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The conservation status assessment of Natura 2000 forest habitats in Europe: capabilities, potentials and challenges of national forest inventories data
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- Key message - There is a need to improve the consistency of international information concerning the conservation status
assessment of the species and habitat types in the Natura 2000 reports. National Forest Inventories could contribute
towards a more objective and harmonised assessment although their use shows some challenges as low precision for rare
or small area habitats. Recommendations for a set of 12 structural and functional indicators are provided.
- Context - There are differences among Member States as regards applying conservation status assessment and priorities according
to the Directive on the conservation of natural habitats (Habitats Directive).
- Aims -This paper aims to analyse the consistency as regards forest habitat types reporting and the use and suitability of National Forest
Inventories (NFIs) to assess their conservation status, as well as to provide recommendations for harmonised assessments through NFIs.
- Methods - A survey was carried out concerning the use of NFI data to report within the commitments of the Habitat Directive.
The survey covered 13 European countries, accounting for 62% of forest habitat area. Additionally, case studies were carried out
in four countries.
- Results -The identification of forest habitat types and the set of quantitative and/or qualitative indicators differ between
countries. The use of NFI data is being considered in seven countries and it is expected to increase for the 2013–2018 reporting
period. The main challenges reported of use of NFI data are related to the habitat identification and their mapping, and the
monitoring frequency, design and costs (i.e. rare or small area habitats). - Conclusion - It is necessary to improve the comparability of the conservation status assessments between countries
Descrição
This article is part of the topical collection on Forest information for
bioeconomy outlooks at European level
Palavras-chave
forest biodiversity function and structure indicators international reporting vegetation reference value thresholds harmonination NFI
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Annals of Forest Science (2019) 76:34
Editora
INRA