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Within the European Union, the principal legal instrument for ensuring favourable conservation status of species and habitats are Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (“Habitats Directive”) and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (“Birds Directive”). Every member country of the EU is obligated to transpose the Directives into national laws, among others, by designating areas important for the conservation of species and habitats listed in Annex II of the Habitats Directive and Annex I of the Birds Directive as a part of EU Natura2000 ecological network. Altogether, 36.73% of land territory and 15.42% of coastal sea of Croatia is included in the NATURA2000 ecological network. Among that, 87 Sites of Community Importance are designated as important for the conservation of 11 Lepidoptera species: Euphydryas aurinia, Hypodryas maturna, Lycaena dispar, Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous, P. teleius, Leptidea morsei, Nymphalis vaualbum, Coenonympha oedippus, Callimorpha quadripunctaria, Eriogaster catax. Also, following the obligation from the Article 17 of the Habitats Directive, system for monitoring of conservation status is being established for these 11 species listed on the Annex II of the Habitats Directive and additional eight species from the Annex IV, present in Croatia: Apatura metis, Lopinga achine, Papilio alexanor, Parnassius apollo, Parnassius mnemosyne, Maculinea arion, Proserpinus proserpina and Zerynthia polyxena. |
