Press Release: Nature protection: Commission designates 5,000 sites in the Boreal region for the Natura 2000 network

The Commission adopted the list of sites for the Boreal region (woodlands), which covered the main parts of Finland and Sweden, 17 January 2005. The list included over 5,000 sites providing protection for species such as the Lynx, the Flying squirrel and Fairy Slipper, and for habitats such as Western Taiga, raised bogs and aapa mires, as well as freshwater and land upheaval coast habitats. The Boreal region was one of six bio-geographic regions in EU-15 and the fifth for which the Commission adopted a list. Species and sites under Natura 2000 benefit from increased protection through a number of measures and safeguards which must be respected.

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