Data-flo

ws u

nd

er EU

legislatio

n –

To

ols an

d in

form

ation

systems

Danny C

harbonneauN

atura 2000 Unit

DG

Environment

Presen

tation

overview

Legal context

O

verview of data flow

concepts and processes

A look at the existing EU biodiversity dataflow

s

Streamlining dataflow

s: comm

on tools for reporting, access to data, etc.

Interoperability: cross-them

atic initiatives at EU-level

R

esources

Legislatio

n: T

he N

ature D

irectives

The EU

’s policy on nature conservation consists of two legal

instruments:

The C

ouncil Directive 79/409/E

EC

on the protection of wild birds (april

1979) -- Birds D

irective

The Council D

irective 92/43/EE

C on the conservation of natural habitats

and of wild fauna and flora (m

ay 1992) -- Habitats D

irective

Two pillars to the H

abitats Directive:

S

pecies & habitats protection provisions – valid on all territory / sea of a

MS

S

ite protection provisions – Natura 2000

O

ver 220 habitat types (Annex I) &

over 1.000 species of C

omm

unity interest (Annex II, IV, V)

"all areas that are protected under the B

irds and Habitats D

irectives form

an ecological network know

n as NATU

RA 2000. The m

ain purpose of this netw

ork is to maintain or restore the habitats and species at a

favourable (good) conservation status (FCS) in their natural

range".

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/legislation/index_en.htm

From

legislatio

n to

data

The D

irectives provide provisions for Mem

ber States to m

onitor and report on the progress of conservation status of species and habitats (H

abitats Directive A

rt 11 & 17;

Article 12 of B

irds Directive)

The D

irectives foresee the creation of the Natura 2000

ecological network:

Form

at for documenting sites: S

tandard Data Form

(Com

mission

Decision 1997)

S

DF is grow

ing from a designation docum

ent to a “monitoring”

instrument →

evaluating the contribution of Natura 2000 to the

achievements of the objectives set out in A

rt. 3 of the Habitats

Directive

D

erogation reporting (Birds D

irective Art 9, H

abitats D

irective Art 16)

C

ompensatory m

easures (Habitats D

irective Art. 6)

Rep

ortin

g &

Dataflo

ws

Bio

diversity d

ataflow

s un

der E

U-leg

islation

http://natura2000.eea.europa.eu

Stream

linin

g d

ataflow

s 1

C

omm

on platform for delivering data:

O

nline reporting platform, part of E

ionet - European E

nvironment

Information and O

bservation Netw

ork

Central D

ata Repository (C

DR

)

Any kind of electronic form

at

Country folder structure

R

eporting Obligation D

atabase (RO

D): docum

ents the legal obligation and reporting guidelines

C

ountry focal points per obligation

Public or restricted

N

ot only EU

obligations but many others: R

amsar, H

elsinki Convention,

Berne C

onvention,

http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/

Stream

linin

g d

ataflow

s 2

Com

mon platform

s for finding/organising/distributing data

Data C

entres (Biodiversity, A

ir, Water, Land U

se, Clim

ate change etc.)

http://ww

w.eea.europa.eu/them

es/biodiversity/dc

Information system

s

http://biodiversity.europa.eu/

Web M

ap Services): http://discom

ap.eea.europa.eu

Map S

ervices

Web

Map

Services (W

MS

)

Intero

perab

ility: INS

PIR

E, S

EIS

& G

ME

S

IN

SPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Inform

ation in Europe)

a comm

on framew

ork for annotating and sharing geographic data between M

ember

States - a S

patial Data Infrastructure

O

bligations for publishing metadata, data specification, setting up netw

ork services (discovery, dow

nload, viewing, transform

ation, etc.)

Entered into force M

ay 2007, to be implem

ented over the coming years

(Implem

entation Rules)

C

overs 34 thematic fields, including P

rotected Sites, S

pecies Distribution, H

abitats occurrence, B

iogeographical regions

Will have im

portant consequences for EU

reporting

Criticism

: Too big? Too much?

http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

SEIS (Shared environm

ental information system

)

http://ww

w.eea.europa.eu/about-us/w

hat/shared-environmental-inform

ation-system

GM

ES (Global M

onitoring for Environment and Security)

E

arth Observation &

Rem

ote sensing for mapping, m

onitoring, reporting

joint initiative of the European C

omm

ission and European S

pace Agency

build an efficient system

for the use of EO

technology in the fields of Environm

ent

Reso

urces:

N

atura 2000 Public Viewer: http://natura2000.eea.europa.eu

N

atura 2000 database download:

http://ww

w.eea.europa.eu/data-and-m

aps/data/natura-2000

EUN

IS: http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/

Biodiversity D

ata Centre: http://w

ww

.eea.europa.eu/them

es/biodiversity/dc

Biodiversity Inform

ation System:

http://biodiversity.europa.eu/

DiscoM

ap: http://discomap.eea.europa.eu

D

G Environm

ent website: http://w

ww

.eea.europa.eu/data-and-m

aps/data/natura-2000

Th

ank yo

u fo

r you

r attentio

n