Biogeographical regions, Europe 2008

Topics: Biodiversity ,

The bio-geographic regions dataset contains the official delineations used in the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and for the EMERALD Network set up under the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)

This is the latest published version. See older versions.

GIS data

Zipped geodatabase format, vector polygon

biogeo_geodatabase.zip (ZIP archive)
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Zipped shapefile format, vector polygon

biogeo_shapefile.zip (ZIP archive)
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Methodology

Colour codes for the biogeographical regions

Colour codes for biogeographical regions.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Additional information

Modifications adopted by the Bern Convention Standing Committee and approved by habitats Committee in 05-04/03. Opposed to former versions this layer has an improved geographical scale of 1:1000000. This means that it can also be used to analysis purposes. Note, however, that this version has a poorer geographical coverage than the former versions.

Produced maps and graphs

Biogeographical regions in Europe Biogeographical regions in Europe

The Natura 2000 network across biogeographical regions, status July 2008

Publish date:: 20 Aug 2008
Temporal coverage:: 2008
Last upload:: 20 Aug 2008
Geographical coverage:: EU25, EU27, EU12, EU15
Tags:: vector data | Biogeographical region | geospatial data
Scale of the data set:: 1:1000000
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Council of Europe (CoE), Directorate-General for Environment.
Coordinate reference system:: EPSG:3035
Source:: Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (BfN), 2003. Map of natural vegetation of Europe. Web site: http://www.bfn.de/. National data included.
Owners:: Council of Europe (CoE); Directorate-General for Environment
Processors:: The European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity