Work due 01 Jan 2099

SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT Most options to improve the indicator - for the EU countries - would probably either require amendments to the Habitats Directive (e.g. reporting cycle) or postulate a further enlargement of the EU (e.g. geographical coverage). Major improvements therefore do not seem probable in the short term. However, in order to improve the options for the interpretation of the data submitted by the Member States on the EU-scale, further guidance on monitoring, data collection and assessment is highly desirable.