Reference material for reports

The reporting format includes several fields with standardised data, which are also mentioned in the Explanatory notes and guidelines. This material is provided below:

Checklists for species and habitats

Checklist for species (including birds and habitats)

Table for reporting on typical species

List of pressures and threats and conservation measures with specific guidance on the use of distinct pressure and measure codes

• List of pressures and threats (last updated: 07.05.2018)
• List of conservation measures (last updated: 07.05.2018)

Biogeographical regions

The boundaries of the biogeographical regions were prepared at a continental scale. If available, Contracting Parties or observer States can use their own boundaries digitised at a higher resolution.

• Boundaries of the biogeographical regions (last updated: 19.06.2017)
• European biogeographical regions' map, as adopted by the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention, December 2010

The spatial grids for the habitats and species distribution maps (ETRS 10x10 km grids)

Link for the following countries: Albania / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Iceland / Liechtenstein / Montenegro / Norway / "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" / Serbia / Switzerland / Turkey

Armenia / Azerbaijan / Belarus / Georgia / Republic of Moldova / Ukraine

Andorra / Holy See / Russian Federation

Guidelines for converting national spatial data into the 10x10 km pan-European projection grid (Available soon)

Code lists

The lists of codes to be used for the structured information in the report formats (reporting tool and xml schemas) are available via EEA Data Dictionaries webpage.