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Area of habitats protected by the Habitats Directive (Annex I)
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Area of Annex I habitat types per group, protected by the Habitats Directive (Annex I) in the EU28.
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Surface areas as reported by Member States and rounded to the nearest 100 km2. The area reported for Romania is overestimated: the reported area correspond to 127 % of the terrestrial area of this Member State.
- State of nature in the EU - Results from reporting under the nature directives 2013-2018 (Table 3.1, p.39), European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Conservation status of habitat types and species: datasets from Article 17, Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC reporting, European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Cyprus
- Portugal
- Spain
- Malta
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Netherlands
- Austria
- Belgium
- Germany
- Luxembourg
- Ireland
- France
- Slovakia
- Czechia
- Italy
- Slovenia
- Greece
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Finland
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Poland
- Romania
- Croatia
- United Kingdom
2013-2018