conservation status

as defined in Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April…, Article 2, point (4) (Definitions)

‘conservation status’ means:

(a)

in respect of a natural habitat, the sum of the influences acting on a natural habitat and its typical species that may affect its long-term natural distribution, structure and functions as well as the long-term survival of its typical species within, as the case may be, the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies or the territory of a Member State or the natural range of that habitat;

The conservation status of a natural habitat will be taken as ‘favourable’ when:

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its natural range and areas it covers within that range are stable or increasing,

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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

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the conservation status of its typical species is favourable, as defined in (b);

(b)

in respect of a species, the sum of the influences acting on the species concerned that may affect the long-term distribution and abundance of its populations within, as the case may be, the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies or the territory of a Member State or the natural range of that species;

The conservation status of a species will be taken as ‘favourable’ when:

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population dynamics data on the species concerned indicate that it is maintaining itself on a long-term basis as a viable component of its natural habitats,

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the natural range of the species is neither being reduced nor is likely to be reduced for the foreseeable future, and

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there is, and will probably continue to be, a sufficiently large habitat to maintain its populations on a long-term basis;

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