Ireland's State of the Environment Report 2024

162 Chapter 7: Nature Figure 7.3  Conservation status of protected habitats at EU Member State level, 2013-2018 ˜ Good ˜ Poor ˜ Bad ˜ Unknown 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Belgium (93) Denmark (111) Spain (247) Latvia (61) Italy (263) Netherlands (52) Bulgaria (188) Hungary (45) Ireland (59) UK (87) Austria (117) Czechia (93) Poland (115) France (297) Lithuania (54) Sweden (186) Portugal (156) Malta (29) Germany (195) Finland (91) Luxembourg (28) Slovakia (101) Slovenia (89) Croatia (125) Cyprus (42) Greece (89) Estonia (60) Romania (173) EU status EU Average 23.9 39.0 33.4 15.3 45.8 39.0 Source: EEA, 2021b Figure 7.4  Summary of the assessment results for (left) the status of and (right) trends in species populations protected under the EU Habitats Directive in Ireland Conservation Status of Protected Species Trends in Protected Species ˜ Good ˜ Poor ˜ Bad ˜ Unknown ˜ Stable ˜ Improving ˜ Declining ˜ Unknown 13% 15% 15% 57% 13% 15% 17% 55% Source: NPWS, 2019a