MALTA · DESIGNATIONS · NATURA 2000
Natura 2000: Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)
What this layer shows
Natura 2000 Special Areas of Conservation under the Habitats Directive, on land and at sea (as at the end of 2024, from the European Environment Agency). In Malta they are protected under the Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitats Protection Regulations (S.L. 549.44). A plan or project that may significantly affect a site, even from outside it, needs an appropriate assessment, which the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) screens. ERA's own list of sites is the current authority.
Publisher and licence
European Environment Agency (Natura 2000, DG Environment) · CC BY 4.0
European Environment Agency (Natura 2000, DG Environment), CC BY 4.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · bio.discomap.eea.europa.eu
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This layer is drawn from the European Environment Agency's annual return of what Malta reports, not from a live service of the national body itself. A boundary changed this year appears here when the next return is published.
Facts shown for each feature
Site code · Area (ha) · Updated
In these presets
Natura 2000 and protected areas
Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas (Natura 2000), nature reserves, national parks, Special Areas of Conservation of national importance, Areas of Ecological Importance, Sites of Scientific Importance, bird sanctuaries and Ramsar sites, from the European Environment Agency's data. The free starting view. Always check the designating notice.
Planning constraints
Natura 2000, Areas of Ecological Importance, Areas of High Landscape Value, Tree Protection Areas and historic trees, protected beaches and made ground, with the SPED land use designations and the flood hazard areas (these two are waiting for permission). For a first screen of a site.
Habitats and species
Natura 2000 with the Annex I habitats, the Natura 2000 biotopes, the protected species and bird distributions, invasive alien species, marine caves and soils (waiting for permission from the Planning Authority).