Technical Meeting on Protected Areas in Europe EEA

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

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; N 2000 viewer; Digital version of the Co. E Potential Vegetation Map ?

Emerald • • • Sites ü Candidate sites (only on Co. E webpage) ü 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. N 2000 software)

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

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 Co. E help with searching for the right contacts for the inventory on designated areas ? ü Database on CDR: CNTRYCH. MDB ü Site Boundary Data (also on CDR)

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

Data delivery on CDR (Report. Net) ü Continuation of the successfully initiated delivery process under the first ENP project ü Adding more delivery rules ü QA/QC automated process: cfr. N 2000 ?

Data entry software (cfr. N 2000 software) • Main issues for transformation to Emerald ü Visibility aspects: logo, titles, references to documents, ü Replace reference databases for species (Res. 6), Habitats (Res. 4), Administrative Regions Codes (amended NUTS), Designation Types list, …. ü Need for debugging and assistance during transformation ü Need for training during launch of software ü Helpdesk

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

Additional species proposed to be added to the BC Resolutions Ø MSAccess database for 7 ENP countries 201111_proposed_species_merged – final. mdb Ø Summary document: 201111_proposed_species_merged summary. doc

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

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

Others Ø GIS and collection principles for Distribution Maps on species and habitats (cfr. Art. 17 and 12) Ø Emerald data viewer as an equivalent for the N 2000 viewer ? ? ? Ø Assistance to further development of the EUNIS system to better incorporate Bern Convention and Co. E issues

Distribution maps for species and habitats

Websites to open during presentation • http: //www. coe. int/t/dg 4/cultureheritage/nat ure/econetworks/default_en. asp • http: //eunis. eea. europa. eu/index. jsp • http: //www. coe. int/t/dg 4/cultureheritage/nat ure/Diploma/default_en. asp • http: //cdr. eionet. europa. eu/

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N 2000 and Emerald Implementation

Area Statistics (Km²) EU-27 (Natura 2000): Emerald (21 countries): ENP: West-Balkan: Others: (CH, IS, NO, MA, TN, TR, etc. ) Source for Area: Wikipedia 4. 325. 675 7. 649. 605 4. 991. 251 264. 373 2. 393. 981

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

The Emerald Network coverage (2011) Country Albania 1 Armenia² Azerbaijan² Belarus² Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 Croatia 1, 4 FYR of Macedonia 1 Georgia² Moldova² Montenegro 1 Morocco 3 Norway 3 Russia² Serbia 1 Switzerland 3 Ukraine² Number of sites 25 9 10 12 29 957 35 20 17 32 11 93 740 61 37 151 Total AREA (ha) 522 430, 00 228 814, 28 992 515, 42 912 241, 00 250 455, 00 2 666 762, 00 754 383, 00 586 831, 50 414 230, 00 240 077, 00 572 820, 00 3 350 369, 00 28 225 414, 30 1 021 078, 00 64 216, 00 4 329 081, 61 % country coverage 18, 20 7, 68 11, 46 4, 39 4, 90 38, 70 29, 30 8, 42 12, 24 17, 10 1, 28 8, 69 7, 13 11, 60 1, 55 7, 20