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Background The Habitats Directive Article 17 and Birds Directive Article 12 report, published in 2007, revealed the unfavourable conservation status in Belgium of many habitats and species listed in these directives. The main drivers identified were inappropriate land use, low environmental quality, insufficient management and under-resourced conservation ...

...the coal mines – or into farmland, these military properties were protected and remained in fairly good condition overall. As heathlands and species-rich semi-natural grasslands disappeared elsewhere in Flanders, the focus of conservation efforts shifted to the ministry of defence land. In 1999, in the context of Natura 2000 designation, an agreement was signed between the regional nature cons ...