Conservation measures
type: ConceptScheme
notation: measures
is part of: art12 2018
registration status: Public draft
user modified: demo_user
date modified: 2018-05-14 15:57:34.0
vocabulary type: Common
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Prevent conversion of natural and semi-natural habitats, and habitats of species into agricultural land
type: Concept
notation: CA01
definition: Preventing the conversion of natural and semi-natural habitats, and habitats of species targeted by the nature directives, into agricultural land for production (arable or pasture) or into more intensively farmed land. Includes, for example, the conversion of grasslands or wetlands into arable land.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Restore small landscape features on agricultural land
type: Concept
notation: CA02
definition: The restoration of small landscape features present on agricultural land that are important to wild fauna and flora for migration, dispersal, genetic exchange or as breeding/feeding habitats. Such features can be hedges, stone walls, ponds, small woods, ecotone zones, edges around fields, ditches, natural pathways.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Maintain existing extensive agricultural practices and agricultural landscape features
type: Concept
notation: CA03
definition: Maintaining extensive agricultural management practices such as extensive grazing/mowing or traditional burning, and protecting small landscape features or elements (e.g. ecotone zones, hedges, stone walls, ponds small woods, edges around fields, ditches, ground paths). This also includes 'wildlife-friendly' management of hedges.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reinstate appropriate agricultural practices to address abandonment, including mowing, grazing, burning or equivalent measures
type: Concept
notation: CA04
definition: Reinstating agricultural practices to stop or slow down natural succession caused by the abandonment of agricultural land and/or insufficient land use. These practices can be of an agricultural nature, such as the re-introduction of grazing, or a substitute of those (e.g. use machinery to keep open habitats). This can also include conservation grazing (i.e. ecological management using agricultural practices such as grazing by domestic animals � goats, sheep, cattle, horses � without a farming purpose).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt mowing, grazing and other equivalent agricultural activities
type: Concept
notation: CA05
definition: Adapting the frequency, methods used and/or the timing of mowing/cutting of grasslands or of grazing by livestock in order to maintain/restore habitats or to avoid damage to species (e.g. nesting birds). This also includes the adaption and management of other equivalent activities (e.g. burning). Includes, for example, converting from intensively managed grassland to more extensive or reducing trampling by livestock.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Stop mowing, grazing and other equivalent agricultural activities
type: Concept
notation: CA06
definition: Stopping (or avoiding) the mowing or cutting of grasslands or grazing by livestock in order to restore habitats or to avoid damage to species (e.g. nesting birds); stopping (or avoiding) other equivalent activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Recreate Annex I agricultural habitats
type: Concept
notation: CA07
definition: Land previously used for either agriculture (e.g. arable land), forestry (e.g. popular plantation) or another use being (re)created/restored as an Annex I agricultural habitat type. Includes, for example, the recreation of an Annex I grassland from a forest plantation. This is a process that could take a long time to fully restore the habitats structure and functions.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt soil management practices in agriculture
type: Concept
notation: CA08
definition: Adaptating soil management practices (including tillage) to minimize or prevent loss of soil and its biodiversity.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage the use of natural fertilisers and chemicals in agricultural (plant and animal) production
type: Concept
notation: CA09
definition: Managing (reducing or eliminating) the use of: - fertilisers (e.g. mineral, manure, sludge) - pesticides, fungicides, seed coatings, herbicides, growth retardants, hormones and other chemicals used in plant production - rodenticides and other pest control products -wormers and other veterinary products used in animal production (e.g. diclofenac and/or other similar veterinary products). Alos includes developing and maintaining the conservation headlands or field margins.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate point pollution to surface or ground waters from agricultural activities
type: Concept
notation: CA10
definition: Reducing or eliminating point source pollution from agricultural activities to surface and ground waters (e.g. due to large scale animal breeding or storage of farmyard waste and/or checmical products).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce diffuse pollution to surface or ground waters from agricultural activities
type: Concept
notation: CA11
definition: Reducing diffuse pollution to surface and ground waters due to agricultural activities. This can also include developing and maintaining riparian buffer strips along water courses as a (spatially restricted) way of reducing 'diffuse' pollution to surface waters.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate air pollution from agricultural activities
type: Concept
notation: CA12
definition: Reducing or eliminating air pollution due to agricultural activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate marine pollution from agricultural activities
type: Concept
notation: CA13
definition: Reducing or eliminating marine pollution due to agricultural activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate soil pollution from agricultural activities
type: Concept
notation: CA14
definition: Reducing or eliminating soil pollution due to agricultural activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage drainage and irrigation operations and infrastructures in agriculture
type: Concept
notation: CA15
definition: Managing drainage and irrigation operations and infrastructures (such as surface and groundwater abstraction, construction and operation of dams or altering of hydrological flow of rivers) as well as managing or restoring the hydrological regime of drained agricultural areas (e.g. restoration of hydrological regimes of drained peatlands, hydrologically altered wetlands and freshwater habitats in agricultural areas). The management of drainage and irrigation can include the possible cessation of these activities. This measure also includes restoring other freshwater habitats or wetlands impacted by changes of hydrological functioning through activities such as building dams or surface water abstraction for agriculture.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to agricultural practices
type: Concept
notation: CA16
definition: Other measures related to agricultural practices or agriculture-related habitats not covered by the other CA measures e.g. adapting the methods and/or timing of harvesting to avoid disturbance of nesting birds.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Prevent conversion of (semi-) natural habitats into forests and of (semi-)natural forests into intensive forest plantation
type: Concept
notation: CB01
definition: Preventing the conversion of natural and semi-natural habitats, as well as habitats of species targeted by the nature directives, into forest (e.g. afforestation), preventing the conversion of natural and semi-natural forests into intensive forest plantations or monocultures.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Maintain existing traditional forest management and exploitation practices
type: Concept
notation: CB02
definition: Maintaining existing (traditional or extensive) forest management and exploitation practices to preserve habitats or habitats for species or to avoid species disturbance. This includes maintaining traditional or extensive management, for example, to secure or develop old tree stocks, the old-growth and natural decay stages of forests (that are clearly beyond regular harvesting age), coppices, pollarding or secondary forest habitats (such as oak-hornbeam forest on potential beech habitats); this also includes maintaining the measures to favour the opening of closed woodlands, to preserve or restore habitat continuity, to manage species composition, or to retain habitat tree groups. Includes also keeping aside wilderness areas. .
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reinstate forest management and exploitation practices
type: Concept
notation: CB03
definition: Reinstating (traditional or extensive) forest management and exploitation practices to preserve or to restore habitats or habitats for species targeted by the nature directives impacted by abandonment of traditional forestry use.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt/manage reforestation and forest regeneration
type: Concept
notation: CB04
definition: Adaptating or managing reforestation to restore habitats and habitats of species including for example the conversion of clear-fell plantations to long-term native woodland or the adaptation of reforestation techniques such as using natural regeneration or fire.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt/change forest management and exploitation practices
type: Concept
notation: CB05
definition: Adapting or changing forest management and exploitation practices to preserve or to restore habitats/habitats of species targeted by the nature directives or to avoid species disturbance. This can involve adapting and changing management practices in order to secure or develop old stocks of trees, to maintain coppices, to retain dead and dying trees and stumps, to favour opening of closed woodlands, to preserve or restore habitat continuity, to manage species composition, to prevent forest wildfires; but also adapting the time and duration of forestry activities to avoid disturbance of species. However this excludes the management of drainage and irrigation, which are included under CB14.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Stop forest management and exploitation practices
type: Concept
notation: CB06
definition: Stopping (or avoiding) forest management and exploitation practices to preserve or to restore habitats or habitats for species targeted by the nature directives, or to avoid species disturbance. Includes the application of non-intervention management.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Combat illegal logging
type: Concept
notation: CB07
definition: Taking measures to stop and prevent illegal logging and pressures from this illegal activity.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Restoration of Annex I forest habitats
type: Concept
notation: CB08
definition: Land previously used for agriculture (e.g. arable land), for industrial forestry plantations (e.g. poplar or eucalyptus plantations), or other land cover being restored or (re)created as an Annex I forest habitat type. This could be, for example, recreating an Annex I alluvial forest from farmland. It could take decades to fully restore the habitats structure and functions and it can includes active restoration (seed sowing or planting new vegetation) or passive allowing natural succession.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage the use of chemicals for fertilisation, liming and pest control in forestry
type: Concept
notation: CB09
definition: Managing(reducing or eliminating) of the use of: -pesticides, herbicides and pest control products - fertilisers (mineral, manure, sludge) - liming.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce diffuse pollution to surface or ground waters from forestry activities
type: Concept
notation: CB10
definition: Reducing diffuse pollution to surface and ground waters due to forestry activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce air pollution from forestry activities
type: Concept
notation: CB11
definition: Reducing air pollution due to forestry activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce marine pollution from forestry activities
type: Concept
notation: CB12
definition: Reducing marine pollution due to forestry activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce soil pollution from forestry activities
type: Concept
notation: CB13
definition: Reducing soil pollution due to forestry activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage drainage and irrigation operations and infrastructures
type: Concept
notation: CB14
definition: Managing drainage and irrigation operations and infrastructure (including surface and groundwater abstraction, construction and operation of dams and altering of hydrological flow of rivers) as well as managing or restoring the hydrological regime of drained forest areas. The management of drainage and irrigation can include the possible cessation of these activities. This measure also includes restoring freshwater habitats impacted by changes of hydrological functioning due to drainage for forestry.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to forestry practices
type: Concept
notation: CB15
definition: Other measures related to forestry practices or forest habitats not covered by the other CB measures.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt/manage extraction of non-energy resources
type: Concept
notation: CC01
definition: Adapting and managing (including stopping and avoiding) the extraction of minerals and non-energy resources (e.g. sand, gravel, loam, clay and peat extraction for plant compost or other horticultural purposes) as well as adapting and managing the extaction of salt. Alos includes reducing the impact from geotechnical surveying and other preparatory work for extraction.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt/manage exploitation of energy resources
type: Concept
notation: CC02
definition: Adapting and managing (including stopping and avoiding) the exploitation of energy resources (coal mining, incl. open-cast mining, peat extraction, oil and gas exploration and drilling). Alos includes reducing the impact from geotechnical surveying and other preparatory works for extraction.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt/manage renewable energy installation, facilities and operation
type: Concept
notation: CC03
definition: Adapting and managing (including stopping and avoiding) installation and operation of renewable energy infrastructure (excluding hydropower). This also includes measures to mitigate impact of wind farms such as avoiding building turbines at sensitive sites (e.g. migration bottlenecks), turning off turbines under certain conditions and/or particularly problematic times of year (e.g. peak migration).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of hydropower operation and infrastructure
type: Concept
notation: CC04
definition: Reducing/minimizing the impact of hydropower infrastructures (such as dams, weirs, reservoirs) and their operation (e.g. hydropeaking) on freshwater habitats and species. This can include building and managing fish passages or regulating water flows. Alos includes restoring freshwater habitats impacted by changes of hydrological functioning like building dams for energy production.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt/manage fossil energy installation, facilities and operation
type: Concept
notation: CC05
definition: Adapting and managing the installation of and operation of fossil energy infrastructure excluding oil and gas pipelines(CC06).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of service corridors and networks
type: Concept
notation: CC06
definition: Reducing the impact of service corridors and networks (electricity, telecommunications, oil and gas pipelines) on habitats and species targeted by the nature directives. This includes for example modifying power lines to prevent bird electrocution or developing green/blue infrastructure to improve connectivity.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Habitat restoration/creation from resources, exploitation areas or areas damaged due to installation of renewable energy infrastructure
type: Concept
notation: CC07
definition: Land previously used or prepared for mineral extraction (e.g. gravel extraction, quarry), energy resources extraction (e.g. coal or peat) or damaged due to depositing of extraction material or due to construction and operation of renewable energy infrastructure being restored as Annex I habitat type and/or habitat of a species targeted by the nature directives. This includes both active or passive restoration allowing for natural succession. Exlcudes restoration of agricultural and forest habitats which should be reported under CA07 or CB08 respectively and restoration of habitats damaged due to construction and operation of hydropower infrastructure, which should be reported under CC04.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage/reduce/eliminate point pollution to surface or ground waters from resource exploitation and energy production
type: Concept
notation: CC08
definition: Managing, reducing or eliminating point source pollution to surface or ground waters caused by the extraction and exploitation of minerals and energy resources (e.g. from mine waters), and energy production.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage/reduce/eliminate diffuse pollution to surface or ground waters from resource exploitation and energy production
type: Concept
notation: CC09
definition: Managing, reducing or eliminating diffuse pollution to surface and ground waters caused by the extraction and exploitation of minerals and energy resources (e.g. due to mining activities), and energy production .
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage/reduce/eliminate air pollution from resource exploitation and energy production
type: Concept
notation: CC10
definition: Managing, reducing or eliminating air pollution related to resource exploitation and energy production such as the combustion of fossil or bioenergy fuels.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage/reduce/eliminate marine pollution from resource exploitation and energy production
type: Concept
notation: CC11
definition: Managing, reducing or eliminating marine pollution related to resource exploitation and energy production.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate noise, light, thermal and other forms of pollution related to resource exploitation and energy production
type: Concept
notation: CC12
definition: Reducing or eliminating noise and light pollution, electromagnetic pollution, thermal heating of water bodies or localised heating of the sea related to resource exploitation and energy production. Includes also the reduction/elimination of noise pollution from sonar and geological surveys at sea.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage water abstraction for resource extraction and energy production
type: Concept
notation: CC13
definition: Managing surface and ground water abstraction for extraction/exploitation of resources and energy production (excluding management of drainage and water abstraction activities related to extraction and exploitation (e.g. peat drainage - CC02 or abstraction of mine waters - CC01).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to extraction and energy exploitation activities
type: Concept
notation: CC14
definition: Other measures related to the extraction and energy exploitation activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of transport operation and infrastructure
type: Concept
notation: CE01
definition: Reducing the impact of transport infrastructures (roads, railroads, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, shipping lanes and canals, locks, ports, airfields) and transport operations on habitats and species targeted by the nature directives. This include,s for example, building and managing passages for animals, developing green/blue infrastructure, managing marine and fluvial traffic and infrastructure to, for example, reduce erosion of banks and deterring (e.g. by letting grass grow long or employing active 'scaring' tactics) birds from using airfield/airports. Also includes any measures to reduce noise and light pollution. Regulating traffic or construction of traffic infrastructure in order to reduce chemical/particulate pollution should be reported under code CE03.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage/reduce/eliminate pollution to surface or ground water from transport
type: Concept
notation: CE02
definition: Managing, reducing or eliminating point or diffuse pollution to surface and ground waters due to land, water, and air-based transport (e.g. cars, boats, airplanes).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage/reduce/eliminate air pollution from transport
type: Concept
notation: CE03
definition: Managing, reducing or eliminating air pollution due to land, water or air-based transport (e.g. cars, boats, airplanes).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage/reduce/eliminate marine pollution from transport
type: Concept
notation: CE04
definition: Managing, reducing or eliminating marine pollution due to transport activities and infrastructure.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage/reduce/eliminate noise, light and other forms of pollution from transport
type: Concept
notation: CE05
definition: Managing, reducing or eliminating noise, light and other forms of pollution related to land, waterand air-based transport (e.g. cars, boats, airplanes).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Habitat restoration of areas impacted by transport
type: Concept
notation: CE06
definition: Restore habitats damaged by transport e.g. restoring freshwater habitats impacted by changes in hydrological functioning like canalisation, or coastal habitats destroyed as a result of the dredging of ship lanes.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to transport
type: Concept
notation: CE07
definition: Other measures related to transport
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage conversion of land for construction and development of infrastructure
type: Concept
notation: CF01
definition: Managing (i.e. preventing, minimizing effects of) conversion of land to the construction and development of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational areas and infrastructures.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Habitat restoration of areas impacted by residential, commercial, industrial and recreational infrastructure, operations and activities
type: Concept
notation: CF02
definition: Restoring habitats in areas negatively impacted by residential, commercial, industrial and recreational infrastructure, including the operation of these infrastructures. Includes, for example, the restoration of dune habitats impacted by the protection of urban and recreational zones. This excludes the restoration of agricultural and forest habitats which should be reported under CA07 or CB08 respectively.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of outdoor sports, leisure and recreational activities
type: Concept
notation: CF03
definition: Reducing the impact of outdoor sports, leisure and recreational activities (e.g. camping, skiing, mountaineering, boating, wildlife watching - bird and whale watching) on terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats and species, and managing these activities. Also includes restoration of habitats impacted by outdoor sports, leisure and recreational activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate point source pollution to surface or ground waters from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities
type: Concept
notation: CF04
definition: Reducing or eliminating point source pollution to surface and ground waters from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities. This includes reducing/eliminating discharges from industrial and urban waste water treatment plants, or reducing/eliminating point source pollution from contaminated or abandoned industrial sites or from household waste dumps.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate diffuse pollution to surface or ground waters from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities
type: Concept
notation: CF05
definition: Reducing or eliminating diffuse pollution to surface and ground waters from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities (e.g. reducing/eliminating diffuse pollution due to sewage not connected to the sewage network or diffuse source pollution from contaminated or abandoned industrial sites or leakages from waste disposal sites).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate air pollution from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities
type: Concept
notation: CF06
definition: Reducing or eliminating chemical and micro-particulate point and diffuse pollution to air from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate marine pollution from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities
type: Concept
notation: CF07
definition: Reducing or eliminating chemical point and diffuse source pollution to marine waters from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate marine contamination with litter
type: Concept
notation: CF08
definition: Reducing or eliminating the input and subsequent contamination of marine ecosystems with litter from all possible sources, including from the fishing industry.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate noise, light, heat or other forms pollution from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities
type: Concept
notation: CF09
definition: Reducing or eliminating noise, light, heat, electromagnetic or other types of pollution from industrial, commercial, residential and recreational areas and activities. Excludes measure to reduce noise and light pollution from sport and leisure activities (CF03).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage changes in hydrological and coastal systems and regimes for construction and development
type: Concept
notation: CF10
definition: Managing acitvities causing changes in hydrological conditions and coastal systesm (e.g. drainage, land reclamation, conversion of wetlands, modification of flooding regimes, flood protection infrastructure and operations, building of dams and reservoirs, coastal protection and sea defence) associated with residential, commercial, industrial and recreational areas and activities. This includes restoring freshwater habitats and wetlands impacted by changes of hydrological functioning like building dams or canalisation for flood protection.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage water abstraction for public supply and for industrial and commercial use
type: Concept
notation: CF11
definition: Managing the abstraction of ground and surface water for industrial and commercial use, as well as for public water supply (including, for example, drinking water, water for urban watering of parks and gardens and irrigation of golf courses). This includes also restoring freshwater habitats impacted by changes of hydrological functioning like building dams for surface water abstraction.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to residential, commercial, industrial and recreational infrastructures, operations and activities
type: Concept
notation: CF12
definition: Other measures related to residential, commercial, industrial and recreational infrastructures, operations and activities. Includes, for example, measures to regulate/adapt the reconstruction and renovation of buildings (important for nesting and sheltering of bats and birds) for example, by regulating timing of those interventions. Includes reducing the use of pesticides and fertilisers on lawns, hedges and fences.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Management of professional/commercial fishing (including shellfish and seaweed harvesting)
type: Concept
notation: CG01
definition: Managing of e.g. quantities, methods, periods, areas, and species for professional fishing; and shellfish and seaweed harvesting in marine, coastal and inland waters. This can include enforcement and control of e.g. fishing quotas and other regulations or stopping/avoiding fishing. Managing methods and periods for fishing to reduce bycatch and/or incidental killing should be included under CG05. Also includes the restoration of habitats damaged due to commercial fishing.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Management of hunting, recreational fishing and recreational or commercial harvesting or collection of plants
type: Concept
notation: CG02
definition: Managing methods, periods, areas, quotas and species for hunting, recreational angling, recreational shellfish harvesting and recreational or commercial harvesting of plants (including fruits) and mushrooms. This can include stopping or avoiding hunting, recreational fishing, harvesting or collecting. Also includes the restoration of habitats damaged due to exploitation of species, for example, human trampling due to harvesting of shellfish or collection of plants, habitats damaged by game.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reducing the impact of (re-) stocking for fishing and hunting, of artificial feeding and predator control
type: Concept
notation: CG03
definition: Reducing the impact of (re-) stocking fish and game species, of artificial game feeding, of the culling of possible predators or competitors of game species (illegal persecution of predators such as raptor persecution should be reported under CG04) and reducing the impact of other similar activities related to management of game and fishing stocks.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Control/eradication of illegal killing, fishing and harvesting
type: Concept
notation: CG04
definition: Controlling, though enforcement, the illegal killing, fishing and harvesting of fish, shellfish or plant species, including the use of illegal methods or the taking protected species.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce bycatch and incidental killing of non-target species
type: Concept
notation: CG05
definition: Introducing or adapting practices to reduce bycatch or incidental killing from commercial and recreational use and exploitation of species (e.g. by adapting methods or periods for fishing).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of lead poisoning
type: Concept
notation: CG06
definition: Reducing impact of lead ammunition or fishing weights.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage changes in coastal conditions for marine aquaculture
type: Concept
notation: CG07
definition: Managing changes to coastal conditions due to the installation, maintenance and operation of marine/coastal aquaculture facilities for fish, shellfish, plants or algae. This can include, for example, regulating or minimising the effect of dredging. This also includes restoring coastal habitats and wetlands impacted by changes of coastal conditions due to marine aquaculture.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate marine pollution from marine aquaculture
type: Concept
notation: CG08
definition: Reducing or eliminating pollution to marine waters from marine/coastal aquaculture (fish, shellfish, plants, algae).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures to reduce impacts from marine aquaculture infrastructures and operation
type: Concept
notation: CG09
definition: Other measures to reduce the impact from marine/coastal aquaculture such as impacts from the introduction of new species. Includes maintaining existing extensive aquaculture.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage water abstraction and modifications of hydrological conditions for freshwater aquaculture
type: Concept
notation: CG10
definition: Managing water abstraction and modification of hydrological conditions (e.g. weirs, canals, small dams, water deviation) due to to installation, maintenance and operation of freshwater aquaculture of fish, plants and algae.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate point source pollution to surface waters from freshwater aquaculture
type: Concept
notation: CG11
definition: Reducing or eliminating point source pollution to surface waters from freshwater aquaculture (e.g. due to feeding, use of antibiotics or fertilisation).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate diffuse pollution to surface waters from freshwater aquaculture
type: Concept
notation: CG12
definition: Reducing or eliminating diffuse pollution to surface waters from freshwater aquaculture (e.g. due to feeding, use of antibiotics or fertilisation).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce/eliminate marine pollution from freshwater aquaculture
type: Concept
notation: CG13
definition: Reducing or eliminating pollution to marine waters from freshwater aquaculture (e.g. due to feeding, use of antibiotics or fertilisation).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures to reduce impacts of freshwater aquaculture infrastructures and operation
type: Concept
notation: CG14
definition: Other measures to reduce impact from freshwater aquaculture such as the impacts from the introduction of new species. Includes maintaining existing extensive aquaculture.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to exploitation of species
type: Concept
notation: CG15
definition: Other measures related to the exploitation of species (e.g. deliberate, non-lethal disturbance/deterrence of 'pest' species such as Phalacrocorax spp., to reduce conflicts with aquaculture).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of military installations and activities
type: Concept
notation: CH01
definition: Reducing the impact of military sites, infrastructures, exercises and operations.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adapt/maintain military activities
type: Concept
notation: CH02
definition: Adapting or maintaining military activities for nature protection objectives; use of military activity to maintain or restore habitats (e.g. use disturbance from military exercises to maintain open habitats).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of other specific human actions
type: Concept
notation: CH03
definition: Reducing the impact from specific human actions not included in other categories. (e.g. from property fences and walls, closure of caves and gallery entrances, felling roadside trees or from civil unrest and vandalism).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Early detection and rapid eradication of invasive alien species of Union concern
type: Concept
notation: CI01
definition: Establishing and operating the system of early detection and rapid eradication of invasive alien species of Union concern (under Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014). This also includes measures to prevent, or reduce the likelihood of the establishment and entry of invasive alien species.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Management, control or eradication of established invasive alien species of Union concern
type: Concept
notation: CI02
definition: Managing, controlling or eradicating established invasive alien species of Union concern (under Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014) (e.g. culling of Ruddy duck - Oxyura jamaicensis).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Management, control or eradication of other invasive alien species
type: Concept
notation: CI03
definition: Managing, controlling the spread of other 'invasive' alien species ( i.e. any species introduced in modern period that is established in the wild outside its natural range and whose introduction and/or spread represents a threat or a potential threat to habitats and species, regardless of the invasive population dynamics (e.g. controlling Acacia spp.)) or eradicating established populations of other alien species.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

DO NOT USE Management, control or eradication of other alien species
type: Concept
notation: CI04
definition: This code should not be used for new entries. It has been restored for technical reasons.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Management of problematic native species
type: Concept
notation: CI05
definition: Managing native plants and animals that have become out-of-balance directly or indirectly due to human activities and, in certain regions, may be causing damage to particular habitats (e.g. deer jeopardising forest restoration) or threatening population of target species (e.g. gulls predating on eggs and chicks of a threatened bird). This also includes managing impacts of feral populations.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to problematic species
type: Concept
notation: CI06
definition: Other measures related to problematic species.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Controlling and eradicating plant and animal diseases, pathogens and pests
type: Concept
notation: CI07
definition: Controlling and eradicating plant and animal diseases, pathogens and pests (including insect and nematode pests).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of mixed source pollution
type: Concept
notation: CJ01
definition: Reducing the impact of pollution in situations where no specific driver can be identified.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reduce impact of multi-purpose hydrological changes
type: Concept
notation: CJ02
definition: Reducing the impact of landfilling, removal of sediments, canalisation, water deviation, flooding regime modification and other modifications of hydrological functioning or physical chracteristics of water bodies, which cannot be easily associated with one of the categories above.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Restore habitats impacted by multi-purpose hydrological changes
type: Concept
notation: CJ03
definition: Restoring freshwater, wetlands and coastal habitats impacted by multi-purpose hydrological modifications. This excludes restoration of agricultural and forest habitats which should be reported under CA10 or CB10 respectively.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to mixed source pollution and multi-purpose human-induced changes in hydraulic conditions
type: Concept
notation: CJ04
definition: Other measures related to mixed source pollution and multi-purpose human-induced changes in hydraulic conditions.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Management of habitats (others than agriculture and forest) to slow, stop or reverse natural processes
type: Concept
notation: CL01
definition: Managing habitats (biotic and abiotic factors), excluding agriculture and forest-related habitats, to slow down, stop or reverse natural processes. This can include abiotic natural processes (e.g. erosion, silting up, drying out, salinization, eutrophication or acidification), natural succession of vegetation (in open early succsession stage habitats), natural accumulation of organic material, which is not a result of human activitiy, or lack of human activities. For example, if measures adress drying out which is a result of a human induced modification of hydrological conditions, it should not be reported under this category. Includes, for example, managing and restoring natural open (early-succession stage) habitats impacted by natural processes (e.g. maintaining heathland to prevent them from being overgrown by trees by grazing, conservation burning).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Minimise/prevent impacts of geological and natural catastrophes
type: Concept
notation: CL02
definition: Minimising (and when possible preventing) the impacts of geological events (e.g. volcanic activity) and extreme natural events (e.g. tidal waves, storms, landslides, flooding, wild fires) on habitats and species.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Restore habitats following geological and natural catastrophes
type: Concept
notation: CL03
definition: Restoring habitats and species after the occurrence of geological events (e.g. volcanic activity) and extreme natural events (e.g. tidal waves, storms, landslides, flooding, wild fires).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Other measures related to natural processes
type: Concept
notation: CL04
definition: Other measures related to natural processes e.g. control of natural competitors, predators or diseases of species targeted by the nature directives.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Adopt climate change mitigation measures
type: Concept
notation: CN01
definition: Adoption and implementation of general climate change mitigation measures. These are generally taken in a broader scale and not specifically for alleviating pressure on habitats and species. Therefore,this 'conservation measure' should only be noted when the main pressure is climate change and mitigation measures are being implemented.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Implement climate change adaptation measures
type: Concept
notation: CN02
definition: Implementation of specific climate change adaptation measures to address specific pressures on habitats and species (e.g. managing an interconnected network of habitats / protected areas, to facilitate the adaptive dispersal of key species in the context of shifts in suitable 'climate envelopes').
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Support conservation measures in another EU Member State
type: Concept
notation: CX01
definition: Supporting the implementation of conservation measures in other EU Member States, for example, through financing or capacity building.
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Support conservation measures in countries outside the EU
type: Concept
notation: CX02
definition: Supporting the implementation of measures in countries outside the EU (e.g. financing, capacity building).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reinforce populations of species from the directives
type: Concept
notation: CS01
definition: Reinforcing populations of species targeted by the nature directives, including population enhancement through restocking, strengthening of extant populations by seeding, relocation and transfer from captivity or through cultivation. Excludes restoring habitats for species (see e.g. CS03).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Reintroduce species from the directives
type: Concept
notation: CS02
definition: Reintroduction of species targeted by the nature directives to former sites from other populations or ex-situ conservation through specific reintroduction programmes. Excludes restoring habitats for species (see e.g. CS03).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Improvement of habitat of species from the directives
type: Concept
notation: CS03
definition: Improvement of conditions for the species from the directives through specific measures that cannot be readily achieved by other pressure specific measures or pressure specific measures can not be identified. This includes, for example, the creation of ponds for amphibians, boosting reproductive success by installing nest boxes and platforms (as a substitue measure for lack of natural nesting cavities due to innapropriate forest management practices) or supplementary feeding (possibly carried out to mitigate a particular threat, such as 'natural' carcasses containing diclofenac, but also often carried out at as a broader measure to compensate for cumulative human pressures on natural habitats and food resources).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures

Manage other native species
type: Concept
notation: CS04
definition: Managing native plants and animals important for the restoration of habitats (e.g. managing keystone species of habitats) or for the survival of certain species (e.g. managing prey and their habitat, like wild rabbits as prey for Iberian lynx and Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti). Includes reintroduction of crucial host species or other positively interacting species (like pollinators).
status: valid
status modified: 2018-05-14
accepted date: 2018-05-14
in scheme: Conservation measures