The Favourable Conservation Status Of Annex IHabitats HabitatsDirective

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The Favourable Conservation Status Of Annex
I-Habitats(Habitats-Directive)

• Report About The Handling of the Directive In
  Germany
• Albert Lang
• Twinning SK2002/IB/EN/03
• Bratislava, 20.01.04

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Content

• 1. The Term Favourable Conservation Status
• 1.1. In The Habitats Directive
• 1.2. In The Document Standard Data Form -
  Explanatory Notes Notes
• 2. Handling of the Directive In Germany
• 3. Two Examples Habitat types 6520 and 9160

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1. The Term Favourable Conservation Status1.1.
In The Habitats-Directive

• 1.1.1. Intension of the Directive Prologue, Art.
  2 (2)
• 1.1.2. Definition of the term Art. 1 (e) ? Annex
  III A(c) ? Explanatory Notes, 1 (i) ? Annex III B
  (b) ? Explanatory Notes, 1 (k)
• 1.1.3. Proposition for protection and site
  selection Art. 3 (1), Art. 4 (4), Art. 14
  (1)?Art. 11 ? Art. 17
• 1.1.4. Financial matters Art. 8 (2)
• 1.1.5. Re-introduction of Annex IV-species Art.
  22

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1.2. In The Document Standard Data Form -
Explanatory Notes Notes

• The value of a given Habitat Type in a site
  depends on three criteria
• Representativity Annex III A (a)
• Relative Surface Annex III A (b)
• Conservation Status Annex III A (c)

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1.2. In The Document Standard Data Form -
Explanatory Notes Notes

• The criterion Conservation Status is summed up to
  the grades
• A excellent
• B good
• C average or reduced

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1.2. In The Document Standard Data Form -
Explanatory Notes Notes

• The criterion Conservation Status consists of
  three sub-criteria
• Degree of conservation of the structure
• Degree of conservation of the functions
• Restoration possibilities
• The first and the last sub-criteria demand
• best expert judgement

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2. Handling of the Directive in Germany

• In Germany the three sub-criteria of the Notes
  are implemented to
• Completeness of the typical habitat structures
• Completeness of the typical species of the
  habitat
• Degradations

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2. Handling of the Directive in Germany

• Grades of Conservation Status

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2. Handling of the Directive in Germany

• Some additions of the sub-criteria of
  Conservation Status

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2. Handling of the Directive in Germany

• Recommendations of the Working Group Grassland

• Mapping of the habiatat types building complexes
• Mapping of fauna not obligatory
• Degradations reasons reference list
• Survey of habitat types within and beyond the SCI
• Surveillance at least all 6 years
• The surface of the habitat type is not part of
  the conservation status

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2. Handling of the Directive in Germany

• Recommendations of the Working Group Grassland

• In some cases (i.e. habitat type 6210) the
  contact-biotopes are integrated into the
  assessment
• For each habitat type structures have to be
  listed. The grades have to be described as exact
  as possible
• For each habitat type the typical plant-species
  (animals if possible) a regional list has to be
  worked out
• The worst of several grade parameters predominates

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? The Conservation Status - A Short Overview
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3. Two Exemples Habitat Types 6520 91603.1.
Habitat Type 6520 Mountain hay meadow

• Various examples of the grading-system have been
  worked out by the German States
• Range between expert judgement and fixed
  criteria-lists in manuals (Example typical
  species)