All Member States are requested by the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) to monitor habitat types and species listed in its annexes and send a report every 6 years following an agreed format. The assessment of conservation status is based on information about the status and trends of species populations and of habitats at the level of the biogeographical or marine region. The spatial dataset contains habitat and species distribution data (10km grid cells) as reported by EU 27 (2007-2013) Member States for the 2007-2012 period. This metadata refers to the public dataset, without sensitive species.

The data sets are divided in two sets for species and two sets for habitat types.

Habitats:

Art17_habitats_distribution_2007_2012_EU (distribution by European Union aggregate)

Art17_habitats_distribution_2007_2012_MS (distribution by Member State)

Species:

Art17_species_distribution_2007_2012_EU (distribution by European Union aggregate)

Art17_species_distribution_2007_2012_MS (distribution by Member State)

Furthermore, a series of tables are also provided with the assessments of conservation status of species and habitats at Member State biogeographical level (done by Member States) and at EU biogeographical level (done by the ETC/BD and the EEA).

Both MS datasets are aggregated by habitat/species code, country and biogeographical /marine region [COMSRE]. Using this attribute [COMSRE] the tabular conservation status, which is available in the table, per biogeographical/marine region of the Member State level (MS) can be joined directly to the spatial dataset.

Both EU datasets are aggregated by habitat/species code and biogeographical /marine region [CORE]. Using this attribute [CORE] the tabular conservation status, which is available in the table, of the biogeographical/marine region of the EU-27 (2007-2013) level (EU) can be directly joined to the spatial dataset.

NOTE: The original datasets have been reviewed and re-published in February 2021, including delayed deliveries from Greece.