European nature information system

EUNIS has been developed by the EEA European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity. It has two main aims: to facilitate use of data by promoting harmonisation of terminology and definitions, and to be a reservoir of information on European environmentally important matters. EUNIS consists of a central unit integrating data models on species, habitats and sites; several secondary databases which are managed by different partners; and an increasing number of satellite databases.