Details of Special Areas Of Conservation

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Dataset identification

Title of datasetSpecial Areas Of Conservation
Narrative summary of datasetThese 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 date2019-12-05
End date2021-09-10

Responsible organisations

CountryIreland
Organisation nameMarine Institute
Role of organisationDataset Holding Organisation
CountryIreland
Organisation nameMarine Institute
Role of organisationPublisher

Dataset availability

Original dataset download linkhttps://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/nBPLEL9Re6JpiLH
Dataset formatshapefile
Public accessNo limitations
License for useCC-BY 4.0
TypeDataset

Locations

Map
Latitude north boundary55.316628662547
Longitude east boundary-4.9878956856609
Latitude south boundary50.944568510633
Longitude west boundary-17.512309748161
Sea areaNorth Atlantic Ocean

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typeBirds, mammals and reptiles
Biota abundance, biomass and diversity
ParameterMarine protected area location

Process information

Submitting organisationMarine Institute
Submission identifier (UUID)990c08e1-cad0-4a46-ac1e-02b09655b30d
Date of dataset creation2019-12-05
Date of metadata creation2021-09-15
Date of metadata latest revision2021-09-22
Date of publishing2021-10-11
Processing data centreCOGEA SRL, Business Management Consultants
Summary record-ID937