State of Nature in the EU - Methodological paper Methodologies under the Nature Directives reporting 2013-2018 and analysis for the State of Nature 2000

This report is complementary to the third edition of the State of Nature report, which describes the state of nature in the EU based on reports from Member States under the Birds (2009/147/EC) and the Habitats (92/43/EEC) Directives for the period 2013-2018. The first edition was developed based on 2007 Member State reporting (2001-2006) and was published in 20091. The second edition (reporting 2007-2012) was published in 20152. This report details the methodologies applied in the current State of Nature report, complementing the reporting guidelines for the Member States (see Reference Portals for Article 123 and Article 174); it focuses on assessments made at EU level beyond Member State reports. It is a stand-alone document that explains the methodological processes that lead to the assessments and results presented in the current State of Nature Report