Establishment of a monitoring programme to measure progress toward GES by July 2014; and
Establishment of a programme of measures for achieving GES by 2016
3.2.3.2 Water Framework Directive 12.
The Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EEC) addresses the quality of inland, estuarine and ground water bodies including coastal surface waters up to an offshore limit of one nautical mile. Monitoring of the aquatic environment in relation to physical, chemical and biological parameters started in 2006 with a view to ensuring a ‘good ecological status’ of all surface water bodies by 2015. Chemical and biological Environmental Quality Indicators (EQI) will be used in the move towards this objective, and a programme of measures will be implemented in order to improve surface waters that do not meet the required status.
3.2.3.3 Habitats and Birds Directives 13.
EC Directive 92/43/EEC (known as the Habitats Directive) implements the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (the Bern Convention) and The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (the Bonn Convention). The Directive aims to conserve natural habitats of wild fauna and flora and is intended to protect biodiversity by requiring Member States to take measures to maintain or restore natural habitats and wild species listed in the Annexes to the Directive at a favourable conservation status. It provides for robust protection for those habitats and species of European importance. A key element of this protection is the establishment under Article 3 of the Directive of a European wide network of protected sites; Special Areas of Conservation (SAC).
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EC Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds (known as the Birds Directive) provides a framework for the conservation and management of, and human interactions with, wild birds in Europe. It sets broad objectives for a wide range of activities. The Directive also resulted in the establishment under Article 4 of the Directive of a network of sites; each identified as a Special Protection Area (SPA). Section 3.3.3.5 describes how these European directives are implemented in England and Wales.
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SACs and SPAs combine to form the Natura 2000 network of important high-quality conservation sites that are intended to significantly contribute to the conservation of habitats and species listed in the EU Birds and Habitats Directives.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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