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Natura 2000:
Introducing a discussion on
identification and selection of sites
Alberto Arroyo SchnellWWF International12th October 2005 ©WWF-Canon / Krista SORMUNEN
Previous hypothesis
Bosnia Hercegovina is an EU candidate / accession country
Therefore:
• Legislation has to be transposed
• If needed, annexes of both Directives are being adapted
• National lists are under preparation
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Experience fromlatest enlargement processes
• No transition periods for nature legislation
• Prepare national lists to be ready by accession
• Art.6.2/3/4 applies by accession
• Adaptation of the annexes of both directives
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Legal obligationsfrom the designation
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Natura 2000 designation
• Two different processes;– different
selection criteria;– different
objectives;– overlapping
designation; • Legal impacts;• It does matter for
conservation what is the form of designation
SPA
SCI/SAC
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The Birds Directive and the IBA Programme
• The IBA programme has originally aimed at identifying potential SPAsin the EU;
• Today it is the global tool for priority setting for site-based bird conservation.
• The IBA inventories widely used by the CEC to challenge Member States for insufficient desig-nation of SPAs (11 of 15)
‘A’Global
‘B’Europe
‘C’European Union
Threatened spp. A1: Globallythreatened
B2: One of ‘n’ mostimportant for aSPEC1-3 sp.
C1: Globally threatened[= A1]
Restricted-range spp. A2: Endemic spp.
Assemlages ofbiome-restricted spp.
A3: Biome restrictedspp.
Congregations A4i: ≥ 1% of biogeogr.pop. of a waterbirdsp.;
A4ii: ≥ 1% of global pop.of seabird or othersp.;
A4iii: ≥ 20,000 waterbirdsor ≥ 10,000 pairs ofseabird;
A4iv: ≥ 20,000 storks,raptors or cranes
B1i: ≥ 1% of flywaypop. of a waterbirdsp.;
B1ii: ≥ 1% of a distinctpop. of seabirdsp.;
B1iii: ≥ 1% of a flyway orother distinct pop.of other congr.sp.;
B1iv: ≥ 5,000 storks or≥3,000 raptors orcranes
C2: 1% of flyway or EUpop. of an Annex Isp. [≈B1];
C3: 1% of flyway or EUpop. of a non-Annex I migratorysp. [=B1];
C4: ≥ 20,000 waterbirdsor ≥ 10,000 pairs ofseabird [=A4iii];
C5: ≥ 5,000 storks or≥3,000 raptors orcranes [=B1iv];
C6: top 5 site for anAnnex I sp. in theNUTS reg.
Others B3: One of ‘n’ mostimportant forSPEC4 sp.
C7: SPAs selected basedon other ornith.criteria [n/a]
SCIs designation follows
• 4 phases
– Proposal of Member states (1 list per region)
– Evaluation in biogeographic seminars (1- 3 loops)
– Improvement of National Lists
– Bilateral negotiations (member states and EC)
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SCIs designation basics
• Based on scientific background (annexes)
• Includes discussion with stakeholders in a transparent procedure: the Biogeographicseminars
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SCIs designation criteria• Annex III-A of the Directive establishes some general criteria:
• Habitats:– Representativity– % area respect to the total national area– conservation status– global assessment
• Species:– Size and density of the population (respect to national population)– conservation status– isolation of the population– global assessment
• Priority habitats and species
• Some guidelines from the EC help for this purpose
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What needs to be protected?National reference list:
• Which habitats and species from the Annexes of the HD are present in your country? (anything relevant at the EU level missing?)
• Is the Habitats interpretation manual adapted to your country (very technical phytosociological information)?
• The Habitats interpretation manual allows to very broad interpretation: it could be enough to ensure national subtypes are included
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Identification of sites:some ideas
Use of inventories• e.g. ES: 1:50.000 habitats inventory (based on
phitosociology)• e.g. HR: Habitat mapping on the whole territory of Croatia
(9ha units, remote sensing + field work)
Use of existing information (scientific evidence, knownlocations, expert opinions)
• e.g. all over: use of known locations (non published expert cites) for the site designation process, use of scientific articles…
Focusing on known spots• e.g. BG: inventory of known best areas (40% of their
territory)
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Data collectionACTIONS
- contact experts
- collectinformation
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS• sometimes narrow field of expertise
=> many experts to be contacted• different regions => even more experts• specialists often not reluctant to give
their data => write motivating letterwith engagement of correct use ofdata
• differences in data quality• which parts of the total distribution
area are essential?• data not always recent (< 10 years ?)
Data collectionACTIONS
- Put togetherinformation
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS• absence of estimations of total
area/habitat• lack of precision of data• difficulty to estimate the % covered by
a habitat type • interpretation of the ‘interpretation
manual’ (e.g. for degraded habitats)
Identification of sites:which information can we use in
your country (see annexes)? Which is the situation (availability,
gaps)
Selection of sites
• GIS: basic tool!
• EC requirement: minimum scale of 1:100.000
• Based on the scientific information; borders can be broader (different approaches)
• Stakeholder involvement (not always carried out, as the site designation is a scientific process)
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MappingACTIONS - Digitalizing
information
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS• availability of precise location• different grid systems: UTM,
Lambert,…=> PC-conversion programme=> transparent grid lines on top opmap
• absence of GIS-system=> road map + transparents (samescale)
The standard data forms• Available on Internet
• Based on the scientific information from the sites
• Digital form to be filled in, including– habitats and species present– % of habitats and species on the site, respect to national
surface of them– conservation status of the habitats and species– other information
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