1. Natura 2000: points of information
Habitats Committee
Meeting of 13/05/11
Agenda item 9 a)
Natura 2000: points of information

2. Overview on presentation
User Manual for the delivery of national Natura 2000 databases to the Commission
Habitats Directive community list 2011
Sufficiency of the Natura 2000 network
Current Extent of the Natura 2000 network

3. A. User Manual for the delivery of national Natura 2000 databases to the Commission
Purpose:
provide clear rules / guidance
facilitate data-management
improve data-integrity (reduce discrepancies between community lists and Natura 2000 database)
Data-integrity/consistency has gained importance as Natura 2000 database is published (viewer) and downloadable.
Remember: database is source of community list production
Now: 2nd version (Version 1.1, April 2011)
Comments received by DE
Revised version 1.2 to be produced by mid-June 2011, “alive document”.
Published on the Biodiversity Data Centre

4. B. EU Habitats Directive community list 2011
Next Community list (Nov. 2011) based on SCI site data submitted by the Member states until Nov. 2010
March 2011: Change reports with questions were submitted to 17 Member States: AT, BE, CY, CZ, DE, ES, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, NL, PL, SE, UK
23 May 2011: evaluation of the replies received
Summer 2011: Interservice consultation + (if relevant) request for corrected data sets
26 September 2011: vote in Habitats Committee
November 2011: expected date of publication of “Union lists” 2011

5. C. Update on the sufficiency of the Natura 2000 network (Habitats Directive sites only)
Assessment categories

6. Terrestrial part of Natura 2000 (SCIs only)

7. Marine part of Natura 2000 (SCIs only)

8. D. Current Extent of the Natura 2000 network (data as of January 2011)
Total number of Natura 2000 sites EU27: sites
Total area covered: km2
Terrestrial: km²
Marine:
17,5 % of terrestrial surface of EU covered by Natura 2000 sites (equals DE+FR+DK)

11. Natura 2000 Main Ecosystems Natura 2000 & Corine Land Cover 2006

12. Issues with obtaining information on SAC designation
The 6 year period has expired for a large amount of SCIs (this can be derived from Commission Decision dates)
Commission seeks an overview whether MS have actually designated their SACs.
Problem:
The Commission can only check the situation based on the information given in the Natura 2000 Standard Data Form (SDF)
The date of SAC designation in the SDF seems not to be well updated by many MS.
Site codes, names and boundaries have changed for many sites (>1000), which makes the tracking of 6-year deadlines difficult

15. Useful links
Natura 2000 Public Viewer:
DG-ENV: Natura 2000 other data and resources:
CIRCA-Natura
Bidodiversity Data Centre:
Thank you for your attention!