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Published December 31, 2021 | Version v1
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Proposals for improvement of Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC: Central Italy

  • 1. Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
  • 2. University of Siena, Siena, Italy
  • 3. University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
  • 4. Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
  • 5. University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
  • 6. University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
  • 7. Unaffiliated, Arson di Feltre (BL), Italy
  • 8. Università di Genova, Genova, Italy|Giardini Botanici Hanbury, Ventimiglia, Italy
  • 9. University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
  • 10. University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  • 11. University of Florence, Florence, Italy
  • 12. Parco Nazionale della Majella, Sulmona, Italy

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The main purpose of the 92/43/EEC Habitats Directive is to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity, understood as habitat types and species of the flora and fauna of the European Union. To achieve this goal, natural and semi-natural biodiversity as a whole must be recognized and included in its annexes. As for the conservation of biotopes, named habitat types, Italy is unfortunately lacking as it the Annex I does not include important ecosystems that are typical of its territory, rare for biogeographical reasons or threatened. Therefore, the opportunity to identify a first list of significant habitats for central Italy is discussed here. For each of the new proposed types (new habitats or new subtypes) a sheet has been prepared to highlight their salient characteristics. The new proposals concern seven habitat types and one subtype: sedge and reeds formations (Freshwater large sedge and reed beds), willow shrublands (Shrubby willow formations of river banks and fens), Apennine garrigues (Apennine hilly and montane garrigues), a new subtype of Annex I Habitat 6130 (Communities of herbaceous and dwarf shrub-suffrutescent plants of Italian ultramafic substrates), ancient olive groves ("Centuries-old olive groves" with evergreen Quercus spp. and arborescent matorral), secondary meadows (Italian submontane and montane pastured meadows dominated by Cynosurus cristatus), badlands (Pioneer halophilous and sub-halophilous communities of "calanchi" and "biancane" badlands) and hop-hornbeam woods (Italian-Balkan hop-hornbeam woods).

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