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The ETC Biological diversity
reporting obligations, harmonisation needs
and spatial information
to support spatial assessment
Dominique Richard
Deputy manager
European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity
http://nature.eionet.eu.int/
A Consortium of nine organisations
led by the
Agency for Nature
Conservation and Landscape
Protection (AOPK, CZ)
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, FR
Estonian Environmental
Information Centre (EEIC)
(JNCC, UK)
Central Institute for
Research Applied to
the Sea, Italy
European Centre for Nature
Conservation, NL
Institute of Landscape
Ecology, SK
(WI, NL)
European Forest Institute,
(Finland)
The work undertaken by the
ETC/BD is very much driven by
reporting obligations and
commitments by countries
Support to EC and EU Member States
on Habitats and Birds Directives
Contribution to building the NATURA 2000 network
= Sites under the Habitat Directive + Sites under the Birds Directive
EU: 25 000 sites
= 17% of the EU land territory
A consolidated database including
description of sites + boundaries available
1st June 2007
This first phase of network building is in the
finalisation stage for EU 15 and progressively
expanding to EU 10 + 2
Support to EC and EU Member States on Habitats Directive
Assistance to reporting on the conservation status of species and
habitats of the Habitat Directive (Art. 17)
• A new phase of the Habitat Directive
• Countries to report every 6 years on conservation status of
habitats and species listed in annexes
• First report due by all countries this year
• = 1500 species and habitats of European concern
• Unfavourable – Bad
• Unfavourable - Inadequate
• Favourable
(also ‘unknown’)
EIONET PRIORITY DATA FLOW on Biodiversity
The only one for biodiversity
= Collection of data on Nationally designated areas (nature reserves,
national parks, regional parks etc..)
As part of the Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA)
85 000 sites, from 38 countries
,
Boundaries from 25 countries
«Kiev resolution» on biodiversity under the
Pan-European « Environment for Europe » process
Reporting on progress in the Pan-European ecological network
= Overview of main activities related to ecological netwoks at various levels
NATURA 2000 sites
Nationally
designated areas
= core areas of the PanEuropean Ecological
Network (PEEN)
Core areas
(Naturilis) &
green
background
landscape
(Corilis with
GLC2000)
+ major roads
«Kiev resolution» on biodiversity under the
Pan-European « Environment for Europe » process
Mapping the « High Nature Value areas » (contribution)
Potential HNV farmland according
to minimum Corine2000 selection
(green) and Natura2000 network
(purple)
DRAFT!!
Reporting on progress on the 2010 target
to halt biodiversity loss
Streamlining European Biodiversity Indicators for the 2010 target (SEBI 2010)
25 headline biodiversity indicators have been selected, 3 of which are related
to spatial dimension
•Trends in extent and composition of
selected ecosystems in Europe
• Changes in patch size
distribution of natural areas
• Status and trends in the
fragmentation of river systems
Contribution to ecosystem accounting
and ecosystem assessment
Help clarifying concepts and applications of ecosystem services in Europe
• Participe as stakeholders in relevant scientific networks and projects
•
Rubicode: testing the notion of Service Provisioning Unit
•
ALTERNET: Long term Ecological and Sociological research
•
French ecosystem accounting
•
SENSAT?
Contribution to classification of European ecosystem services according
to MA
In project: test the relevance and applicability at a European scale of a
Species Community Specialisation Index (CSI)
Ex: France: combining data on
common bird monitoring with
land use data (TERRUTI)
Devictor et Al, 2006
Combine species atlas data integrating
the degree of species community specialisation per grid 50 x 50 km
DUMMY
Conclusions
Large amount of data now available through reporting on
Birds and Habitats directive, including on conservation
status
In addition, large data set on nationally designated areas,
including boundaries
Agreement on a set of Biodiversity indicators will
streamline further types of data
Ecosystem assessment and ecosystem accounting driven
by the foreseen EURECA 2012 project
Thank you for your attention!
Moltes grácies per la seva atenció!
Muchas gracias por vuestra atencion!