The expansions will also increase protection for a range of valuable terrestrial habitats, including peat bogs in Lithuania, salt plains in Hungary, and species-rich chalk grasslands in Italy and Cyprus.
Laienemine tõhustab ka selliste väärtuslike maismaaelupaikade kaitset, nagu Leedu turbasood, Ungari soolatasandikud ning kriiti sisaldava pinnasega liigirikkad rohumaad Itaalias ja Küprosel.