From the point of
view of species protection, nature conservation areas are most useful
if they contain many endangered plant and animal species. This indicator
shows whether endangered species benefit from nature conservation
areas.
Against this background, the indicator represents
a direct link between species protection and habitat protection. However,
it is not possible to evaluate changes in this indicator unequivocally
since several processes with a varying impact may be responsible for
the change: changes in the threat to individual species, chan-ges
in the size of protected areas, changes in the population of endangered
species. High values for M3 may be positive or negative depending
on the under-lying processes. |
