This study presents illustrative habitats and species in need of spatial connectivity, in
support of EU-transboundary protected areas management and in line with Green …

This study is an update of first analysis done in 2018 and presents a more complete
selection of Annex I habitats and species in need of spatial connectivity, in support of EU …

Abstract The EU's Green Infrastructure Strategy aims at developing a strategically planned
network of natural and semi-natural areas to support the maintenance of ecosystem services …

Natura 2000, the largest protected area network worldwide, covers 18.2% of the European
Union's terrestrial area. Thereby, the network surpasses the goal of the Convention on …

Despite the protected area expansion over the last decades, biodiversity continues to
decline. The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, as well as the Kunming-Montreal Global …

The green infrastructure (GI) concept was developed to mitigate habitat fragmentation. The
European Union (EU) defines GI as “a strategically planned network of natural and semi …

Twenty years after the world's nations agreed upon the Convention on Biodiversity, there is
still a global decline in biodiversity. At present it seems unlikely that the Aichi Targets of …

Natura 2000 targets the sustainable conservation of Europe's biodiversity. An important
cornerstone of Natura 2000 is the Habitats Directive, which is currently implemented across …

1.1 Background To underpin the EU2020 Biodiversity Strategy adopted in 2011, the
European Council has committed itself to a long-term vision and mid-term headline target:“to …

Approaches to nature conservation have expanded from mainly species approach in the mid-
eighteenth century to landscape-scale and ecosystem services-based approaches today …