Details of Special Areas Of Conservation
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Title of dataset | Special Areas Of Conservation |
Narrative summary of dataset | These are prime wildlife conservation areas in the country, considered to be important on a European as well as Irish level. Detailed conservation objectives are available for some SACs and as additional ones are approved they will be posted on the NPWS website (www.npws.ie). The legal basis on which SACs are selected and designated is the EU Habitats Directive, transposed into Irish law in the as amended in 1998 and 2005. The Directive lists certain habitats and species that must be protected within SACs. The areas chosen as SAC in Ireland cover an area of approximately 13,500 sq. km. Roughly 53% is land, the remainder being marine or large lakes. Across the EU, over 12,600 sites have been identified and proposed, covering 420,000 sq. km of land and sea, an area the size of Germany. |
Start date | 2019-12-05 |
End date | 2021-09-10 |
Responsible organisations
Country | Ireland |
Organisation name | Marine Institute |
Role of organisation | Dataset Holding Organisation |
Country | Ireland |
Organisation name | Marine Institute |
Role of organisation | Publisher |
Dataset availability
Original dataset download link | https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/nBPLEL9Re6JpiLH |
Dataset format | shapefile |
Public access | No limitations |
License for use | CC-BY 4.0 |
Type | Dataset |
Locations
Map | © OpenStreetMap contributors |
Latitude north boundary | 55.316628662547 |
Longitude east boundary | -4.9878956856609 |
Latitude south boundary | 50.944568510633 |
Longitude west boundary | -17.512309748161 |
Sea area | North Atlantic Ocean |
Data types, collection and processing
Observation type | Birds, mammals and reptiles |
Biota abundance, biomass and diversity | |
Parameter | Marine protected area location |
Process information
Submitting organisation | Marine Institute |
Submission identifier (UUID) | 990c08e1-cad0-4a46-ac1e-02b09655b30d |
Date of dataset creation | 2019-12-05 |
Date of metadata creation | 2021-09-15 |
Date of metadata latest revision | 2021-09-22 |
Date of publishing | 2021-10-11 |
Processing data centre | COGEA SRL, Business Management Consultants |
Summary record-ID | 937 |