European Directives, including the Habitats and Birds
Directives, apply to the UK Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar lies in the Mediterranean biogeographic region. A report
on the implementation of the Habitats Directive in Gibraltar
prepared by the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History
Society identified Annex I habitats and Annex II species and which
occur within Gibraltar (GONHS 1994).
Although cSACs in Gibraltar are submitted to the European
Commission via Defra in the same way as sites in the metropolitan
UK, the Government of Gibraltar is responsible for overseeing the
selection and management of sites within its territory.
Further information is available from the Government of
Gibraltar.
Gibraltar currently has two sites within the
Natura 2000 network, covering a total a area of 5687
ha. Both of these sites have been a) classified as a Special
Protection Area and b) designated as a Special Area of
Conservation.
Copies of the Natura data forms, as submitted
to the European Commission on 30 August 2012, can be
downloaded from here:
Although Natura 2000 sites in Gibraltar are submitted to the
European Commission via Defra in the same way as sites in the
metropolitan UK, the Government of Gibraltar is responsible for
overseeing the selection and management of sites within its
territory. Further information is available from the Government of
Gibraltar.