58133399-3c74-4dc2-b9a9-fcbecf1c538b eng nonGeographicDataset Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2018-05-17 Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) - Site condition monitoring information 2013-10-21 2013-10-21 58133399-3c74-4dc2-b9a9-fcbecf1c538b Every six years, all EU Member States are required (under Article 17 of the Directive) to report on the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive. This dataset contains the summary country and offshore site condition data for all UK terrestrial and marine habitats that were reported on (it does does not include data for Gibraltar). These data were used to inform the conclusions on structure and function. Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk custodian Freshwater Marine Terrestrial European Reporting Article 17 Habitats Habitats Directive Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement: "Contains public sector data © JNCC/NE/NRW/SNH/DOENI. Licence: OGL" otherRestrictions no limitations eng biota 2007-01-01 2012-12-31 http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/A17_2013_UKApproach.pdf Comma Separated Values Unknown http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/58133399-3c74-4dc2-b9a9-fcbecf1c538b-Habitats-Directive-A17-2013-site-condition-data.csv Habitats-Directive-A17-2013-site-condition-data.csv The condition of most habitats was assessed using information provided by the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies. This was based on the Common Standards Monitoring Guidance relevant to each particular habitat type. This dataset summarises the condition of all sites assessed at a country-level for one or more of the following site types: (i) SACs; (ii) other SSSI/ASSIs; (iii) other site types. It is subdivided into the following condition classes: (i) favourable maintained, recovered or unclassified; or (ii) unfavourable declining, no change, recovering or unclassified. Values for each class were given in hectares or the number of sites/features/monitoring units. In some cases, where this information was considered representative of a particular site type as a whole, it was scaled-up by the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies to the total area of that site type. For two marine habitats (H1110, H1170) this approach was not followed in the offshore marine area. Instead a vulnerability assessment was used to calculate the area of habitat in the following three condition classes: (i) favourable; (ii) unfavourable; and (iii) unknown. Further details on this approach are available in the associated offshore audit trails. All of the information on habitat condition was summarised in spreadsheet format. The overall date range (earliest and last year) was supplied for when the site condition assessments were carried out. Most assessments had been conducted during the 2007-2012 reporting period, but in some cases they pre-dated this because more recent information was not available. Nevertheless, assessments had only been included if they were considered to be still relevant. To guide the conclusions reached on structures and functions (see 2.4.3 in the UK approach document), the country-level site condition statistics were summed for each habitat to give the total area or number of features/sites/units across the UK that were in favourable (maintained, recovered or unclassified) condition v unfavourable (declining, no change, recovering or unclassified) condition. For some habitats, when the summed area of unfavourable habitat was divided by the UK habitat surface area (see 2.3.1), it was possible to say that at least 25% of the UK habitat area was in unfavourable condition. However, for other habitats this was not possible because: (i) the UK surface area was unknown; or (ii) this generated a value of less than 25%. In these cases, for terrestrial habitats, the percentage of unfavourable habitat was based purely on the summed country-level site condition statistics. To guide the status qualifier reached on structures and functions (see 2.4.3), the country-level site condition statistics were summed for each habitat to give the total area or number of features/sites/units at a UK-level that was in unfavourable declining v unfavourable recovering condition.