UK Habitats Directive Pressures and Threats for 2007-2025

The Third UK Habitats Directive report from 2013 lists pressures and threats to habitats and species under the EU directive. It categorizes the relative importance of pressures and threats as high, medium, or low, and records pollutant types for pollution entries. The dataset was submitted to the European Commission by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of high, medium, and low importance pressures on UK habitats based on the reported categorizations.
• Identify primary pollution threats to species by examining recorded pollutant types like nitrogen or toxic organic chemicals.
• Compare environmental pressures over the 2007-2013 period with projected threats for 2013-2025.
• Map reported pressures and threats to a standard list of categories as defined by the European Commission.

Strengths

• Data is structured around a standard list of pressures and threats set by the European Commission.
• Includes a temporal distinction, with pressures assessed for 2007-2013 and threats projected for 2013-2025.
• Pollution entries specify pollutant types where known, such as nitrogen or toxic organic chemicals.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to uk_data and the 2013 reporting cycle.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Report compiled under Article 17 of the EU Habitats Directive for submission to the European Commission.

Time Range

Pressures: 2007-2013; Threats: 2013-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:24.935485; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom