How Mycelia suggests which habitats to monitor

When you set up a monitoring case, Mycelia automatically suggests which habitats should be monitored. (You can also see these suggestions at Assessment stage, in the “Habitats to be secured� section of the case overview page.)

These suggestions are based on government guidance, which you can find here. The guidance sets out which on-site habitats should be considered “significant�, meaning that they should be secured and monitored. (Under the Environment Act 2021, all off-site habitats must be secured and monitored.)

Based on this guidance, Mycelia automatically sets the following habitats to be monitored:

• All off-site habitats.
• All on-site creations of habitats with medium or higher distinctiveness.
• Any on-site enhancement where:
  • The resulting habitat has medium or higher distinctiveness, or
  • The habitat’s condition is increasing as a result of the enhancement, or
  • The habitat’s distinctiveness is increasing as a result of the enhancement.

If you’re happy with the automatic suggestions, there is nothing further for you to do. If you want to adjust which habitats are monitored, you can use the drop-down menus on the monitoring case overview page, as shown in the first video above.