EFF-C-019 : Assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation
Effinature criterion · theme: Ecological continuities
The Effinature criterion “Assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation” (EFF-C-019) belongs to the Ecological continuities theme and applies to the HOR reference framework(s). It maps to 64 international provision(s), including strong matches with ESRS E4 (IRO-1), ESRS E4 (E4-5), CSRD (ESRS2-IRO-1-E4).
International correspondences (64)
| Framework | Provision | Relation | Confidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESRS E4 | IRO-1 | Narrow match | Indicative (50%) | The characterisation of habitats and ecological continuities feeds the identification of impacts on ecosystems. |
| ESRS E4 | E4-5 | Narrow match | Indicative (55%) | The ITCE and the assessment of ecological continuities measure the structural/functional connectivity of habitats. |
| CSRD | ESRS2-IRO-1-E4 | Close match | High | The assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats locate the project's interface with nature (sensitive sites), expected by IRO-1. |
| GRI 101 | 101-5 | Close match | High | The assessment of ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats locates and characterises the impact sites, at the heart of 101-5. |
| TNFD | Strategy D | Close match | Medium | The characterisation of ecological continuities and set-aside areas locates the site's sensitive/priority zones, aligned with the priority-location requirement. |
| TNFD | RE.A1.0 / EH.C1.0 | Close match | Medium | Ecological and urban continuities and biodiversity-friendly features/crossings address the fragmentation mitigation of linear infrastructure. |
| SBTN | S1b-R10 | Broad match | Medium | The characterisation of ecological continuities, land use and impact assessment locate at site level the activities and their impacts, which overlaps with the SBTN mapping of direct operations; SBTN remains more systematic (by pressure/realm). |
| SBTN | S1b-R13 | Broad match | Low | The site's ecological surveys and mapping provide very fine locations (plot/site), largely compatible with SBTN's requirement for at least subnational resolution; SBTN aims at the organisational scale. |
| SBTN | S1b-R23 | Broad match | Low | Effinature combines biodiversity indicators at species level (flora/fauna monitoring) and at ecosystem/habitat level (IVS, IVE, ITCE, habitat characterisation), which overlaps with the SBTN requirement for two biodiversity indicators; a different usage framework (project vs corporate target). |
| Taxonomie UE | 7.1-SC-a | Close match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities, habitat characterisation and initial flora/fauna state make it possible to rule out siting on land of high biodiversity value. |
| Taxonomie UE | DNSH-BIO-SITE | Close match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities, habitat characterisation and set-aside areas identify and protect the site's sensitive zones and nearby areas. |
| SFDR | PAI-7 | Related match | Indicative (55%) | The assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats identify the biodiversity-sensitive areas, which PAI 7 aims to measure on the financial side. |
| CDP | 2.2 (Bio) | Close match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation locate the sensitive/important biodiversity zones around the site. |
| GBF | Target 1 | Narrow match | Medium | These requirements impose planning of land use, ecological continuities and areas reserved for biodiversity at the project/district scale, an operational translation of the biodiversity-friendly spatial planning targeted by the goal. |
| GBF | Target 2 | Narrow match | Medium | The creation of structured biodiversity areas, the restoration of living soils and the re-establishment of ecological continuities contribute to the rehabilitation and improvement of ecological integrity and connectivity at the site scale. |
| GBF | Target 12 | Close match | High | The core of the Effinature standard (creating green spaces (plant heritage, CBS, open ground, building greening) and blue spaces (stormwater), ecological continuities and user well-being/connection to nature in the built environment) corresponds directly to the increase in area, quality and connectivity of urban green and blue spaces targeted by the goal. |
| NRL | Art. 1 | Broad match | Medium | These requirements (needs assessment, characterisation of habitats and continuities, set-aside and structured biodiversity area, final ecological assessment) are the operational translation, at the project scale, of the framework objective of durably re-establishing biodiversity and restoring degraded ecosystems. |
| NRL | Art. 4 | Narrow match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation provide the state of terrestrial habitats, the basis for the improvement to good status targeted by the article. |
| Habitats/Oiseaux | HAB-Art6.3 | Close match | High (80%) | The assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats provide the initial state necessary for the impact assessment. |
| Habitats/Oiseaux | HAB-Art10 | Close match | High (80%) | The assessment of ecological continuities directly addresses the corridors and landscape features supporting connectivity. |
| SNB 2030 | SNB-M04 | Close match | High | The assessment of ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats is the diagnostic tool for the green-and-blue networks. |
| Loi biodiv 2016 | BIO-09 | Close match | High | The assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats apply at project scale the green-and-blue network enshrined by the principle of ecological solidarity. |
| Code env. | R122-5-etat-initial | Narrow match | Indicative (55%) | The assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats inform the initial state of habitats. |
| Code env. | L414-4 | Related match | Indicative (40%) | The assessment of ecological continuities informs the project's articulation with protected ecological networks. |
| Doctrine ERC | ERC-P8 | Close match | High | The assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats guarantee the functional coherence of the measures with the environments. |
| TVB | TVB-ORIENT-01 | Close match | High (90%) | The assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats is the project counterpart of the continuities diagnosis required by the TVB (identification of reservoirs/corridors on the footprint). |
| TVB | TVB-ORIENT-03 | Related match | Medium (70%) | The assessment of continuities identifies the corridors to be preserved/restored on the site. |
| Code urb. | L151-23 | Close match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats (EFF-C-019) feed the regulatory identification of sites to be protected under L151-23. |
| Nomenclature ZAN | ZAN-NAT-9 | Close match | Medium | Category 9 identifies vegetated soils constituting a non-artificialised natural habitat; EFF-C-019 requires the assessment of ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats at project scale. Very close objects of habitat identification. |
| HQE | HQE-BD-C1.2c | Related match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats overlaps with the HQE in-situ approach. |
| HQE | HQE-AMT-O7 | Close match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities at district scale overlaps with this Effinature criterion. |
| UICN SfN | Critère 2 | Close match | High | The assessment of ecological continuities goes beyond the site scale and incorporates the wider landscape, which is the essence of the design-at-scale of criterion 2. |
| UICN SfN | Critère 3 | Related match | Medium | The characterisation of habitats contributes to the baseline assessment of the ecosystem state. |
| Labels complémentaires | LPO-07 | Close match | High (80%) | Assessment of ecological continuities and permeability for fauna. |
| ÉcoQuartier | Engagement 20 | Broad match | High | The ÉcoQuartier's restoration of natural environments and ecological continuities (green/blue infrastructure) encompasses Effinature's assessment/characterisation of ecological continuities. |
| BNG | BNG-02 | Close match | Medium (72%) | The baseline ecological survey (habitats, condition, extent) corresponds directly to Effinature's initial states: analysis and initial state of flora and fauna, characterisation of habitats and ecological continuities, initial soil state. |
| BNG | BNG-12 | Narrow match | Indicative (50%) | The identification of irreplaceable habitats (excluded from the standard metric mechanism) is partially close to Effinature's habitat characterisation and preservation of initial plant heritage, without adopting the English regulatory notion of irreplaceable habitat. |
| Crédits biodiv | BC-P01 | Close match | High (85%) | The assessment of continuities and characterisation of habitats documents the starting ecological state. |
| IFC PS6 | PS6-§6 | Close match | High (80%) | Effinature's initial states and impact assessments (flora, fauna, soil, pollution, continuities) constitute the required process for identifying risks and impacts. |
| IFC PS6 | PS6-§9 | Close match | Medium (60%) | Effinature's characterisation of habitats and ecological continuities partially corresponds to PS6's habitat categorisation, without the modified/natural/critical distinction. |
| IFC PS6 | PS6-§13 | Narrow match | Indicative (55%) | Effinature's assessment of ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats partially responds to the identification of natural habitat under PS6, over a more restricted scope than the IFC biogeographic concept. |
| IFC PS6 | PS6-§15 | Close match | Medium (72%) | Mitigation measures in natural habitat (set-asides, corridors, restoration) correspond to Effinature's set-aside areas, EBS and ecological continuities. |
| ESS6 | ESS6-§8 | Close match | Medium (78%) | Effinature's initial states and impact assessments (flora, fauna, soil, pollution, ecological continuities) constitute the process for identifying impacts on habitats and biodiversity required by ESS6. |
| ESS6 | ESS6-§10-11 | Close match | Medium (72%) | The characterisation of Effinature's initial state (analysis and initial state of soil, flora, fauna, pollution, ecological continuities) meets ESS6's requirement for a proportionate baseline. |
| ESS6 | ESS6-§13-14 | Close match | Medium (60%) | Effinature's characterisation of habitats and ecological continuities partially corresponds to ESS6's habitat-differentiated approach, without the modified/natural/critical distinction. |
| ESS6 | ESS6-§21-22 | Narrow match | Indicative (55%) | Effinature's characterisation of habitats/continuities and regulatory framework (prefectural order, impact assessment) partially meet the requirement of non-conversion/non-degradation of natural habitat, within the scope of French protected-species/habitat law. |
| EP4 | EP-P2 | Close match | Medium (65%) | Effinature's initial states and environmental analyses (soil, flora, fauna, pollution, continuities, habitats) materialise the prior environmental assessment required by Principle 2. |
| EP4 | EP-DII-4 | Close match | Medium (68%) | Effinature's habitat characterisation and assessment of ecological continuities overlap with the protection of habitats (critical, modified, natural) and continuities targeted in Document II §4. |
| DGNB | ENV3-A | Close match | Medium | Contextual/ecological integration ~ evaluation of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation. |
| Green Star | GSB-NAT-CONNECT | Related match | Medium | Green Star rewards ecological connectivity / biodiverse green spaces; Effinature evaluates ecological continuities and characterises habitats - both address landscape connectivity. |
| Green Mark / CBI | GM-ECOCONN | Close match | High | Effinature's assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation corresponds to Green Mark's ecological-connectivity requirement. |
| Green Mark / CBI | SI-02 | Close match | Medium | Effinature's assessment of ecological continuities meets the connectivity / anti-fragmentation measure of indicator 2. |
| Estidama | NS-R1 | Related match | Low | Assessment of ecological continuities - partially transposable to the desert context. |
| Estidama | LBo-R2 | Related match | Low | Assessment of ecological continuities in the urban context. |
| ISO 17620 | 7.3.8 | Narrow match | Indicative (50%) | The assessment of ecological continuities addresses the location of gains within the networks. |
| BREEAM LE | LE02 | Close match | High (80%) | The assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation (HOR) corresponds to the identification of ecological issues/opportunities. |
| BREEAM Communities | SE 11 | Narrow match | Indicative (50%) | The assessment of ecological continuities (HOR) is a component of the green infrastructure of SE11. |
| SITES | Context P1.2 | Related match | Indicative (40%) | Hydrological functions of environments linked to ecological continuities. |
| SITES | Pre-Design P2.2 | Related match | Indicative (50%) | The diagnosis assesses the ecological continuities and habitats. |
| LEED-ND | SLL-C5 | Related match | Indicative (45%) | Assessment of ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats (EFF-C-019) - LEED has the habitats delimited by a biologist. |
| LEED-ND | SLL-P3 | Related match | Indicative (35%) | Assessment of continuities and habitats (EFF-C-019) - LEED characterises the functions of wetlands/water bodies (habitat, water quality). |
| ARB IdF | IND-02 | Related match | Low | The assessment of continuities and habitat characterisation make it possible to appraise the ecological stakes of a brownfield. |
| ARB IdF | IND-05 | Close match | High | The assessment of ecological continuities and habitat characterisation constitute the core of the prior ecological survey. |
| ARB IdF | IND-08 | Narrow match | Medium | The assessment of ecological continuities underpins the translation of the networks into the operation. |
Source & licence
- Publisher : IRICE (groupe NORMAXIS)
- Accreditation : Cofrac (Comité français d'accréditation) n°5-0655 rév. 1 (NF EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012), scope at www.cofrac.fr
- Dataset version : 9.1
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