FFH area

Natura 2000 is a network of protected areas for the conservation of European important habitats as well as rare animal and plant species. The legal basis of this cross-border nature protection network is the Bird Conservation and Fauna Flora Habitats (FFH) Directives of the European Union. In accordance with the requirements of the Habitats Directive, each Member State shall designate areas that are important for the conservation of rare animal and plant species as well as typical or unique habitats of European importance. The legal protection of the FFH territories is carried out by collective decrees of the Government Presidia. The prescribed boundaries of the FFH areas are to be retrieved in the data and map service in the “FFH territories” category. The intra-administrative evaluation system shall additionally recall the demarcations that have been confirmed by the EU (category “FFH Territories (defined by EU)”) Management plans are also based on the safeguarding of the FFH areas. These official technical plans cover and evaluate the occurrences of habitat types and species of the Habitats Directive (Annex I and II) and define specific objectives and measures for their care and development.