Protected Areas - IUCN - HabitatSpeciesManagementArea

Digital national overview map of the geometries of all Lower Saxony EU bird sanctuaries, Habitats and Nature Reserves.
Pursuant to Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive (79/409/EEC), the Member States (in the Federal Republic of Germany the Länder) are obliged to declare the most suitable areas in terms of area and number for species listed in Annex I to the Directive (Article 4(1)) and for migratory bird species (Article 4(2)) as Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and to notify them to the European Commission as part of the ecologically networked Natura 2000 protected area system.
Under EC Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (Fauna Flora Habitats Directive, Habitats Directive), each Member State is required to designate sites for a coherent ecological network of protected areas. In the digital map, all notified FFH areas for Lower Saxony, including those already identified by the EU Commission as "Sites of Community Importance" (SCIs), are presented across the board.
The national overview map of the geometries of all Lower Saxony nature reserves contains the protected areas designated by the Lower Nature Conservation Authorities on a generalized scale (1:25000). Without exception, the area delimitations and area indications in the respective ordinances or laws of the protected areas are legally binding.