Subscriptions
Mobile
Contact us
Write to us
Call us
Introduction to the EUNIS Database
Document Actions
The European Nature Information System, EUNIS, is part of the Biodiversity data centre (BDC). The EUNIS database is managed by the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD in Paris) for the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Environmental Information Observation Network (Eionet).
The EUNIS web application provides access to the publicly available data in the database. The information includes:
- Data on Species, Habitat types and Sites compiled in the framework of NATURA 2000 (EU Habitats and Birds Directives),
- Data collected from frameworks, data sources or material published by ETC/BD (formerly the European Topic Centre for Nature Conservation).
- Information on Species, Habitat types and Sites taken into account in relevant international conventions or from International Red Lists.
- Specific data collected in the framework of the EEA's reporting activities, which also constitute a core set of data to be updated periodically.
What are the purposes of EUNIS?
EUNIS data are collected and maintained to be used as a reference tool or dataset:
- for assistance to the NATURA 2000 process (EU Birds and Habitats Directives) and coordinated with the related EMERALD Network of the Bern Convention;
- for the development of indicators (EEA Core Set, Bio-IMPS, IRENA);
- for environmental reporting connected to EEA reporting activities.
Green tips
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union.