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Adaptation to climate change<br> Legal challenges for protected areas

Utrecht Law Review, 2009
Climate change will cause further loss of biodiversity. As negative effects are already taking place, adaptive measures are required to protect biodiversity from the effects of climate change.
An Cliquet, Chris Backes, Jim Harris, Peter Howsam   +3 more
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Contribution of GIS and Geochemical Proxies to Improving Habitat Identification and Delimitation for the Natura 2000 Network: The Case of Coastal Lagoons in Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula)

Applied Sciences, 2020
The Natura 2000 network is an ambitious European project aimed at nature conservation. Nevertheless, the identification and delimitation of habitats is a complex task and simultaneously essential for correct ecosystem management.
Alejandro Gómez-Pazo, Augusto Pérez-Alberti, Pedro Fraga-Santiago, Martin Souto-Souto, X. L. Otero   +4 more
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Is the ‘bat population’ an operational concept for statutory species conservation?

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
In the European Union (EU), all bat species are legally protected by the Habitats Directive (HD). Especially the goal of keeping or restoring a favourable conservation status for protected species and habitats is an outstanding innovation in the law of ...
Cosima Lindemann, Andreas Kiefer, Martin Koch, Alexander Proelss, Michael Veith   +4 more
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Public participation in the implementation of the Natura 2000 network in Italy: the stakeholders’ experiences

Forest@, 2017
Public participation in the implementation of the Natura 2000 network in Italy: the stakeholders’ experiences. Natura 2000 is an ecological network of protected areas identified by the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and the Birds Directive (79/409/EC ...
Paletto A, Graziani A, Brescancin F, De Meo I   +3 more
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The first finding of a Habitats Directive species Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vertiginidae) from the Republic of North Macedonia

Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2023
Five adults and one juvenile specimens of Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830 (narrow-mouthed whorl snail) were found near Dunjska River, Mariovo for the first time in the Republic of North Macedonia.
Ivaylo Dedov, Slavcho Hristovski, Trajche Mitev   +2 more
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Relational databases for plants and habitat types monitoring under Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitat Directive): an example from Campania (Italy).

Plant Sociology, 2022
The implementation of the Habitat Directive (Dir. 92/43/EEC) entails gathering a large amount of field data. As for monitoring activities, along with spatial data (GIS data), tabular data regarding habitat, plant and animal species population size, and pressures and threats acting on them are collected.
Annalisa Santangelo, Gabriele de Filippo, Valeria Rossetti, Sandro Strumia   +3 more
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Dos and Don’ts for butterflies of the Habitats Directive of the European Union

Nature Conservation, 2012
Twenty-nine butterfly species are listed on the Annexes of the Habitats Directive. To assist everyone who wants or needs to take action for one of these species, we compiled an overview of the habitat requirements and ecology of each species, as well as ...
Chris van Swaay, Sue Collins, Goran Dušej, Dirk Maes, Miguel López Munguira, Laszlo Rakosy, Nils Ryrholm, Martina Šašić, Josef Settele, Jeremy Thomas, Rudi Verovnik, Theo Verstrael, Martin Warren, Martin Wiemers, Irma Wynhoff   +14 more
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High-latitude EU Habitats Directive species at risk due to climate change and land use

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
The Habitats Directive of the European Union is a key legislative instrument in Europe, supporting the conservation of rare, threatened or endemic species.
Risto K. Heikkinen, Linda Kartano, Niko Leikola, Juha Aalto, Kaisu Aapala, Saija Kuusela, Raimo Virkkala   +6 more
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Recorded and potential distributions on the iberian peninsula of speciesof Lepidoptera listed in the Habitats Directive

European Journal of Entomology, 2014
. Using data on the known Iberian distributions of 10 species of Lepidoptera listed in the Habitats Directive referenced to the 10 × 10 km UTM grid, we determined their potential distributions and their relationships with selected bioclimatic factors ...
Helena ROMO, Edgar CAMERO-R., Enrique GARCÍA-BARROS, Miguel L. MUNGUIRA, José MARTÍN CANO   +4 more
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Bryophyte diversity as an indication of habitat quality in two special areas of conservation on the outskirts of Vilnius (Verkiai Regional Park)

Botanica, 2022
The research results on bryophyte diversity in two special areas of conservation (Environs of Lakes Žalieji and Ežerėliai Complex ) included into the Natura 2000 network and occurring on the outskirts of Vilnius are presented.
Ilona Jukonienė, Monika Kalvaitienė, Agnė Bagušinskaitė   +2 more
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