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Topic 3 · Blue Flag 2027

Ecosystem and Biodiversity

What used to live scattered within “Environmental Management” becomes its own topic.

Applies to B M TB STV

What changes

Specific protocols for protecting and supporting biodiversity, management of algal vegetation and natural wrack (beaches), pet and domestic animal policy, a wildlife-approach framework, anchoring compliance.

What stays the same

The general logic of protecting coastal species and habitats.

Why it matters

Lays the conceptual groundwork that later becomes highly operational in Topic 7.

Source: Blue Flag Certification Scheme – Draft Requirements, final draft, FEE International, 17 June 2026.