1. ARTICLE 17 REPORTING: SUMMARY OF MAIN RESULTS
4th Meeting Coordination Group for Biodiversity and Nature 12 February 2009
ARTICLE 17 REPORTING:
SUMMARY OF MAIN RESULTS
Carlos Romão
Manager, ETC/BD

2. Overview of this presentation
Recalling article 17 reports
Some issues with data
Article 17 Technical Report
Some examples of analysis done
Conclusions

3. … recalling Article 17 report (i)
Conservation status of
216 habitats (Annex I)
1 182 species (Annexes II, IV, V)
For each biogeographical region (7) and marine region (4)
EU 25, period
Background information: range, area, population, future prospects, structure & functions
Trends, pressures & threats

4. … recalling Article 17 report (ii)
In total Member States delivered:
2 756 reports of conservation status for habitats
6 064 reports of conservation status for species
Main results summarised in National summaries & checklists
All data available at

5. … recalling Article 17 report (iii)
Regional assessments made by ETC/BD
701 assessments for habitats
2 240 assessments for species
MS & ETC assessments submitted to an 'on-line' public consultation
Data sheets made for each assessment
Audit trails made when needed

6. Some data issues (i) High number of 'unknowns', mainly for species
Trends & trend magnitude: very little reported
Marine species & habitats: the big ‘dark’ blue
Quality of data needs improvement: very little is coming from monitoring
Further harmonisation & standardisation needed

7. Some data issues (ii)
Example:
'density' of habitats (number per grid cell) from distribution maps provided by MS
… LIMITS TO DATA QUALITY AND PRECISION HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT TO AVOID MAJOR ERRORS IN ANALYSIS

8. Art.17 Technical Report
All data and information available at the Article 17 website
A series of papers summarising main statistics and analysis will be available soon
An overview of Article 17 reporting
Habitats and species covered by the Art 17 report
Data completeness quality & coherence
Introduction to the MS assessments
Checklists Explanatory Note
Consultation Notes
Consultation statistics
Introduction to Biogeographical assessments
Overview of biogeographical assessments
Overview of conservation status
Some specific analysis
Measures for strict protection regime
Control systems for incidental killing
Taking and exploitation Annex V species

9. Some analysis (i)
Habitats Species

10. Some analysis (ii)
Conservation status of HABITATS & biogeographical regions

11. Some analysis (iii)
Conservation status of SPECIES & biogeographical regions

12. Some analysis (iv)
Conservation status of HABITAT GROUPS

13. Some analysis (v)
Conservation status of SPECIES GROUPS

14. Some analysis (vi)

15. Some analysis (vii)

16. Thank you for your attention
In conclusion…
A baseline about conservation status is now (finally!) available
Limitations due to data quality (monitoring & harmonisation) and gaps
Further analysis possible
Good potential for assessments
Caution in drawing conclusions…
Thank you for your attention