• The Habitats Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) is a directive...
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    importance of sites in their country for habitats and species based on criteria defined in the Habitats Directive. Stage 2 assesses the member country sites...
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    the most seriously threatened habitats and species across Europe. The Habitats Directive complements the Birds Directive adopted in 1979, and together...
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    Birds Directive and Habitats Directive are the legal instruments which evaluate the conservation status within the EU of species and habitats. NatureServe...
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    Wolf (category Habitats Directive Species)
    European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Appendix II) and the 1992 Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora...
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  • Birds Directive is one of the EU's two directives in relation to wildlife and nature conservation, the other being the Habitats Directive. The Habitats Directive...
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    Leucobryum glaucum (category Habitats Directive Species)
    Leucobryum glaucum, commonly known as leucobryum moss or pin cushion moss, is a species of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a wide distribution...
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    Lycopodium (category Habitats Directive Species)
    Lycopodium (from Greek lykos, wolf and podion, diminutive of pous, foot) is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedars, in the...
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    A directive is a legal act of the European Union that requires member states to achieve particular goals without dictating how the member states achieve...
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    Ruscus aculeatus (category Habitats Directive Species)
    Ruscus aculeatus, known as butcher's-broom, is a low evergreen dioecious Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of...
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    Dracaena draco (category Habitats Directive Species)
    Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira...
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  • Asphodelus bento-rainhae (category Habitats Directive Species)
    Asphodelus bento-rainhae is a species of asphodel, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. Two subspecies are recognised: Asphodelus bento-rainhae subsp. bento-rainhae...
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    Olm (category Habitats Directive Species)
    annexes II and IV of the 1992 EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). The list of species in annex II, combined with the habitats listed in annex I, is used by...
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    Pyrenean ibex (category Habitats Directive Species)
    region until the mid-19th century. Pyrenean ibex tended to live in rocky habitats with cliffs and trees interspersed with scrub or pine trees. However, small...
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    The Data Protection Directive, officially Directive 95/46/EC, enacted in October 1995, was a European Union directive which regulated the processing of...
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    Common frog (category Habitats Directive Species)
    The common frog or grass frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic...
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    Galanthus nivalis (category Habitats Directive Species)
    Galanthus nivalis, the snowdrop or common snowdrop, is the best-known and most widespread of the 20 species in its genus, Galanthus. Snowdrops are among...
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    Freshwater pearl mussel (category Habitats Directive Species)
    durrovensis. This subspecies is mentioned in annexes II and V of Habitats Directive as Margaritifera durrovensis. The freshwater pearl mussel is one of...
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    Chamois (category Habitats Directive Species)
    subspecies of chamois are strictly protected in the EU under the European Habitats Directive. The species R. rupicapra is categorized into seven subspecies: The...
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    Eurasian otter (category Habitats Directive Species)
    populations, and partly to direct legal protection under the European Union Habitats Directive and national legislation in several European countries. In Hong Kong...
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    Brown bear (category Habitats Directive Species)
    ideal for their lifestyle. The brown bear is mostly found in forested habitats, and can be found in elevations of 5,000 m (16,000 ft). It is omnivorous...
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    Corsican red deer (category Habitats Directive Species)
    The Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus), also known simply as the Corsican deer or Sardinian deer, is a subspecies of red deer (Cervus elaphus)...
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    Arnica montana (category Habitats Directive Species)
    helps the plant to survive the extreme overwintering condition of its habitat. In addition, Arnica forms rhizomes, which grow in a two-year cycle: the...
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  • Cyprus grass snake (category Habitats Directive Species)
    The Cyprus grass snake (Natrix natrix cypriaca) is an endangered subspecies of the grass snake (Natrix natrix) and is endemic to the island of Cyprus....
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    Lucanus cervus (category Habitats Directive Species)
    Vulnerable. Lucanus cervus is registered in the second appendix of the Habitats Directive of the European Union from 1992, which requires that member states...
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    Siberian flying squirrel (category Habitats Directive Species)
    European Union, the squirrel is under the protection of the EU's 1992 Habitats Directive. The EU, Finland and Estonia have responded with a six-year, 8.9 million...
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    Wolverine (category Habitats Directive Species)
    115. Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved...
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  • in the European Union's Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora...
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    Helix pomatia (category Habitats Directive Species)
    the IUCN red list. However, it is listed in the Annex V of the EU's Habitats Directive and protected by law in several countries to regulate harvesting from...
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    Danube crested newt (category Habitats Directive Species)
    (appendix II) and the EU Habitats Directive (annexes II and IV), and capture, disturbance, killing, trade, and destruction of habitats are prohibited. Amphibians...
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