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Box 20 Defining the scope of compensatory measures in relation to ecological functions – example in a special protection area Ecological function affected by a plan or project: resting areas for migratory bird species heading northwards, located in an SPA. Focus of compensatory measure: (a) The compensatory measures must provide alternative resting areas for the populations of the migratory bird species. (b) The new suitable resting areas for the targeted species must be correctly located in the same migratory path. (c) The new suitable resting areas must be readily accessible to the birds that use the original Natura 2000 site affected by the project (42). The carrying capacity of the new habitat must be at least equal to the carrying capacity of the site affected. The new resting areas should be protected before that project is implemented. New resting areas for the same species but in locations out of the migratory path, or within the migratory path but far away from the resting spot affected, would not be a suitable compensatory measure. This is because the ecological functionality recreated would not be sufficient to ensure the ecological coherence of the network.

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