List of Threatened and/or Declining Species & Habitats

The OSPAR Strategy for the Protection and Conservation of Ecosystems and Biological Diversity foresees that the OSPAR Commission will identify species and habitats in need of protection. The OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats has been developed to meet this commitment. It is based on nominations by Contracting Parties and Observers to the Commission of species and habitats which they consider to be in need of priority protection.