2.3.4.3 Relevance to Drought Policy Implementation
Flood risk management plans may include the promotion of water efficiency
practices, such as the improvement of water retention and controlled flooding. The
Floods Directive is designed to improve green infrastructure and promote Natural
Water Retention Measures (NWRM). Unfortunately, the direct impact of this
directive to integrate and connect different planning purposes and scales, including
drought is expected to be low. The reason for this is that most member states are
prioritizing hard, technical flood protection measures for soft, non-technical ones.
A lack of land availability is one out of many factors behind this development.
2.3.5 EU Habitats Directive and EU Birds Directive
Together, the EU Habitats and Birds Directives offer a strong conservation and land
management perspective to inform water scarcity and drought challenges. Nature
and agriculture are thus heavily referenced in analysis of its relevance to WS&D.
2.3.5.1 History, Aims and Objectives
Nature conservation and protection of biodiversity in the EU is regulated by two
main directives: the Birds Directive (1979)
2 and the Habitats Directive (1992).
3
Both directives address the growing deterioration of natural habitats and increasing
threats to wildlife species across the Europe. The overall objective of the two
Directives is to ensure that the species and habitat types they protect are maintained,
or restored, to a favourable conservation status (FSC) within the EU. The two
directives do not directly reference WS&D and do not set explicitly
WS&D-relevant obligatory requirements. However, the conservation measures
outlined are inherently interlinked with issues of WS&D.
2.3.5.2 Structure, Components and Implementation
Member states are responsible for implementing the necessary laws, regulations,
and administrative provisions to comply with both Directives, including: designation of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and establishment of necessary
conservation measures for selected habitats, animal and plant species and designatation of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) for targeted bird species with special
2
Council Directive of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (79/409/EEC).
3
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild
fauna and flora.
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Flood risk management plans may include the promotion of water efficiency
practices, such as the improvement of water retention and controlled flooding. The
Floods Directive is designed to improve green infrastructure and promote Natural
Water Retention Measures (NWRM). Unfortunately, the direct impact of this
directive to integrate and connect different planning purposes and scales, including
drought is expected to be low. The reason for this is that most member states are
prioritizing hard, technical flood protection measures for soft, non-technical ones.
A lack of land availability is one out of many factors behind this development.
2.3.5 EU Habitats Directive and EU Birds Directive
Together, the EU Habitats and Birds Directives offer a strong conservation and land
management perspective to inform water scarcity and drought challenges. Nature
and agriculture are thus heavily referenced in analysis of its relevance to WS&D.
2.3.5.1 History, Aims and Objectives
Nature conservation and protection of biodiversity in the EU is regulated by two
main directives: the Birds Directive (1979)
2 and the Habitats Directive (1992).
3
Both directives address the growing deterioration of natural habitats and increasing
threats to wildlife species across the Europe. The overall objective of the two
Directives is to ensure that the species and habitat types they protect are maintained,
or restored, to a favourable conservation status (FSC) within the EU. The two
directives do not directly reference WS&D and do not set explicitly
WS&D-relevant obligatory requirements. However, the conservation measures
outlined are inherently interlinked with issues of WS&D.
2.3.5.2 Structure, Components and Implementation
Member states are responsible for implementing the necessary laws, regulations,
and administrative provisions to comply with both Directives, including: designation of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and establishment of necessary
conservation measures for selected habitats, animal and plant species and designatation of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) for targeted bird species with special
2
Council Directive of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (79/409/EEC).
3
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild
fauna and flora.
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