1. Protected Areas in Europe: the next 50 years “Networking Data, towards Information for many“ 50 years European Diploma for Protected Areas Marc Roekaerts, Expert Consultant Pisa, 21 May 2015

2. Presentation Plan Short overview of the EDPA data base Aspects on data integration at European level Recommendations

3. Extracts from the EDPA’s Data Base 2015 update of the EDPA data base to include latest awards and also include reference to Biogeographical Regions and main Habitat information (EUNIS habitat classification)

5. Number of ED’s per Biogeo. - Region BIOGEOREGNumber of Areas Alpine20 Anatolian1 Atlantic11 Arctic0 Black Sea1 Boreal9 Continental16 Macaronesia3 Mediterranean9 Pannonian3 Steppic0

6. Number of ED’s per EUNIS Habitat level 1 codeTitle Number of sites AMarine habitats10 BCoastal habitats8 CInland surface waters27 DMires, bogs and fens28 EGrasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens 39 FHeathland, scrub and tundra32 GWoodland, forest and other wooded land52 HInland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats24 IRegularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats 3 JConstructed, industrial and other artificial habitats2 XHabitat complexes8 Draft Results

7. Number of ED’s per EUNIS Habitat level 2 FHeathland, scrub and tundra32 F1Tundra0 F2Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub17 F3Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub4 F4Temperate shrub heathland11 F5Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo- Mediterranean brushes 7 F6Garrigue0 F7Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog- heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation) 4 F8Thermo-Atlantic xerophytic scrub0 F9Riverine and fen scrubs9 FAHedgerows0 FBShrub plantations0 Draft Results

8. http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/nature/Diploma/Areas_en.asp

9. Down Top Local Regional Country International Networking Data Collecting Data flow Data Standards Bottom Up

10. Networking Data Scale and need for Harmonized Tools Localworld scale level of need Low High

11. http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/

12. Recommendation 1: fully update the EDPA data base for all sites; many data forms are based on old application forms and not in the recent format Recommendation 2: Continue the use of EEA tools to strengthen data integration and dissemination (e.g. EUNIS habitat classification, EUNIS web application on species, habitats and sites Recommendation 3: consider the use of the Bern Convention Online Reporting tool developed by UNEP- WCMC for the EDPA reporting needs ….. Recommendation 1: fully update the EDPA data base for all sites; many data forms are based on old application forms and not in the recent format Recommendation 2: Continue the use of EEA tools to strengthen data integration and dissemination (e.g. EUNIS habitat classification, EUNIS web application on species, habitats and sites Recommendation 3: consider the use of the Bern Convention Online Reporting tool developed by UNEP- WCMC for the EDPA reporting needs ….. Conclusions and Recommendations

13. Related Webpages CoE - EDPA: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/nature/Diploma/default_en.asp EEA – EUNIS: http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/ Thank you for your attention