To ask Her Majesty's Government in the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/6), what is meant by “surveillance” as applied to "the conservation status of each relevant habitat and species". [HL1442]

Surveillance in this context refers to a series of comparable measurements that enable us to detect changes in geographic range, extent or condition of particular habitats over time, and similarly geographic range and population size of a particular species. This enables the conservation status of those habitats or species, as defined in the habitats directive, to be determined.

To ask Her Majesty's Government in the Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/7), what is meant by “surveillance” as applied to “the conservation status of each relevant habitat and species”. [HL1443]

Surveillance in this context refers to a series of comparable measurements that enable us to detect changes in geographic range, extent or condition of particular habitats over time, and similarly geographic range and population size of a particular species. This enables the conservation status of those habitats or species, as defined in the habitats directive, to be determined.