Alluvial meadows of Cnidion dubii Bal.-Tul. 1966 in the Middle Oder River Valley (Natura 2000 site “Łęgi Odrzańskie”, SW Poland)

The inventory of birds was conducted in the years 2005-2010 on the Vistula River section between Dęblin (388 km of the river) and Podwierzbie (435 km of the river). The study area includes a southern section of the European Ecological Natura 2000 Site in Poland PLB140004 „Middle Vistula River Valley” (IBA, PL083). In most areas the Vistula flows here within unregulated or relatively little modified riverbed, having features of natural, lowland, braided river. Sandy islands and braid bars within the main channel, steep banks, and old riparian afforestation create the unique breeding habitats of the Vistula River Valley. Especially the river channel habitats provide suitable breeding sites for many rare bird species, constituting some of them the key-breeding sites. There are, however, fragments of several kilometers, where people transformed the Vistula River in a more visible way (Table 1). These are, among others: an urban section within Dęblin boundaries (km 388-393 of the river), a fragment adjacent to Kozienice Power Plant (km 421-426), and the area, where since 2007 gravel for the industry has been mining from the river bottom (km 426-431). The aim of this inventory was the comparison of richness and abundance of breeding bird species associated directly with the river channel on fragments mentioned above. It will allow us to estimate soberly how very the intensity of human utilization of the river affects the distribution of avifauna of the Vistula, determining the richness and abundance of valuable and/or endangered species breeding in a given area.

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The Conservation Status of Grassland Habitats Belonging to Protected Areas from Oltenia ‘Natura 2000’ Site, Romania

Notulae Scientia Biologicae ◽

10.15835/nsb749726 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 430-434

Author(s):

Daniel RĂDUŢOIU

Keyword(s):

Salt Marshes ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Natura 2000 ◽

Forest Steppe ◽

Characteristic Structure ◽

Hay Meadows ◽

Natura 2000 Site ◽

Sanguisorba Officinalis ◽

River Valleys ◽

Alluvial Meadows

In the present paper, are rendered the results of the research referring to the conservation status of the grasslands from two sites ‘Natura 2000’ located in Oltenia region, in South-Western part of Romania: ROSCI0202 Oltenia Forest Steppe and ROSCI0039 Ciuperceni - Desa. Within these sites, there are five habitats: 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatic steppes, 6260* Pannonic sand steppes, 6440 Alluvial meadows of river valleys of the Cnidion dubii, 6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) and 1530* Pannonic salt steppes and salt marshes. The investigation of the conservation status of these habitats was carried out by assessing their conservation status at EU level, namely by assigning them to one of the four categories – “favourable”, “unfavourable-inadequate”, “unfavourable-bad”, and “unknown” – according to the stated attributes for each habitat, to the threats of destruction and to the dangers that may lead to their destruction or disappearance. By applying the evaluation matrix of the conservation state of the five habitats from the two sites Natura 2000, only three of the five studied habitats have a good conservation status: 62C0* Ponto-Sarmatic steppes, 6260* Pannonic sand steppes, 6440 alluvial meadows of river valleys of the Cnidion dubii. The habitat 1530* Pannonic salt steppes and salt marshes have a good-moderate status while 6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) has amoderate-poor status. Referring to the characteristic structure and functions to the type of habitat, the research revealed that in numerous areas occupied by the five habitats good conservation conditions are not good.

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Meadow plants and their chemical composition under the habitat conditions prevailing in the Pasłęka River Valley Natura 2000 site

Journal of Elementology ◽

10.5601/jelem.2019.24.3.1889 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Arkadiusz Stępień ◽

Jan Pawluczuk ◽

Arkadiusz Stępień ◽

Jacek Alberski

Keyword(s):

Chemical Composition ◽

Natura 2000 ◽

River Valley ◽

Habitat Conditions ◽

Natura 2000 Site

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Occurrence of the Green Shield-Moss Buxbaumia viridis (Moug.) Brid. in the Bieszczady Mountains of Poland

Forests ◽

10.3390/f12030374 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 374

Author(s):

Piotr Brewczyński ◽

Kamil Grałek ◽

Piotr Bilański

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Large Scale ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Natura 2000 ◽

Field Work ◽

Managed Forests ◽

Moss Species ◽

Microhabitat Preferences ◽

Natura 2000 Site ◽

Forest District

The small-sized gametophytes and sporophytes of the green shield-moss Buxbaumia viridis (Moug.) Brid. make it difficult to study. However, in Europe, there has been increasing interest in this species in the past few years, mostly as a result of the implementation of the Natura 2000 network. In Poland, B. viridis has only been reported in isolated studies that have been limited in terms of area and the number of participating workers. One of the Polish regions where B. viridis was recently recorded is the Bieszczady Mountains, but there have been no large-scale surveys of that region to date. The objective of the current work was to describe the B. viridis population in the Bieszczady Mountains in terms of its spatial distribution and abundance, investigate its selected microhabitat preferences, and evaluate the conservation status of this moss species within the Natura 2000 site Bieszczady PLC180001. The studied region encompassed 93,490.44 ha, including 69,056.23 ha of managed forests and 24,434.21 ha of forests belonging to the Bieszczady National Park. A preliminary survey was conducted in the Cisna Forest District (forest area of 19,555.82 ha) on 15–17 November 2017, while the main survey was performed in selected forest subcompartments of four forest districts—Baligród, Komańcza, Lutowiska, and Stuposiany—as well as the Bieszczady National Park from 5 to 16 November 2018. The field work consisted of searching for B. viridis sporophytes and setae and recording selected population and locality characteristics. The study led to the discovery of 353 new B. viridis localities in 202 study areas, with 9197 diploid individuals (sporophytes or setae only) growing in 545 microhabitats. The number of B. viridis localities discovered in the Bieszczady Mountains during 17 days of survey in 2017 and 2018 was two times higher than the combined number of localities previously found in Poland over more than 150 years (159 localities). Additionally, the number of sporophytes and setae identified was two times greater than their overall number in previous records. In addition, this study provides information about selected microhabitat preferences and the conservation status of this moss in the Bieszczady Natura 2000 site.

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Natura 2000 sites and fisheries in German offshore waters

ICES Journal of Marine Science ◽

10.1093/icesjms/fsn193 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 155-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Søren Anker Pedersen ◽

Heino Fock ◽

Jochen Krause ◽

Christian Pusch ◽

Anne L. Sell ◽

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Keyword(s):

Marine Mammals ◽

Fishery Management ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Natura 2000 ◽

Management Measures ◽

Favourable Conservation Status ◽

Management Plans ◽

Natura 2000 Site ◽

Environmentally Sound ◽

Fishing Impacts

Abstract Pedersen, S. A., Fock, H., Krause, J., Pusch, C., Sell, A. L., Böttcher, U., Rogers, S. I., Sköld, M., Skov, H., Podolska, M., Piet, G. J., and Rice, J. C. 2009. Natura 2000 sites and fisheries in German offshore waters.–ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 155–169. The principal objective of sites selected as part of Natura 2000 is to achieve or maintain a favourable conservation status of habitats and species named in the EU Birds and Habitats directives. In the German exclusive economic zone, the habitat types protected by this legislation are sandbanks and reefs; protected species include marine mammals, seabirds, and specific migratory fish species. The ICES project Environmentally Sound Fishery Management in Protected Areas (EMPAS) aims to answer two questions: (i) To what extent do specific fishing activities significantly threaten attainment of the conservation objectives of the Natura 2000 sites? (ii) What management measures would reduce these conflicts and how effective would they be at helping to ensure the favourable condition of these sites? Assessments of fishing impacts on Natura 2000 sites require basic data on the conservation status of individual habitats and species, as well as data for fine-scale distributions of ongoing fishing activities. This paper describes and discusses the process used by the EMPAS project in developing fishery-management plans for each Natura 2000 site in German offshore waters.

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The contribution of agent-based simulations to conservation management on a Natura 2000 site

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.11.056 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 168 ◽

pp. 27-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Hélène Dupont ◽

Françoise Gourmelon ◽

Mathias Rouan ◽

Isabelle Le Viol ◽

Christian Kerbiriou

Keyword(s):

Conservation Management ◽

Natura 2000 ◽

Agent Based ◽

Agent Based Simulations ◽

Natura 2000 Site

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The preservation status of the lichen biota in the designed Special Area of Conservation NATURA 2000 „Middle Łyna River Valley – Smolajny”

Acta Mycologica ◽

10.5586/am.2014.010 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 135-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dariusz Kubiak ◽

Paweł Czarnota ◽

Anna Zduńczyk ◽

Maria Dynowska ◽

Grzegorz Leśniański ◽

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Keyword(s):

Natura 2000 ◽

River Valley ◽

Forest Communities ◽

Lichenicolous Fungi ◽

Black Alder ◽

Alder Forest ◽

Lichen Biota ◽

Forest Division ◽

Special Area

The paper presents the list of 159 taxa, including 151 lichens and 8 saprotrophic or parasitic (lichenicolous) fungi, recorded in the designed Special Area of Conservation NATURA 2000 „Middle Łyna River Valley – Smolajny” (the Forest Division of Wichrowo). The analysed area (2953 ha) covers mostly forest communities, with natural character, associated with the valley of the Łyna river (hillside lime-oak-hornbeam forests, streamside alder-ash forest, riparian black alder forest).

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Parques eólicos, red Natura 2000 e impacto ambiental. Comentario a la sentencia del Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco de 18 de febrero de 2011 (proyecto de parque eólico de Ordunte)

RVAP 118 - Revista Vasca de Administración Pública / Herri-Arduralaritzarako Euskal Aldizkaria ◽

10.47623/ivap-rvap.91.2011.05 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 233-256

Author(s):

Agustín GARCÍA URETA ◽

Iñigo LAZCANO BROTÓNS

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impacts ◽

Wind Farm ◽

Basque Country ◽

Natura 2000 ◽

High Court ◽

The Government ◽

Natura 2000 Site ◽

La Red ◽

Pais Vasco

LABURPENA: Iruzkinak 2011ko otsailaren 18ko epaiarekin zerikusia du. Honetan Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoko Justizia Auzitegi Nagusiak, bere egunean euskal Administrazioak Ordunten eraiki beharreko parke eolikoari buruz egindako ingurumenaren gaineko eraginaren aurkako aitorpena Zuzenbidearekin bat ez zetorrela ondorioztatu zuen. Erabilitako arrazoien artean, Auzitegiaren ustetan, Eusko Jaurlaritzak ez zituen Natura 2000 sareko gune batean egin beharreko proiektuak planteatutako eragin kritikoak modu egokian arrazoitu. RESUMEN: El comentario tiene que ver con una sentencia de 18 de febrero de 2011, en la que el Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco (TSJ) llegó a la conclusión de que la declaración de impacto ambiental (DIA) desfavorable, que dictó en su día la Administración autonómica en relación con la construcción de un parque eólico en Ordunte, no era conforme a Derecho. Entre otras razones, el Tribunal indicó que el Gobierno Vasco no había motivado de manera suficiente los impactos críticos que, en su opinión, planteaba el proyecto en una zona de la red Natura 2000. ABSTRACT: The comment concerns a judgment of the High Court of the Basque Country of 18 February 2001 that held that the unfavorable environmental declaration issued by the Basque Government regarding a wind farm was not consistent with applicable laws. The Court held, inter alia, that the Government had not provided sufficient reasons to sustain the assumption that the project embraced critical environmental impacts on a Natura 2000 site.

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The Comparative Analysis of Pressures and Threats to The Natura 2000 Sites for Wild Birds Protection - Case Studies in Wetlands in Romania and Bulgaria

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research ◽

10.2478/trser-2013-0015 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 183-192

Author(s):

Doina Cioacă

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Natura 2000 ◽

Habitats Directive ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

The European Union ◽

Natural Protected Areas ◽

Birds Directive ◽

Green Corridor ◽

Natura 2000 Site

ABSTRACT The Natura 2000 concept and wetlands protection are relatively new for Romania and Bulgaria, because they are former communist countries and, after the 1990s, had too little value placed on nature conservation in favour of infrastructure development and agriculture. The development of the European ecological network Natura 2000 on these territories has come as an obligation for accession of these countries to The European Union on 01.01.2007. During the period 2006-2009 I made an analysis for the management of protected areas along the Danube Green Corridor, between Romania and Bulgaria, especially for wetlands, similar to the results of the WWF Germany project “Lower Danube - Green Corridor (LDGC): Freshwater protected area management and freshwater restoration in Bulgaria, Romania and trans-boundary conservation along the Lower Danube”. To have a complete view of the situation of the protected areas management between Romania and Bulgaria, along the Lower Danube Green Corridor, and the perspectives for the next years, I carried out some evaluation for more than 20 Natura 2000 sites, which are alike in many ways, such as: the object of protection (Sites of Community Importance, SCI, under the Habitats Directive; Special Protection Areas for birds, SPAs, under the Birds Directive; natural protected areas of national importance for these two countries, or other natural and semi natural areas with the potential to be protected), human activities, pressures and threats, and other aspects. Later, I used these results to make a comparative analysis of the Cernica area (Ilfov County, Romania), to add another argument to include it in the Natura 2000 Network from Romania, as ROSPA0122 Cernica Lake and Forest. This analysis showed that Cernica faces approximately the same pressures and threats as other protected areas and has almost the same efficiency in management planning as the highest assessed Natura 2000 SPAs, respectively Iezer-Călăraşi in Romania and Srebarna of Bulgaria, which is an argument to establish this area as a Natura 2000 site.

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Complementary distribution of two sympatric serranids in a NATURA 2000 site in the Northern Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315414001556 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 95 (3) ◽

pp. 593-598

Author(s):

Ioannis Giovos ◽

Konstantinos Ganias ◽

Georgios Skoufas

Keyword(s):

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Aegean Sea ◽

Natura 2000 ◽

Sympatric Species ◽

Substrate Type ◽

Visual Census ◽

Underwater Visual Census ◽

Complementary Distribution ◽

Sea Bottom ◽

Natura 2000 Site

The present work aimed to investigate possible spatial and seasonal patterns in the distribution of two sympatric serranids, the painted comber, Serranus scriba and the comber, Serranus cabrilla. The research took place at a NATURA 2000 site located at Sithonia peninsula, N. Greece. Underwater visual census was used for data collection; specifically, individuals from each species were recorded along four isobathic transects of 200 m2 each, placed every 5 m and ranging from 5 to 20 m depth. A total of 27 samplings were conducted between September 2010 and August 2011. The results clearly demonstrated complementary bathymetric distributions for S. scriba and S. cabrilla, the former mostly occurring until 10 m depth, and the latter in deeper layers. This pattern was maintained during the whole season. In addition the two species exhibited differences in their preferred substrate type and their pattern of association to the sea bottom. Our results were viewed under the light of resource portioning between the two sympatric species.

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