Evaluation of habitat protection under the European Natura 2000 conservation network - The example for Germany.

The world´s largest network of protected areas-Natura 2000 (N2000)-has been implemented to protect Europe´s biodiversity. N2000 is built upon two cornerstones, the Birds Directive, which lists 691 bird species (plus one additional bird genus with no further classification) and the Habitats Directive...

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Main Authors: Martin Friedrichs, Virgilio Hermoso, Vanessa Bremerich, Simone D Langhans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208264