Vegetation of regional importance — Condition 2020, Flanders

When drawing up a nature management plan, a nature grant, or other equivalent instruments to achieve the IHD (conservation objectives), specific nature targets can be set as a target for vegetation, species habitat or process-driven nature. However, the Conservation Decision (BVR 20/06/2014, Art. 8) states that the realisation of the European forest habitat types to be protected should not lead to a significant deterioration or deterioration of the so-called vegetation of regional interest (DRAs), as specified in the Annex to the Decision. The VRBs are defined by specific mapping units from the Biological Assessment Map (BWK) and Natura 2000 Habitat Map. By translating this selection into a spatial stock, it is clear for each author of a nature management plan to which parcels or parts of parcels Article 8 of the Conservation Decree applies. This map layer shows the best available information in 2020 on the distribution of vegetation of regional importance. This could be a simplification of reality on the ground. At all times, the real situation in the field applies to the application of the policy and legal framework. Neither the authors nor the Institute for Nature and Forest Research can be held responsible for possible errors and the consequences that may result from them.