8ee2d464-c628-4e4c-8308-be48a2da121e English Cogea Srl luigi.falco@bip-group.com 2025-09-03T08:45:20.77943Z ISO19115 2003/Cor.1:2006 EPSG:4326 ISO 19108 calendar EMODnet Human Activities, Environment, Regional Sea Conventions Marine Protected Areas 2023-09-04 2024-12-04 2023-08-02 EMODnet_HA_Environment_RegionalSeaConventionsMPAs_20241204 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. Cogea Srl luigi.falco@bip-group.com HELCOM data@helcom.fi 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. contact@mapamed.org OSPAR Commission data@ospar.com https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8ee2d464-c628-4e4c-8308-be48a2da121e/attachments/marineprotectedareas.jpg Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units Land cover Protected sites Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2012-07-20 protected area natural area natural areas protection GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1 2012-07-20 1000000 English environment -42.0018 35.7853 33.2189 81.028 No limitations on public access Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is Cogea Srl. 0 https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities WWW:LINK EMODnet Human Activities EMODnet Human Activities aims to facilitate access to existing marine data on activities carried out in EU waters, by building a single entry point for geographic information on human uses of the ocean. The portal makes available information such as geographical position, spatial extent of a series of activities related to the sea, their temporal variation, time when data was provided, and attributes to indicate the intensity of each activity. The data are aggregated and presented so as to preserve personal privacy and commercially-sensitive information. The data also include a time interval so that historic as well as current activities can be included. https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS marineprotectedareas Regional Sea Conventions MPAs https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:marineprotectedareas Regional Sea Conventions MPAs https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8ee2d464-c628-4e4c-8308-be48a2da121e/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Environment_RegionalSeaConventionsMPAs_20241204.zip WWW:DOWNLOAD EMODnet_HA_Environment_RegionalSeaConventionsMPAs_20241204.zip ZIP (File Geodatabase / Shapefile) Esri geodatabase gco:nilReason="unknown"> Esri shapefile gco:nilReason="unknown"> COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata 2008-12-04 See the referenced specification Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83 2009-12-15 See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 See the referenced specification 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.