Seminar on defining Favourable Conservation Status Presentation of the Danish Approach for defining

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Seminar on defining Favourable Conservation
Status Presentation of the Danish Approach
for defining and assessing FCS By Karina
Kitnaes, Bio/consult Ltd.
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The Danish Approach
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• Definition and description of the habitat types
  (interpretation manual)
• Selection designation of pSCIs
• Assessment on current conservation status of
  habitat types species
• Criteria and indicators for favourable
  conservation status
• National monitoring programme NOVANA to meet the
  requirements of securing FCS

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The Habitat Types
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The Designated SCIs SACs
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• 254 sites
• 61 habitat types (11 prioritised)
• 44 species (2 prioritised)
• List of habitats species
• List map of the sites
• Incl. reasons for designation
• Incl. site borders

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108 - Maden på Helnæs og havet vest for
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1903 Mygblomst (Liparis loeselii) 1110
Sandbanker med lavvandet vedv. dække af
havvand 1160 Større lavvandede bugter og
vige 1170 Rev 1210 Enårig vegetation på stenede
strandvolde 1220 Flerårig vegetation på stenede
strande 1230 Klinter eller klipper ved
kysten 1330 Strandenge 3130 Ret næringsfattige
søer og vandhuller med små amfibiske planter
ved bredden 3140 Kalkrige søer og vandhuller med
kransnålalger 6120 Meget tør overdrevs-/skræntve
g. på kalkh. sand 6210 Overdrev og krat på m/m
kalkh. bund (vigtige orkidélokaliteter) 6230
Artsrige overdrev eller græsheder på m/m sur
bund 6410 Tidvis våde enge på mager/kalkrig bund,
ofte med blåtop 7220 Kilder og væld med
kalkholdigt (hårdt) vand 7230 Rigkær 91E0
Elle- og askeskove ved vandløb, søer og væld
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Continued N2K process
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• Defining FCS
• Conservation and management of Natura 2000 sites
• Monitoring

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The assessment ofconservation status(www.dmu.dk
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Assessment of current conservation status
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The Criteria for FCS(www.dmu.dk)
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Selection of criteria for defining FCS shall be
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• capable of providing basis for monitoring FCS
• biological relevant serve as basis for nature
  protection (management related)
• understandable based on scientific responsible
  simplifications
• operational in practical management and lay down
  starting point for monitoring methods
• quantitative
• First define on national level, then on local
  site level!

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Selection of indicators to the Criteria for FCS
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• For each habitat type species, a set of
  indicators shall be developed which together is
  regarded as sufficient for an evaluation of the
  conservation status
• Each indicator shall specify
• the characteristics they describe
• the mesurable parametres which are used
• the thresholds which have to be met for
  species/habitat types is regarded as in FCS

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For Habitat Types on National Level
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• Same criteria on national level for all habitat
  types
• a) area distribution (size/no - stabil or
  increasing)
• b) structure function (FCS on 70-75 of sites)
• c) characteristic species (distribution area not
  decreasing, stabil or increasing occurance)
• Same indicators on national level for all habitat
  types
• Evaluation of FCS is done for each habitat
  type/species on national level by the total area
  with FCS compared to total distribution area.
• Categories of conservation status 1) favourable,
  2) unfavourable, or 3) destroyed

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Nationallevel
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Monitoring and reporting
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• When the Natura 2000 sites are designated, it is
  a national responsibility
• to maintain/achieve FCS on national level
• to report FCS for habitat types and species to
  the EU every 6 years
• The monitoring system needs to
• monitor conservation status of the habitats and
  species for which a N2K site has been designated!
• evaluate each habitat types/species on national
  level as favourable, unfaurable or destroyed
• In case of large N2K site and if considered
  necessary
• to develop and implement a site management plan

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The Danish Monitoring Programme - NOVANA
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• Until 2005
• no national monitoring of terrestrial habitats
  and species
• long-term monitoring of fresh and marine
  waters, but not focus on habitat
• types)
• From 2005
• New national monitoring programme to meet
  requirements of
• WFD and N2K
• Sub programmes relevant for N2K
• Monitoring of 18 (14) terrestrial habitat types
  150 species
• Monitoring of freshwater water courses
• Monitoring of lakes
• Monitoring of marine and coastal water

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NOVANA implementing partners
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NOVANA - dataflow
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Thanks!
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