Biological Assessment Map and Natura 2000 Habitat Map — Condition 2018

The Biological Assessment Map (BWK) is a uniform inventory and evaluation of the entire Flemish territory on the basis of a set of mapping units representing vegetation, soil cover and small landscape elements (line and point-shaped elements). The presence of important fauna elements has also been taken into account. The updated BWK, version 2, tries, compared to version 1, to meet more requirements and needs, both in terms of content and accuracy. This version of the BWK also includes the Natura 2000 habitat types. In Flanders, currently 47 Natura 2000 habitat types are present in the Annex I of the Habitats Directive. In addition, 15 regionally important biotopes have also been defined in Flanders. These are biotopes that are similar to habitat types according to biological values and importance for biodiversity, but which are less endangered at European level. This map provides the best available information in 2018 on the distribution of Natura 2000 habitat types, the regionally important biotopes and the mapping units of the Biological Assessment Map. This could be a simplification of reality on the ground. At all times, the real situation in the field applies to the application of the policy and legal framework.