EFF-C-061 : Ecological continuities and habitat characterisation
Effinature criterion · theme: Ecological continuities
The Effinature criterion “Ecological continuities and habitat characterisation” (EFF-C-061) belongs to the Ecological continuities theme and applies to the HOR/NCO reference framework(s). It maps to 72 international provision(s), including strong matches with ESRS E4 (IRO-1), ESRS E4 (E4-5), CSRD (ESRS2-IRO-1-E4).
International correspondences (72)
| 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 characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats corresponds to the Locate/Evaluate phase of the LEAP approach required by IRO-1. |
| GRI 101 | 101-5 | Close match | High | The characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats provides the location and characteristics of biodiversity-stake sites, a requirement 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 characterisation of habitats and ecological continuities is the field counterpart of PAI 7's identification of biodiversity-sensitive areas. |
| SFDR | PAI-T2-PROTAREA | Related match | Indicative (45%) | The characterisation of habitats and continuities identifies the natural spaces to be preserved. |
| CDP | 2.2 (Bio) | Close match | Medium | The characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats identifies the proximity of biodiversity-important areas. |
| 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. 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-Art10 | Close match | High (80%) | The characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats meets the objective of ecological coherence and connectivity of Article 10. |
| Habitats/Oiseaux | HAB-Art3-Annexes-I-II | Close match | High (80%) | The characterisation of habitats identifies the environments of ecological interest corresponding to the Annex I/II habitats. |
| SNB 2030 | SNB-M04 | Close match | High | The characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats structures the project's contribution to the networks. |
| Loi biodiv 2016 | BIO-09 | Close match | High | Ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats correspond directly to the reservoirs and corridors of the TVB targeted by the law. |
| Code env. | R122-5-etat-initial | Narrow match | Indicative (55%) | The characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats documents the initial state of natural habitats. |
| Code env. | L414-4 | Related match | Indicative (45%) | The characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats sheds light on the connection issues with a Natura 2000 site. |
| Doctrine ERC | ERC-P5 | Broad match | Medium | Ecological continuities and the characterisation of habitats are part of the initial state of functionalities. |
| Doctrine ERC | ERC-P8 | Broad match | Medium | The characterisation of ecological continuities steers the coherent location of the measures. |
| TVB | TVB-ORIENT-01 | Close match | High (88%) | Twin criterion (NCO/HOR) for the analysis of ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats, at the heart of the TVB assessment at project scale. |
| TVB | TVB-ORIENT-04 | Close match | Medium (75%) | The characterisation of habitats makes it possible to attach the site's environments to the sub-networks (wooded, open, wetland, aquatic). |
| Pollinisateurs | A3.2 | Related match | Medium | Linear infrastructures managed for pollinators serve as corridors, in connection with ecological continuities. |
| Code urb. | L151-23 | Close match | High | L151-23 allows the identification and protection of sites to be protected for ecological-continuity reasons; EFF-C-061 characterises ecological continuities and habitats. Convergent object. |
| Code urb. | L141-10-SCoT | Broad match | Medium | The DOO of the SCoT sets, at the supra scale, the objectives of preserving/restoring ecological continuities, a broader framework than the characterisation of continuities of EFF-C-061. |
| Code urb. | SRADDET-TVB | Broad match | Low | The TVB component of the SRADDET sets the regional framework of continuities that the project must take into account; a regional scope far broader than the local characterisation of EFF-C-061. |
| Code urb. | L113-1-EBC | Related match | Low | The EBC protect woodlands and habitats, contributing to the preservation of the continuities and habitats assessed by EFF-C-061. |
| Nomenclature ZAN | ZAN-NAT-9 | Close match | Medium | Likewise at NCO/HOR scale: the characterisation of habitats and ecological continuities (EFF-C-061) overlaps with the ZAN qualification of non-artificialised natural habitat (cat. 9). |
| HQE | HQE-BD-C1.2c | Close match | Medium | The consideration of ecological continuities and habitats overlaps with this Effinature criterion. |
| HQE | HQE-AMT-O7 | Close match | Medium | The ecological-continuities/habitats objective overlaps with ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats. |
| UICN SfN | Critère 2 | Close match | High | The characterisation of ecological continuities at district/landscape scale responds directly to the scale logic of criterion 2. |
| Labels complémentaires | LPO-16 | Related match | Medium (60%) | Characterisation of continuities and habitats in the initial state. |
| 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-08 | Related match | Indicative (35%) | BNG's exchange rules (replacing with habitats of equal or higher distinctiveness) have no formal equivalent; the logic of ecological quality of created habitats is weakly close to the choice of a local/native plant palette and Effinature's habitat characterisation. |
| 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-P02 | Broad match | Indicative (50%) | The characterisation of continuities/habitats offers an ecological comparison framework, without a dedicated control site. |
| Crédits biodiv | BC-P06 | Close match | High (80%) | The characterisation of habitats and continuities anchors local ecological objectives. |
| 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 does characterise habitats and ecological continuities (initial state); this is a partial but real response to the natural-habitat concept of PS6, over a narrower scope (anthropised site, without a modified/natural/critical typology). |
| 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 | Ecological connectivity of the site with surroundings. |
| DGNB | ENV-DIST-BIO | Related match | Low | Ecological continuities at district scale. |
| Green Star | GSB-NAT-CONNECT | Related match | Low | Effinature's ecological continuities and habitat characterisation at operation scale overlaps with Green Star's nature connectivity aim. |
| Green Mark / CBI | GM-ECOCONN | Close match | Medium | Ecological continuities and habitat characterisation (NCO) = landscape connectivity facilitating the movement of biodiversity. |
| Green Mark / CBI | SI-02 | Related match | Medium | The characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats overlaps with the ecological network of indicator 2. |
| Estidama | NS-R1 | Related match | Medium | Characterisation of the habitats and ecological continuities of the initial site. |
| ISO 17620 | 7.2.1 | Narrow match | Medium (70%) | The characterisation of ecological continuities and habitats completes the reference state. |
| ISO 17620 | 7.3.8 | Close match | Medium (60%) | The characterisation of ecological continuities guarantees the functional proximity between losses and gains. |
| BREEAM LE | LE02 | Close match | High (80%) | Ecological continuities and habitat characterisation = habitat mapping and zone of influence expected under LE02. |
| BREEAM Communities | SE 11 | Broad match | Medium (60%) | The district-scale connected green infrastructure encompasses Effinature's ecological continuities and habitat characterisation (operation scale). |
| BREEAM Communities | LE 01 | Close match | Medium (70%) | The ecological strategy (ecologist survey, continuities, habitats) corresponds to Effinature's ecological continuities and habitat characterisation. |
| LEED | AÉS Crédit : Évaluation du site | Related match | Indicative (55%) | The analysis of the site's ecological conditions overlaps with the characterisation of continuities and habitats. |
| SITES | Context P1.3 | Related match | Indicative (55%) | Conservation of aquatic ecosystems and buffer zones = characterisation of habitats and continuities. |
| SITES | Water C3.6 | Related match | Indicative (50%) | Restoration of aquatic ecosystems = restoration of habitats and continuities. |
| SITES | Soil+Veg C4.7 | Related match | Indicative (50%) | Restoration of native communities = ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats. |
| LEED-ND | SLL-C5 | Related match | Indicative (45%) | Ecological continuities and characterisation of habitats (EFF-C-061) - delimitation of the significant habitat and its buffers. |
| ARB IdF | IND-08 | Close match | High | Ecological continuities and habitat characterisation translate the green and blue infrastructure into the project. |
Source & licence
- Publisher : IRICE (groupe NORMAXIS)
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- Dataset version : 9.1
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