Pledges reporting for protected areas and 30% conservation status improvement targets

In May 2020, the European Commission adopted a new EU Biodiversity Strategy setting out a comprehensive package of actions and commitments to redouble Europe's efforts to protect and restore biodiversity by 2030. In this context, the strategy calls on Member States to

• protecting at least 30% of the EU's land area and 30% of its seas for nature by 2030. At least one third of this (10% of land and 10% of sea) should be strictly protected.
• ensure that, by 2030, there is no further deterioration in conservation trends and status of habitats and species protected by the EU Nature Directives. In addition, Member States must ensure that at least 30% of species and habitats, not currently in a favourable status, reach that category or show a strong positive trend by 2030.

The Member States will report their pledges via the EEA's Reportnet 3.0 under ROD obligation 815 (protected areas) and ROD obligation 816 (conservation status improvements). This page provides the technical guidance documents as well as links to the codelists and other relevant material for the reporting.

1) Pledges reporting for protected areas target

Guidance documents and reporting template

• Criteria and guidance for protected areas designations (Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2022) 23 final)
• Guidelines for reporting pledges on protected areas
• Technical guidance for submitting pledges via Reportnet 3.0
• The template for submitting pledges (excel file) can be downloaded from Reportnet, see the technical guidance document above (page 5)
• Validation rules PA pledges v1.21

Data dictionary and vocabulary (code-lists)

• Biogeographical regions - code list
• Biogeographical regions - data set
• MSFD marine regions and subregions - technical document
• MSFD marine regions and subregions - map viewer
• MSDF marine regions - dataset
• Designation types

Helpdesk protected areas

If you have questions please contact the helpdesk for pledges on protected areas

2) Pledges reporting for the 30% conservation status improvement target

Guidance documents and reporting template

• Guidance to Member States on how to select and prioritise species/habitats for the 30% conservation status improvement target
• Format for national pledges - 30% conservation status improvement target
• Guidelines for reporting pledges on conservation status
• Technical guidance for submitting pledges via Reportnet 3.0

Helpdesk conservation status improvement

If you have questions please contact the helpdesk for pledges on conservation status improvement