ETC/BD activities

ETC/BD activities are organized in the framework of the EEA Multi annual work programme 2014-2018 and contribute to the EEA Annual Work Programme 2016.

ETC/BD supports activities of the European Environment Agency in the areas of biodiversity and ecosystems (natural capital), including agriculture and forest ecosystems by means of data handling, indicator development and thematic assessments. Activities in 2016 relate to:

Supporting the Nature legislation: implementation, reporting and assessments, i.e:

• EU Nature Directives:
  • Support to building the Natura 2000 network,
  • Support to Reporting under the Nature Directives (i.e. Article 12 reporting under the Birds Directive and Article 17 reporting under the Habitats Directive), including maintenance of Article 12 and Article 17 reference portals for reporting,
  • Providing guidance for discussions on Natura 2000 site management within the "New biogeographical process".

• Emerald network under the Bern Convention

Biodiversity Data Centre, data flows and streamlining data on species, habitats and sites, i.e:

• Support to the development of the Biodiversity Data Centre through consolidation of dataflows, e.g the EIONET priority data flow on nationally designated areas under the Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA),
• Support to the development of the EUNIS application.

Biodiversity Information System for Europe (BISE): supporting content development

Biodiversity related indicators:

• Contribution to indicators to assess progress towards biodiversity 2020 targets and to Agri-environmental indicators,

Biodiversity and ecosystem assessments and networks

• Contribution to ecosystem assessments including through the MAES process.

ETC management and EIONET management

Synthetic overviews on scope and activities of previous ETCs related to nature and biodiversity are available in English or French as well as leaflet produced in 2010