EMODnet Human Activities, Environment, Regional Sea Conventions Marine Protected Areas
The dataset on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) established under the framework of the Regional Sea Conventions (RSCs) was created in 2023 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is based on spatial data provided by HELCOM, by SPA/RAC and MedPAN through the MAPAMED database, and by OSPAR. It is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset displays all the MPAs as officially reported by the respective Contracting Parties to the Helsinky Convention, to the Barcelona Convention and to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic. The RSCs MPAs are established in order to promote the cooperation in the management and conservation of natural areas, as well as in the protection of threatened species and their habitats. Each RSC MPA may be established in the marine and coastal zones subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Parties and in areas situated partly or wholly on the high sea. Thus, the dataset covers the MPAs Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) and the MPAs in following countries: Albania, Algeria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom. Where available each polygon has the following attributes: Regional Sea Convention (Barcelona, HELCOM, OSPAR), code, name (english and/or original), country, designation, IUCN category (Ia, Ib, II, IV, V, not applicable, not assigned, not reported), area sqkm (reported, calculated), marine area sqkm (reported, calculated), status (adopted/designated, managed or partly managed, proposed), establishement year, management authorithy, site link. For further information please visit the data providers websites. This dataset covers the last updated versions released in the 2021 and 2022 by HELCOM and MAPAMED, and in the 2024 by OSPAR.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-09-04
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-12-04
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-08-02
- Citation identifier
- EMODnet_HA_Environment_RegionalSeaConventionsMPAs_20241204
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Cogea Srl
Author HELCOM
Resource provider MAPAMED, the database of MArine Protected Areas in the MEDiterranean. 2019 edition, version 2. © 2022 by SPA/RAC and MedPAN. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Resource provider OSPAR Commission
Resource provider
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
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Land cover
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Protected sites
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Habitats and biotopes
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GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1
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protected area
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natural area
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natural areas protection
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- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 1000000
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations on public access
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- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
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Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
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This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal ( https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is Cogea Srl.
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:4326
- Reference system identifier
- ISO 19108 calendar
- Transfer size
- 0
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK
https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities EMODnet Human Activities
OGC:WMS
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? marineprotectedareas
OGC:WFS
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? emodnet:marineprotectedareas
WWW:DOWNLOAD
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8ee2d464-c628-4e4c-8308-be48a2da121e/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Environment_RegionalSeaConventionsMPAs_20241204.zip EMODnet_HA_Environment_RegionalSeaConventionsMPAs_20241204.zip
- Distribution format
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Name Version Esri geodatabase gco:nilReason="unknown"> Esri shapefile gco:nilReason="unknown">
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-12-04
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2009-12-15
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Statement
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Validation and quality assurance remain up to the primary data source, i.e. HELCOM, MAPAMED and OSPAR, while the harmonization is carried out by Cogea. This harmonization process consists of adapting all the 3 datasets in a common data model. The original datasets are available at: https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d27df8c0-de86-4d13-a06d-35a8f50b16fa; https://mapamed.org/; https://odims.ospar.org/en/submissions/ospar_mpa_2021_07/. The aggregated database is updated annually.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 8ee2d464-c628-4e4c-8308-be48a2da121e XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-09-03T08:45:20.77943Z
- Metadata standard name
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ISO19115
- Metadata standard version
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2003/Cor.1:2006
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Cogea Srl
Point of contact
Overviews
Spatial extent
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