APPENDIX 4
Status of implementation of Natura 2000
in the EU Member States as at December 1998
Annex I to Memorandum of 28 April 1999 by
WWF-UK (Interim Report, evidence pp 1-7)
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURA 2000 IN
THE EU MEMBER STATES DECEMBER 1998
ABBREVIATIONS USED:
EC=European Commission; SCI=Site of Community
Importance; pSCI=proposed SCI; HD=Habitats Directive; MS=Member
State(s).
1. Status of the national lists of proposed
SCIs
M
E
M
B
E
R
S
T
A
T
E
| Number of Sites of Community Importance proposed under the Habitats Directive;
In Italic:
number of SPAs under the Birds Directive
| Percentage of national land area/l.a.+marine area/m.a. covered (proposed SCIs only)
| National area (land+marine) in km2 covered by proposed SCIs;
In Italic:
by SPAs
| Average size of km2 of proposed SCIs
In Italic:
of SPAs
| Value of the official list of proposed SCIs, according to the European Commission
In Italic:
Value of SPA lists
| "New quality" value of the list of SCIs according to NGOs
| Ratio official sites/shadow sites |
Threatened pSCIs |
A
U
S
T
R
I
A
| 90 (113 with double status sites)
58
| 11% | 9,125
11,333
| 101.38
195.39 | — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms incomplete or partially trasmitted
— classification incomplete
— incomplete information and area maps or partial transmission
| 2,254 km2 of "new quality sites" |
113 pSCI/63
shadow sites | About 20 shadow sites are threatened (hydro-electric power plants and golf sites, ski-tourism, highway projects . . .)
|
B
E
L
G
I
U
M
| 101
36 | 2.4% l.a.
0.5% m.a.
| 908
4,313 | 8.99
114.8
| — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification complete
— incomplete information and area maps or partial transmission
| about 0% | no shadow list yet
| Not known |
D
E
N
M
A
R
K
| 194
111 | 6.6% l.a.
17.2% m.a.
| 10,259
9,601 | 52.88
86.49
| — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification complete
— information complete for transmitted sites; area maps computerised and coherent for transmitted sites
| almost none | no shadow list
| Problem with private-owned forests/only state forests have been claimed under HD
|
F
I
N
L
A
N
D
| 415
15 | 7.6%
| 25,599
967 | 61.68
64.46
| — partial but insufficient national list
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms incomplete or partially transmitted
— classification notably insufficient
— no transmission of information nor of area maps
| About one tenth is "new quality" |
shadow list not yet ready | Probably 5 to 15 sites threatened by road, harbour, mining development plans
|
F
R
A
N
C
E |
652
107a complement of pSCIs to be sent in January 1999 (up to 800 sites)
| 2.5% land area
0.3 marine area
(the new list should cover 4%)
| 15,200
7,600 | 23.31
71.02
| — partial but insufficient national list
— site maps incomplete or partially transmitted and no Natura 2000 form transmitted
— classification notably insufficient
— incomplete information or partial transmission; area maps complete for transmitted sites
| | about 8/10 expected in the new list to be presented
| A lot of pSCIs are not already protected which does not mean they are threatened
|
G
E
R
M
A
N
Y
| 602
551 | 1% l.a.
1.4% m.a.
| | 8,704
14,121
| 14.45
25.62 | — partial but insufficient national list
— site maps complete for transmitted sites but Natura 2000 forms incomplete or partially transmitted
— classification incomplete
— incomplete information and area maps or partial transmission
| |
|
G
R
E
E
C
E |
230 (264 with double status sites)
52
| 17% l.a.
2.5 m.a. | 25,745
4,965
| 111.93
95.48 | — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification incomplete
— information and area maps complete for transmitted sites
| already protected sites are included in the national list of pSCIs. However, the ratio seems to be towards "new quality"
| 264/27 (but WWF-GR will add some new sites to their shadow list)
| Yes. The conservation status of the pSCIs isn't clear, especially for new sites and without prior conservation status. No management body is responsibile for protected areas in Greece yet. So these "new" protected areas are protected only on paper.
|
I
R
E
L
A
N
D
| 48
109 | 0.8%
| 542
2,226 | 11.29
20.42
| — partial but insufficient national list
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification incomplete
— incomplete information or partial transmission; area maps computerised and coherent for transmitted sites
| | 48/214
| At least 23 pSCIs are damaged or threatened by mudflat and dune reclamation, peat extraction, infra-structure building . . .
|
I
T
A
L
Y | 2,480
108
| 15.3% | 46,074
4,530
| 18.57
41.94 | — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification notably insufficient
— incomplete information and area maps or partial transmission
| about 2/3 is "new quality"
| | Yes |
L
U
X
E
M
B
O
U
R
G
| 38
6 | 13.6%
| 352
14 | 9.2
2.3
| — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification notably insufficient
— information and area maps computerised and coherent for transmitted sites
| |
| |
N
E
T
H
E
R
L
A
N
D
S
| 76
28 | 6.7% l.a.
11.1% m.a.
| 7,330
3,448 | 96.44
123.14
| — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification incomplete
— incomplete information or partial transmission; area maps complete for transmitted sites
| |
| |
P
O
R
T
U
G
A
L
| 65
36 | 12.6% l.a.
0.6% m.a.
| 12,150
3,323 | 186.92
92.30
| — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification incomplete
— incomplete information or partial tranmission; area maps complete for transmitted sites
| | 65 official pSCIs/91 shadow SCIs
| All 91 shadow sites are very important for conservation and should be included in the official list. The ones that are not are thus potentially threatened.
|
S
P
A
I
N | 588
170
| 13.9% | 70,250
33,191
| 119.47
195.24 | — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps complete for transmitted sites but Natura 2000 forms incomplete or partially transmitted
— classification incomplete
— incomplete information and area maps or partial transmission
| |
| Yes. There are cases of pSCIs (and existing SPAs) threatened by damaging projects but number or source of threat difficult to say.
|
S
W
E
D
E
N |
1.449
275 | 9.3%
| 42,241
22,658 | 29.15
82.39
| — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps complete for transmitted sites but Natura 2000 forms incomplete or partially transmitted
— classification incomplete
— no transmission of information; area maps complete for transmitted sites
| |
| |
U
K | 330
180
| 3.4% l.a.
3.6% m.a. | 16,877
7,493
| 51.14
41.62 | — substantial national list but information still incomplete
— site maps and Natura 2000 forms complete for transmitted sites
— classification incomplete
— incomplete information or partial tranmission; area maps complete for transmitted sites
| all pSCIs are already protected under the UK 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act
| according to WWF-UK's sample shadow list, the official list should be three times bigger than it is now
| Yes. A number of pSCIS which are under threat have not been sent to the Commission others have (eg, Cairngorms).
|
Source: WWF National Organisations (for Portugal: WWF-MEDPO,
for Ireland: Irish Peatland Conservation Council), the European
Commission, DGXI.D.2.
Notes:
(i) For bold figures of officially transmitted
SCIs, Commission figures have been used in preference to National
Organisations'. Some NOs give a pSCI figure that includes sites
that have the double status of pSCI/SPA.
(ii) "New quality" is derived from a comparison
of the number of pSCIs that are already somehow protected with
the number of pSCIs that will gain new protection from their inclusion
in Natura 2000.
(iii) "Shadow lists/sites" as produced by WWF
NOs.
Status of implementation of Natura 2000 in the EU Member
States— December 1998
STATUS OF IMPELEMENTATION OF NATURA 2000 IN THE EU MEMBER
STATES
| 2. Communications on HD/Natura 2000
| 3. Legal aspects
| 4. Financial aspects
|
M
S
T
A
T
E
| Access to information | Specific info from M.S. authorities to stakeholders of proposed SCIs?
| M.S. general communications on Natura 2000 to the public?
| Status and accuracy of legal transposition of the HD in national law?
| Known current complaints for breaches to the HD?
| M.S. budget for nature conservation?
| LIFE funding going to pSCIs? |
A
U
S
T
R
I
A
| rather good | only in regions where conservation projects are already running, stakeholders have been informed
| a folder has been made by the Länder governments. Some organised workshops and information events
| HD has not yet been transposed into the national law on hunting and fishing. Only 4 Länder governments have sufficiently transposed the HD in their nature conservation laws.
| 3 complaints concerning 3 important sites in Austria (Lechtal, Obere Drau, Ennstal)
| 408 million Schilling | 434 million Schilling
|
B
E
L
G
I
U
M
| rather bad | |
no | no | not known
| 1,360 million BF (Walloon and Flemish Regions only)
| |
D
E
N
M
A
R
K
| rather good | only through the press but a programme of information (general) to stakeholders has been initiated by the Ministry
| through newspapers, a new Internet page has been launched:
www.sns.dk/natur/
habitat; a book is planned
| as of 15 November, a new special regulation for the Birds Directive/Ramsar sites and the HD enters into force.
| no answer | impossible to assess
| but not much |
F
I
N
L
A
N
D
| rather good | yes | yes: tens of conferences, maps, leaflets, both at local and national level
| has been transposed fully and accurately |
some | only for implementation of HD: 3.2 billion FIM
| 75 million FIM for last three years |
F
R
A
N
C
E |
rather good | yes, it has been done
| no information | a new law proposed will nearly complete the juridical system
| no information | increase of the overall environment budget in 1999: 110% (will reach 0.3% of the M.S. budget); increase of the nature protection budget:+22% (amounting to 654.5 million FF)
| no information |
G
E
R
M
A
N
Y
| rather bad | no answer | Bad: Natura 2000 is considered a threat to economic development
| yes | no answer | Länder competence, so difficult to get the figures
| no information |
G
R
E
E
C
E |
rather good | Not really.
There is still a lot of confusion about the future of pSCIs.
| A series of one-day conferences was orgainsed in each prefecture for relevant sites; maps and information accordingly
| No, has not been transposed. Greece is going to receive a formal notice for failing to notify measures to implement the HD— despite a court ruling against it in June 1997
| in 1997: 4 complaints, WWF involved in one of them (Nestos river). 1998: no data but WWF involved in 2 new complaints submitted at the end of the year
| 0.09% of the MS budget allocated to environment through the Community Support Framework
| 16 projects that started from 1995 onwards with a total budget of 18,624,224 ECUs (EU covers from 65-75%)
|
I
R
E
L
A
N
D
| non-existent | For SPAs only and rather badly
| They have, rather badly, on SCIs and SPAs |
The HD has been transposed in the European Communities Regulations 1997, but until the sites are officially designated, the regulation will not come into force
| approximately 10 complaints and a European Court ruling is due in December 1998
| 24 Irish Pounds × 10,000,000 in 1998 (Book of Estimates)
| contract 1-1-96 to 31-3-1999: 879,800 ECUs from the EU
|
I
T
A
L
Y | non-existent
| no | No. In Italy, the only awareness raising project about Natura 2000 is the one carried out by WWF
| It is not well defined | no official data
| for the last available year, 1995, the Environment budget was 2,443,000,000 Italian Liras.
| Since 1992, 67 LIFE projects have been financed. 50% in Natura 2000 sites. LIFE amount for 1997: ECU 4,702,905
|
L
U
X
E
M
B
O
U
R
G
| no data | id | id
| id | id | id |
id |
N
E
T
H
E
R
L
A
N
D
S
| na | na | na |
na | na | na | na
|
P
O
R
T
U
G
A
L
| rather bad | no | no
| yes, the HD is already transposed into the national law directly from the Directive
| currently none, because NGOs and the general public have no info about the process, so it seems that everything is all right but it is not.
| 0.35% of the national budget goes to the ICN (the Portugese Nature Conservation Institute)
| In 1998, the LIFE/Nature has ECU 6,000,000 for 4 pSCIs in Portugal and 3 pSCIs in Azores/Madeira. Last years' biggest project funded was the ICN ECU 7,000,000 project of defining the SCIs reference list
|
S
P
A
IN | rather bad
| not yet | some regional governments have organised meetings with NGOs etc. Otherwise nothing.
| No. Article 12 is not correctly transposed |
Not known | impossible to calculate
| 11.23 million ECU of LIFE projects in Spain during 1994-1997
(4 years). All LIFE/Nature projects must be in SPAs/SCIs
|
S
W
E
D
E
N |
na | na | na |
| | the Government is increasing the budget for new protected areas (90% goes to forest protection) and will spend more or less 500 Million SKr annually in the future. (But only some of the WWF forest shadow sites are likely to be included in Natura 2000)
| |
U
K | rather good
| Yes. The UK consults "owners and occupiers" about the pSCIs but it is not sure whether it includes all stakeholders
| The UK hosted a Conference "Natura 2000— a Partnership" in Bath, in June 98 + various publications. But the Government was not positive about involvement in WWF-UK's workshops on "raising understanding about the HD". This will be pursued.
| The HD has been transposed into UK law via the "Conservation (Natural Habitats) Regulations" of 1994. There are inadequacies in this legislation which are the subject of a complaint to the EC (dated 1994)
| Not known how many in total. WWF currently has 4 complaints outstanding about the Cairngorms, Cardiff Bay, Orton Bricks and the transposition case.
| na | na |
EU Habitats Directive-Status of implementation in Member
States— WWF barometer— December 1998
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