EMODnet Human Activities, Environment, Natura 2000

The dataset on Natura 2000 sites was created in 2014 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network. It is entirely based on spatial data from the European Environmental Agency (EEA), plus additional info, links and selected EEA data joined to the feature attributes, as well as the Cogea's calculation of marine and coastal location of features. It is available for viewing and download on the EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). Natura 2000 is an ecological network composed of sites designated under the Birds Directive (Special Protection Areas, SPAs) and the Habitats Directive (Sites of Community Importance, SCIs, and Special Areas of Conservation, SACs). The dataset covers the whole EU. Following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020, it ceased to be part of the EEA’s institutional networks and governance. In the webmap the EEA dataset has been filtered to show only (i) marine sites, i.e. sites with a marine area percentage higher than 0 (as calculated by the EEA) and (ii) sites that, even if not identified as marine by the EEA, intersect the EEA coastline or that are within a distance of 1 km from the coastline (using a 1 km inner buffer from the EEA coastline). In both cases the COAST_MAR field value=1. The EEA coastline dataset is available at https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/eea-coastline-for-analysis-2. Where available, each polygon has the following attributes: site code, site name, country code, country name, site type (A, B, C), site description (Special Conservation Interest - SCI, Special Protection Areas - SPA, Both SPA and SCI), link to directive, area (ha), marine area percentage, release date, date classified as SPA, date confirmed as SCI, date designated as SAC, marine/coastal location of feature (1). Compared with the previous version, this one includes the updated dataset 'Natura 2000 End 2022', published by the EEA in April 2024. For further information (e.g. biogeographic region, directive, habitats, sites, impact, management, species and metadata) please visit the EEA's website hosting the Natura 2000 tabular data.

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Date (Publication)
2015-10-05
Date (Revision)
2024-05-20
Date (Creation)
2015-08-31
Citation identifier
EMODnet_HA_Environment_Natura2000_end2022_20240520
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Cogea srl

luigi.falco@bip-group.com.it

Author

European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD)

etc.biodiversity@mnhn.fr

Resource provider

Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)

nature@ec.europa.eu

Owner

European Environment Agency

eea.enquiries@eea.europa.eu

Resource provider

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

  • Land cover

  • Protected sites

  • Habitats and biotopes

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • protected area

  • natural area

  • natural areas protection
Use limitation

Re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the sources (both EMODnet - Human Activities, and primary sources) are acknowledged. EMODnet - Human Activities accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website. As regards Natura 2000, there are specific terms and conditions relating to the use of downloaded boundary data within the United Kingdom. If you intend to use the UK data you must first agree to the end user licence http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-5232. This data is provided for general information purposes only. Only the data possessed by the competent authorities of the Member States is authentic. Therefore, no rights or legal claims can be derived from the data displayed on this site.

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100000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
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EPSG:4326
Reference system identifier
ISO 19108 calendar
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OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities

EMODnet Human Activities

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

 		https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ac911c34-1692-4642-a031-87bcb5822158/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Environment_Natura2000_end2022_20240520.zip

EMODnet_HA_Environment_Natura2000_end2022_20240520.zip

OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map

 		https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms?

natura2000areas

OGC:WFS

 		https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?

emodnet:natura2000areas
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Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2008-12-04
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2009-12-15
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification
Statement

Validation and quality assurance remain up to the primary data sources, i.e. the European Environmental Agency (EEA). Member States update Natura 2000 spatial data continuously. The EEA integrates and validates the data, producing one release almost once a year.

Metadata

File identifier
ac911c34-1692-4642-a031-87bcb5822158 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-07-24T11:15:44.324149Z
Metadata standard name

ISO19115
Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Cogea srl

lfalco@cogea.it

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