1. Copenhagen Technical Meeting on Protected Areas in Europe
EEA – CoE - UNEP WCMC Coordination
Copenhagen
28 August 2013

2. Items of interest Emerald
Bern Convention Species and Habitats lists (Resolutions, Newly proposed Species and Habitats ….)
European Diploma
(Biogenetic Reserves Data Base)
Others: s.a. background data: distribution maps for species and habitats; N2000 viewer; Digital version of the CoE Potential Vegetation Map ?

3. Emerald Sites Candidate sites (only on CoE webpage)
Adopted Sites (full database and GIS)
Designation types at National level (ENP)
Data from Biogeographical process (conclusions data base, Reservations, Reference list, ….)
Data delivery on CDR and QA/QC reporting
Data entry software (cfr. N2000 software)

4. Emerald Sites 37 Adopted Sites for Switzerland
Database on CDR: CNTRYCH.MDB
Site Boundary Data (also on CDR)
Can be included in the EUNIS sites module

5. Designation (protection) Types at National Level
See provisional list for 7 ENP countries in word doc
How to integrate in ECDDA, WDPA and EUNIS sites module ?
Can CoE help with searching for the right contacts for the inventory on designated areas ?
Database on CDR: CNTRYCH.MDB
Site Boundary Data (also on CDR)
Can be included in the EUNIS sites module

6. Data from Biogeographical process
Integrate in EUNIS search modules for species and habitats:
Reference list
(Conclusions data base)
(Reservations)

7. Data delivery on CDR (ReportNet)
Continuation of the successfully initiated delivery process under the first ENP project
Adding more delivery rules
QA/QC automated process: cfr. N2000 ?

8. Data entry software (cfr. N2000 software)
Main issues for transformation to Emerald
Visibility aspects: logo, titles, references to documents,
Replace reference databases for species (Res. 6), Habitats (Res. 4), Administrative Regions Codes (amended NUTS), Designation Types list, ….
Need for debugging and assistance during transformation
Need for training during launch of software
Helpdesk

11. Bern Convention Newly proposed Species and Habitats
See separate note on status
Link with Species 2000 work on Taxonomic Name Services: list of species of policy concern ??
Habitats:
link to EUNIS habitat classification governance

12. Additional species proposed to be added to the BC Resolutions
MSAccess database for 7 ENP countries _proposed_species_merged – final.mdb
Summary document: _proposed_species_merged summary.doc

13. European Diploma New version will be available in autumn
To be included in EUNIS Sites module and WDPA
Links from CoE webpage to Information Form available in EUNIS (see example)

14. Biogenetic Reserves To be deleted from the EUNIS sites module
Store it as a downloadable database with historical data

16. Others
GIS and collection principles for Distribution Maps on species and habitats (cfr. Art. 17 and 12)
Emerald data viewer as an equivalent for the N2000 viewer ???
Assistance to further development of the EUNIS system to better incorporate Bern Convention and CoE issues

17. Distribution maps for species and habitats

20. Websites to open during presentation

21. Thank you very much

22. N2000 and Emerald Implementation

23. Area Statistics (Km²) EU-27 (Natura2000): 4.325.675
Emerald (21 countries):
ENP:
West-Balkan:
Others:
(CH, IS, NO, MA, TN, TR, etc.)
Source for Area: Wikipedia

24. Number of Res. 6 Species and Res. 4 Habitats per country
Total*
Taxonomic group AM AZ GE BY MD RU UA
683
Plants 7 10 12 19 90 49 29
Amphibians 1 2 3 4
208
Birds
118
119
112 73 51
146
110 79
Fish 5 8 17
138
Invertebrates 24 60 25 63
Mammals 15 18 35 23 30
Reptiles 6
Species Total:
155
168
160
143 83
359
232
179
Habitats, Res. 4 16 32 93 98
* Total number of species or habitats within the annexes and resolutions

25. The Emerald Network coverage (2011)
Country
Number of sites
Total AREA (ha)
% country coverage
Albania1 25
,00
18,20
Armenia² 9
,28
7,68
Azerbaijan² 10
,42
11,46
Belarus² 12
,00
4,39
Bosnia-Herzegovina1 29
,00
4,90
Croatia1,4
957
,00
38,70
FYR of Macedonia1 35
,00
29,30
Georgia² 20
,50
8,42
Moldova² 17
,00
12,24
Montenegro1 32
,00
17,10
Morocco3 11
,00
1,28
Norway3 93
,00
8,69
Russia²
740
,30
7,13
Serbia1 61
,00
11,60
Switzerland3 37
64 216,00
1,55
Ukraine²
151
,61
7,20