Corine biotopes

Topics: Biodiversity ,

The Corine biotopes (Version 2000) database is an inventory of major nature sites

European data set

Compressed file containing the look-up tables in MS Access format

corine biotopes data.zip (ZIP archive)
10.56 MB Download file

Compressed file containing the species, coded and text tables in MS Access format

lu_cb.zip (ZIP archive)
1.82 MB Download file

Additional information

The database began under the Corine biotopes project to enhance reliable and accessible information about vulnerable ecosystems, habitats and species of important as background information for Community environmental assessment. The original documentation of the dataset and its compilation is available in the following report: CORINE Biotypes - The design, compilation and use of an inventory of sites of major importance for nature conservation in the European Community. Also, the data collection is described in this report: CORINE Biotopes Sites - Database Status and Perspectives 1995.

Produced maps and graphs

Corine biotopes map Geographic view of the biotopes as area circles

Relation:: Derived data set: Areas of high ecological value
Publish date:: 14 Mar 2003
Last upload:: 28 Jan 2003
Geographical coverage:: EU12, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia
Tags:: Natlan | biotope | geospatial data | EEA owned data sets | point data | species
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: European Environment Agency.
Methodology:: Please visit this site for more information about Corine projects http://reports.eea.europa.eu/search_results?SearchTitle=CORINE
Source:: The European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity (April 2000).
Owners:: European Environment Agency