Natura 2000 related content is now shown on the Biodiversity Information System for Europe, BISE.
Please go to BISE or use the Natura 2000 map viewer for the latest information.
Orkjärve
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code EE0010133)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since April 2004
- Country: Estonia
- Administrative region: Eesti (EE00)
- Surface area: 12 km2 (1170.00 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Boreal biogeographical region
- It protects 2 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 9 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (2)| Species group | Number |
|---|---|
| Flowering Plants | 2 |
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 3160 | Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds | 9 |
| 7110 | Active raised bogs | 230 |
| 7140 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | 200 |
| 7150 | Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion | 0 |
| 7210 | Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae | 12 |
| 7230 | Alkaline fens | 259 |
| 9010 | Western Taïga | 8 |
| 9080 | Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods | 178 |
| 91D0 | Bog woodland | 72 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 is the ecological network for the conservation of wild animals and plant
species and natural habitats of Community importance within the Union. It consists of
sites classified under the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive (the Nature Directives).
NATURA 2000 site under
| Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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| Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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April 2004 |
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November 2007 |
| Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | July 2005 |
| Date of Standard data form update | March 2009 |
Other resources
| Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
| Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
| European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
| Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |
