ac911c34-1692-4642-a031-87bcb5822158 English Cogea Srl luigi.falco@bip-group.com 2026-02-13T16:51:20.480211Z ISO19115 2003/Cor.1:2006 EPSG:4326 ISO 19108 calendar EMODnet Human Activities, Environment, Natura 2000 2015-10-05 2026-02-06 2015-08-31 EMODnet_HA_Environment_Natura2000_end2024_20260206 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 selected EEA tabular data added as 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 datasets 'eea_v_3035_100_k_natura2000_p_2024_v01_r00' and 'eea_t_natura2000_p_2024_v01_r00', published by the EEA in December 2025. 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. Cogea Srl luigi.falco@bip-group.com.it European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD) etc.biodiversity@mnhn.fr Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) nature@ec.europa.eu European Environment Agency eea.enquiries@eea.europa.eu https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ac911c34-1692-4642-a031-87bcb5822158/attachments/natura2000.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 100000 English environment -32.368056853 34.1014851310001 24.5887327990001 70.0258634440001 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/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ac911c34-1692-4642-a031-87bcb5822158/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Environment_Natura2000_end2024_20260206.zip WWW:DOWNLOAD EMODnet_HA_Environment_Natura2000_end2024_20260206.zip ZIP (File Geodatabase) https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS natura2000areas Natura 2000 https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:natura2000areas Natura 2000 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 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. Marine and coastal areas are (i) the ones with a marine area percentage higher than 0 (as reported by the EEA) and (ii) the ones that, even if not identified as marine by the EEA, intersect the coastline or that are within a distance of 1 km from the coastline (using a 1 km inner buffer), as by Cogea's calculation. In both cases the COAST_MAR field value=1. The coastline datasets are available at https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/eea-coastline-for-analysis-2 for continental areas, and at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/reference-data/administrative-units-statistical-units/countries#countries20 for areas in the overseas entities.