# Indicator 7: Activities Negatively Affecting Biodiversity-Sensitive Areas

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**Does the entity have sites/operations located in or near to biodiversity sensitive areas where activities negatively affect those areas?**

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## Assessment Instructions

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<summary><strong>Intent</strong>: What is the purpose of this indicator?</summary>

The intent of this indicator is to assess the entity’s negative impacts on biodiversity-sensitive areas.

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<summary><strong>Input</strong>: How do I complete this indicator?</summary>

**Select Yes or No**

**Previous Year (2024):** Select 'Yes' to this option if the PAI indicator was applicable to the previous reference period.

**Current Year (2025):** Select 'Yes' to this option if the PAI indicator is applicable to the current reference period.

**Explanation (optional):** Provide context to the answer that was provided. This helps investors gain an understanding of the methodologies and assumptions used.

**Action taken (optional):** Give context to the answer that was provided to explain any action that may have been taken within the last year, as well as any actions planned or targets set for the next reference period.

### Terminology

**Biodiversity**

> means the variability among living organisms arising from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part and includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.

**Biodiversity-sensitive areas**

> means Natura 2000 network of protected areas, UNESCO World Heritage sites and Key Biodiversity Areas (‘KBAs’), as well as other protected areas, as referred to [in Appendix D of Annex II to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/213912](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021R2139#d1e32-144-1); (EU).

**Protected area**

> Means an area designated under the European Environment Agency’s Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA); (EU).

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## References

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<summary><em>References</em></summary>

[Natura 2000](https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/index_en.htm)

[UNESCO World heritage sites](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/)

[Key Biodiversity Areas (‘KBAs’)](https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-data)

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