BSEP116B Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea - Helcom

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N2K HEL N2K HEL N2K HEL N2K HEL N2K HEL N2K HEL N2K HEL HEL N2K HEL
Sandbanks
3
3
3
XX
2
3
2-3
3
Estuaries
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2-3
2
Mudflats or
sandflats
3
3
3
3
3
P
3
2-3
Coastal
lagoons
3*
3*
2
2*
2*
2*
2*
2-3*
3
Large
shallow
inlets
3
3
2
3
Reefs
3
3
3
XX
2
3
3
Submarine
structures
2-3
Baltic esker
islands
P
2
3
Baltic
narrow
inlets
* These results represents the assessment of biotope complex Lagoons .
3
3
N2K: Conservation status of Natura 2000 habitat types.
Bad Inadequate Favourable
HEL: Threat status according to HELCOM 1998. 0 Completely destroyed 1 Immediately threatened
2 Heavily endangered
3 Endangered P
Potentially endangered
Presumably not endangered
Table 2.2.1. Overview of the conservation status of the Baltic Sea marine Natura 2000 habitats in comparison
to the HELCOM threat assessment (HELCOM 1998). For a more detailed assessment, see Annex III.
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in Annex I of the EU Habitats Directive (European
Commission 2007). The first comprehensive
reporting of Baltic Sea EU Member States on the
conservation status of Natura 2000 natural marine
habitat types 2 to the European Commission is summarized
in Table 2.2.1. A more detailed description
of the comparison is provided in Annex III of this
report.
In the same table, these results are compared to
the threat assessments given in the HELCOM Red
List of Biotopes (HELCOM 1998). The assessment
of HELCOM biotopes includes all Baltic Sea littoral
countries, i.e., all nine countries including Russia.
The most important results of the assessment
according to Table 2.2.1 are:
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According to the Habitats Directive, the status of a
habitat is favourable when (1) its natural range and the
areas it covers within that range are stable or increasing,
and (2) the specific structure and functions which are necessary
for its long-term maintenance exist and are likely
to continue to exist for the foreseeable future, and (3) the
conservation status of its typical species is favourable.
Sandbanks: The conservation status is favourable
in three EU Member States, inadequate in
two, and bad and unknown in one each. According
to the EC reports and HELCOM (1998), this
natural habitat type is not present in Lithuania.
The threat situation is heavily endangered in one
country, endangered in five, and between endangered
and heavily endangered in another country.
According to HELCOM (2007b), sandbanks are
widespread throughout the whole Baltic Sea area
and occur in all HELCOM sub-regions. They are
threatened and/or declining mainly in the southern
Baltic Sea area.
Estuaries: The conservation status is favourable in
three EU Member States, and inadequate or bad in
two each. According to the EC reports, this natural
habitat type is not present in Latvia. The threat
situation is heavily endangered in three countries
and endangered in five. In one case, the threat
category was assessed as between endangered
and heavily endangered. According to HELCOM
(2007b), estuaries are present around the whole