basic = shell be defined horizontally by ordinances for SPAs
and SACs
 additional = can be defined, if needed, with specific
management plans
Implementation of conservation measures – important
role of both PIs and legal entities responsible for
management of natural resources
Role of PIs in management
active role (national parks, strict/special reserves)
coordination/advisory role (in N2000 areas where other legal
entities are active managers)
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Management of Natura 2000
Natura 2000 management plans
not obligatory
content will be defined with Ordinance on the
content of management plans for protected
areas and procedure of its adoption (NPA, Art.
138)
 obligatory elements: analysis of the status of target features,
site conservation objectives, management goals and
indicators of achievement
one plan for more N2000 sites
adoption of the management plan–responsibility
of the PIs
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Management of Natura 2000
Project IPA 2009 Natura 2000 Management and Monitoring
(NATURA MANMON) - 1.250.000,00 €
 drafts of 6 MPs defined :
 Spačva (aluvial forest) – pSCI
 Odransko polje i Turopolje (aluvilal forests, floodplains,
migratory bird species) – pSCI and SPA
 Rijeka Sutla (fish and mussel species) – pSCI
 Lokalitet Bulji (grasslands and plant species) - pSCI
 Lokalitet Pregon (butterfly, frog and snail species) – pSCI
 Snježnica i Konavosko polje (complex of Mediterranean fields
and mountains) - pSCI
http://www.natura2000-manmon.com/ProjectSites.html
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Monitoring and reporting
 Monitoring methodology is not standardized on the
EU level, only monitoring reports are defined
problem for the EC in terms of analysis and
comparison of monitoring results
 Through the IPA 2009 NATURA MANMON project
 monitoring programmes were prepared for 3 for habitat
types and 24 species
 General design of national Natura 2000 monitoring
framework in Croatia was defined
 Future reporting
 in 2014 and 2015 - derogations under the BD and HD
(HaBiDes)
 In 2019 – HD Art. 17 report
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Financing biodiversity objectives in the 2014-2020
programming period
EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL AND INVESTMENT (ESI) FUNDS
COHESION POLICY
Structural funds
COHESION
FUND
EUROPEAN
REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
FUND
EUROPEAN
SOCIAL FUND
COMMON
AGRICULTURAL
POLICY
EUROPEAN
AGRICULTURAL
FUND FOR
RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMON FISHERIES
POLICY
EUROPEAN
MARITIME AND
FISHERIES
FUND
European Programmes
Environment and
Climate Action
LIFE
Research and
Innovation
Horizon 2020
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EFRD - What are national priorities identified ?
1. BIODIVERSITY DATA
Inventarisation and scientific research
of species and habitat types of
european importance and their
distribution
3. MAINTANCE AND RESTORATION OF
ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR SERVICES
map and assess state of ecosystem
services and their economic value
Restore degradaded habitats
(demining)
5. EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS
ACTIVITIES
 education and promotion of the value
of biodiversity, nature and ecosystem
services
Communication of Natura 2000 to
general public
2. NATURA 2000 MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
develop and implement management
framework for Natura 2000 areas including
establishment of supporting mechanisms
species’ action plans, including measures for
conservation
prevention of damage caused by strictly
protected animals and develop and
implement measures that will improve their
coexistence with humans
4. INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES (IAS)
risk assessment procedures
identify and prioritise IAS and their pathways
control or eradicate priority IAS species
manage pathways to prevent the
introduction and establishment of new IAS
research activities
6. PROTECTION AND CARE FOR STRICTLY
PROTECTED SPECIES
rescue centre for strictly protected animal
species
procedures for species recovery and
programs for seized species
EAFRD and AES - progress till today
MENP (within NIP project)
component “Consulting
services for Support to
Agri‐Environment Scheme”
Working group established
(MENP, SINP, MA, Paying
agency for Agriculture,
Agricultural Advisory Service,
Agricultural Land Agency,
NGOs)
How the priorities were
selected?
• Expert basis (SINP) –
prioritization of species and
habitat types related to/ or
dependent on agricultural
land
• Draft proposal of AE
measures for nature
protection (May 2013)
National priorities identified
Horizontal measures for
 grasslands
 arable land (wildflower
strips)
 meadow orchards and
traditional olive grows
 landscape elements
(hedgerows and stone
walls
 carp fish ponds
 development of nature
protection plans for 100
selected farms
Pilot measures for
protection of particular
species
(corncrake and large-blue
butterfly)
FINANCING BIODIVERSITY OBJECTIVES IN THE 2014-2020 PROGRAMMING
PERIOD
EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL
CO-OPERATION
CROSS-BORDER
CO-OPERATION
PROGRAMMES
Danube macro regional strategy
HR co-chairing PA6 Preserving
biodiversity, landscapes and the
quality of air and soils
Possibility for projects Labeling
TRANSNATIONAL
CO-OPERATION
PROGRAMMES
INTERREGIONAL
CO-OPERATION
*Till now RH partners were able to
participate only as project partners in
IPA with a limited amount of
available IPA funds
In the new financial perspective (new
programmes) they may apply as a
leading partners in all programmes!
[email protected]
www.mzoip.hr
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