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Viiankiaapa
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code FI1301706)
- Under Birds Directive and Habitats Directive
- Since August 1998
- Country: Finland
- Administrative region: Not available
- Surface area: 66 km2 (6595.00 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Boreal biogeographical region
- It protects 31 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 13 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
List
Gallery
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (31)| Species group | Number |
|---|---|
| Birds | 25 |
| Flowering Plants | 2 |
| Mammals | 1 |
| Mosses & Liverworts | 3 |
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 3160 | Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds | 70 |
| 3210 | Fennoscandian natural rivers | 91 |
| 3260 | Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation | 1.165 |
| 6450 | Northern boreal alluvial meadows | 5.547 |
| 7110 | Active raised bogs | 70 |
| 7140 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | 70 |
| 7160 | Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens | 0.3 |
| 7220 | Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) | 0.446 |
| 7230 | Alkaline fens | 540 |
| 7310 | Aapa mires | 4950 |
| 9010 | Western Taïga | 860 |
| 9060 | Coniferous forests on, or connected to, glaciofluvial eskers | 12.679 |
| 91D0 | Bog woodland | 1100 |
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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August 1998 |
| Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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August 1998 |
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Not available |
| Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | April 2015 |
| Date of Standard data form update | December 2018 |
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 |
