Databases

Data on wetlands of international importance, including peatlands, across Europe. Includes ecological character, threats, and management information.

Map of the Natura 2000 network (the sites' borders and the sites' Standard Data Forms) for the year 2022, as provided by the EU Member States. For Denmark, the viewer shows the data from the year 2017, for Germany the data is from the year 2019.

Information on the status and location of Annex I Directive habitats. This content provides a hierarchical classification of habitats based on the Annex I of the EU Habitats Directive, which identifies and protects natural habitat types of community interest. The classification groups habitats into broader categories for organization while allowing users to explore specific sublevel habitat types.

The Ramsar List was established in response to Article 2.1 of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971), which reads: “Each Contracting Party shall designate suitable wetlands within its territory for inclusion in a List of Wetlands of International Importance, hereinafter referred to as ‘the List’ which is maintained by the bureau [secretariat of the Convention] established under Article 8.” Wetlands included in the List acquire a new status at the national level and are recognized by the international community as being of significant value not only for the country, or the countries

Alcanzar un grado de conocimiento adecuado de la ubicación y delimitación de un espacio y de su estado de conservación es la única manera de detectar posibles cambios en el mismo. Los inventarios nacionales de humedales facilitan la información esencial requerida en la que fundamentar la formulación de políticas de conservación, gestión y restauración, y por lo tanto deben ser una prioridad. En este contexto, la legislación española prevé, en dos de sus leyes básicas (Ley del Patrimonio Natural y la Biodiversidad y Ley de Aguas), la elaboración de un inventario nacional de zonas húmedas.