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<p>In an era of biodiversity crisis, monitoring habitats and species is essential to track their changes, understand conservation priorities, and guide management decisions. In the European Union, the Habitats Directive mandates the monitoring of different habitat types. However, the quality and frequency of monitoring and conservation efforts vary across habitats. One neglected habitat group is subterranean habitats including caves. Using a questionnaire distributed across all relevant stakeholder groups, complemented by experts’ opinions, we aimed to (i) identify the current status and future vision of subterranean habitat monitoring, and (ii) understand general knowledge of, and the possibilities and impediments to develop a standardised protocol. We received 78 responses from all targeted stakeholder groups. The results revealed that, generally, there is a good level of understanding of the Habitats Directive’s obligations and of the general concepts of biodiversity monitoring, while knowledge on subterranean-habitat-specific topics is substantially lower. The answers also revealed considerable differences in institutional background and used methodology across countries and, at times, within countries. Our research highlights the importance of educating stakeholders and creates a roadmap for the priorities and pitfalls in developing a standardised protocol that can be adjusted to meet specific needs and country specific administrative and management structure.</p>

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Exploring stakeholders’ apprehensions and perceptions of subterranean biodiversity monitoring in Europe

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    2026年7月23日

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  • Anna Biró,
  • Claire A. Chauveau,
  • Olivier Collard,
  • Teo Delić,
  • Jean-François Flot,
  • Catalina Haidău,
  • Gábor Herczeg,
  • Sanda Iepure,
  • Anja Kos,
  • Enrico Lunghi,
  • Oana Teodora Moldovan,
  • Orest Sambor,
  • Alexander Weigand,
  • Valerija Zakšek,
  • Gergely Balázs,
  • Maja Zagmajster

摘要

In an era of biodiversity crisis, monitoring habitats and species is essential to track their changes, understand conservation priorities, and guide management decisions. In the European Union, the Habitats Directive mandates the monitoring of different habitat types. However, the quality and frequency of monitoring and conservation efforts vary across habitats. One neglected habitat group is subterranean habitats including caves. Using a questionnaire distributed across all relevant stakeholder groups, complemented by experts’ opinions, we aimed to (i) identify the current status and future vision of subterranean habitat monitoring, and (ii) understand general knowledge of, and the possibilities and impediments to develop a standardised protocol. We received 78 responses from all targeted stakeholder groups. The results revealed that, generally, there is a good level of understanding of the Habitats Directive’s obligations and of the general concepts of biodiversity monitoring, while knowledge on subterranean-habitat-specific topics is substantially lower. The answers also revealed considerable differences in institutional background and used methodology across countries and, at times, within countries. Our research highlights the importance of educating stakeholders and creates a roadmap for the priorities and pitfalls in developing a standardised protocol that can be adjusted to meet specific needs and country specific administrative and management structure.