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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
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Cogea srl

luigi.falco@bip-group.com

Author

HELCOM

data@helcom.fi

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.

contact@mapamed.org

Resource provider

OSPAR Commission

data@ospar.com

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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no limitation

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
1000000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
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Reference system identifier
EPSG:4326
Reference system identifier
ISO 19108 calendar
Distribution format
Name Version

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Transfer size
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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

OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map

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

marineprotectedareas

OGC:WFS

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

emodnet:marineprotectedareas

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--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

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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 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
2024-12-12T09:47:52.92222Z
Metadata standard name

ISO19115

Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Cogea srl

luigi.falco@bip-group.com

Point of contact
 
 

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