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European Habitats Directive has fostered monitoring but not prevented species declines

Conservation Letters, 2023
Strong biodiversity declines have been reported across the European Union, especially in insects, despite conservation policy such as the Habitats Directive that aims to halt biodiversity loss. Using 50 years of observational data, we examined indicators
Eva Katharina Engelhardt, Diana E. Bowler, Christian Hof   +2 more
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Building the European Union’s Natura 2000 network

Nature Conservation, 2012
In the second half of the 20th Century there was a growing awareness of environmental problems, including the loss of species and habitats, resulting in many national and international initiatives, including the creation of organisations, such as the ...
Douglas Evans
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Habitats Directive in northern Italy: a series of proposals for habitat definition improvement [PDF]

Plant Sociology, 2023
Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) is the cornerstone of nature conservation in Europe and is at the core of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. There is room, however, for its improvement, at least for northern Italy, where ambiguities in the definition ...
Gianmaria Bonari, Michele Dalle Fratte, Michele Lonati, Marco Caccianiga, Cesare Lasen, Stefano Armiraglio, Matteo Barcella, Gabriella Buffa, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini, Andrea Mainetti, Luca Miserere, Giuseppe Oriolo, Alberto Selvaggi   +12 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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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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Current status of habitat monitoring in the European Union according to Article 17 of the Habitats Directive, with an emphasis on habitat structure and functions and on Germany

Nature Conservation, 2018
Since the beginning of the 1990s, monitoring of habitats has been a widespread tool to record and assess changes in habitat quality, for example due to land use change.
Götz Ellwanger, Stephan Runge, Melanie Wagner, Werner Ackermann, Melanie Neukirchen, Wenke Frederking, Christina Müller, Axel Ssymank, Ulrich Sukopp   +8 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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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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Conservation status of Italian coastal dune habitats in the light of the 4th Monitoring Report (92/43/EEC Habitats Directive) [PDF]

Plant Sociology, 2020
Coastal dunes are among habitats with the worst conservation status on a global, European and national scale. Monitoring and reporting are of strategic importance to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of Habitats Directive and to preserve ...
Irene Prisco, Claudia Angiolini, Silvia Assini, Gabriella Buffa, Daniela Gigante, Corrado Marcenò, Saverio Sciandrello, Mariacristina Villani, Alicia T.R. Acosta   +8 more
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Occurrence, distribution and bibliography of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820 (Hirudinea, Hirudinidae) in Sicily (Italy) [PDF]

, 2019
The occurrence of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana in the inland waters of Sicily has been lately overlooked. In the present note, the occurrence and distribution of this species is reviewed based both on the review of the available literature data and
Canale D. E., Marrone F.
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