1. CGBN
Co-ordination Group
for Biodiversity and Nature
18th meeting – 12-13/03/15
Agenda item 2.1 Progress on Target 1 Developments since CGBN of September 2014

2. Action 1 Completion and management of Natura 2000
Site designation
COM Dec on update of 6 Union SCI lists adopted in Dec 2014
>60,000 km² Marine area ES, IR, BG, LI
New Pilots on SCI and SPA designations
LFNs on SAC designation
Natura 2000 Biogeographic process
Cont/Pann/Blacksea/Step Kick-off 29/6-1/ LUX
Marine Seminar 5-7 May in Saint-Malo, FR
New contract
Several follow-up activities of previous seminars

3. Action 1 Completion and management of Natura 2000
Expert Group meeting on Natura 2000 Management
Brussels, 27/4/2015
Biogeo
Conservation and restoration objectives
FRV
Guidance docs
Marine issues
Marine expert group October
Prep Saint Malo
Designations
MPAs under MSFD
Natura 2000 and CFP

4. Action 2 Financing Natura 2000
See also items 4.1 and 8
LIFE IPs
LIFE PAF projects networking workshop 24/3/2015
Evaluation of OPs

5. Action 3 Stakeholder awareness and involvement, enforcement

6. 2015 Call for application
94 applications received
Evaluations ongoing
Citizens Award
Ceremony on Natura 2000 day 21 May 2015

7. Action 3 Stakeholder awareness and involvement, enforcement
New Guidance Docs
Natura 2000 and forests (close to be finalised)
Energy transmission facilities and Natura 2000 (idem)
Natura 2000 and Hydropower (under development, item 2.4)
Article 6 update (idem)
Large Carnivores

8. Action 4 Reporting State of Nature report Next reporting group meeting
EEA technical document, see agenda item 2.2
Commission report on the "State of Nature in the EU" in April/May 2015
Next reporting group meeting
Derogation reporting
Update of SDFs
Discussion on current and next Art 17/12 reports (reporting formats and guidelines, strucure and functions, FRV, Inspire, population units,…)

9. Agenda Expert Group on the Habitats and Birds Directives
Next meeting on 15-16/10/14
Update on Fitness Check
Reporting: Art 17 HD + Art 12 report, Derogations
Guidance docs
Birds Species Plans, Article 7 BD, list of EU Wild Birds, Illegal Killing of Birds