Nationally designated areas (CDDA)

The dataset contains the geographic location and size of the nationally designated areas

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Oct 12, 2011 - Nationally designated areas (National - CDDA)

European data set

EUNIS habitat classification

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Eunis hab	EUNIS habitat classification	the unique code of the EUNIS habitat classification up to the fourth level.	nvarchar(255)	-1
Hab level	Habitat level		nvarchar(255)	0
Scientific name	Scientific name of the habitat		nvarchar(255)	0

eunis_habitats_level_4_for_cdda_en_v4.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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IUCN category

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Definition	IUCN category definition	ntext(16)
Iucncat	IUCN management category	nvarchar(4)
Title	Brief text description of habitat class	nvarchar(250)

iucncategories_en_v4.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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List of designations by country

The table contains the list of designations and references to laws.

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Law	Reference to the legal text		ntext(16)	0
Lawreference	Reference to the publication in Official Journal		ntext(16)	0
Agency	Address of the administrative authority responsible for this designation		ntext(16)	0
Odesignate	Title in original language		nvarchar(100)	0
Designate	Title in English		nvarchar(100)	0
Title - french	Title in French		nvarchar(255)	0
Iso3	ISO 3 character country code		nvarchar(6)	0
Desig_abbr	National designation type code		nvarchar(5)	-1
Category	National designation type category	the designation type category according to the codes (A, B or C) appendix D of the Natura 2000 and Emerald Standard Data Form	nvarchar(1)	0

designations_europe_en_v4.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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designations_europe_en_v4.dbf (dBASE document)
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designations_europe_en_v4.mdb (application/msaccess)
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designations_europe_en_v4.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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National designation type category

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Category	National designation type category	the designation type category according to the codes (A, B or C) appendix D of the Natura 2000 and Emerald Standard Data Form	nvarchar(1)	0
Definition	IUCN category definition		nvarchar(200)	0

cdda_desig_categories_en_v4.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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Site habitats table

The table contains data on habitats and habitat cover within the site boundary.

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Site_code	Unique record identifier for nationally designated areas		float(8)	0
Cover	The percentage of the site covered by this habitat class		float(8)	0
Eunis hab	EUNIS habitat classification	the unique code of the EUNIS habitat classification up to the fourth level.	nvarchar(5)	-1

sitehabitats_europe_en_v4.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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Site relations

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Rel_code	Relationship code	the type of relationship between two sites.	nvarchar(1)	-1
Relationship	Relationship description		nvarchar(200)	0

cdda_relations_categories_en_v4.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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Site relations table

This table allows to indicate neighbouring sites or sites belonging to different designation types which overlap or neighbour each other.

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Sitecode	Unique site reference code	this field can only contain existing site codes as identified in the Sites table.	float(8)	-1
Rsitecode	Related site code	the unique record identifier of the related site.	float(8)	0
Overlap	Overlap	the percentage of the described site that is overlapping with the other site.	float(8)	0
Rel_code	Relationship code	the type of relationship between two sites.	nvarchar(1)	-1

siterelations_europe_en_v4.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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siterelations_europe_en_v4.dbf (dBASE document)
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Sites data table

The table contains the information on the individual designated areas at national level.

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Lat	Latitude	geographical Co-ordinate in decimal degrees.	float(8)	0
Lon	Longitude	geographical coordinate in decimal degrees.	float(8)	0
Altitude_max	The maximum altitude (meters) above sea level within the site boundaries.		float(8)	0
Latsec	Latitude seconds		float(8)	0
Lonsec	Longitude seconds		float(8)	0
Site_code	Unique record identifier within the CDDA data base for nationally designated areas.		float(8)	0
Size	Surface area in ha.		float(8)	0
Altitude_min	The minimum altitude (meters) above sea level within the site boundaries.		float(8)	0
Lon_ew	Longitude East/West	E or W	nvarchar(1)	0
Nuts	Administrative Region Code according to the coding system of Eurostat.		nvarchar(5)	0
Year	annual data	year of establishment. The year the site was created under the designation concerned.	nvarchar(4)	0
Lat_ns	Latitude North/South		nvarchar(1)	0
Desig_abbr	National designation type code		nvarchar(5)	-1
Areaname	Site name as given in local language.		nvarchar(120)	0
Iucncat	IUCN management category		nvarchar(4)	0
Site_code_nat	National site code	unique record identifier in the national source database	nvarchar(12)	0
Parent_iso	ISO 3 caracters country code		nvarchar(3)	0
Iso3	ISO 3 character country code		nvarchar(3)	0
Lonmin	Longitude minutes		smallint(2)	0
Latdeg	Latitude degrees		smallint(2)	0
Latmin	Latitude minutes		smallint(2)	0
Londeg	Longitude degrees		smallint(2)	0

sites_europe_en_v4_csv.zip (ZIP archive)
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sites_europe_en_v4_dbf.zip (ZIP archive)
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sites_europe_en_v4_mdb.zip (ZIP archive)
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Additional information

Database diagram

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Metadata for the data tables

cdda tables metadata.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Additional information

The inventory of nationally designated areas began under the CORINE programe. It is now maintained for EEA by the European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity and is being updated through EIONET.

Produced maps and graphs

Nationally designated areas (CDDA)

Reporting obligations (ROD)

Nationally designated areas (CDDA-1)

Publish date:: 07 Mar 2005
Last upload:: 22 Feb 2005
Geographical coverage:: EU25, EU27, EU12, EU15, EFTA4, EEA32, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Monaco, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Ukraine
Tags:: CSI008 | CSI | geospatial data | ETC/NPB | EEA owned data sets | protected area
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.
Source:: European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity. Date of delivery: 08/02/2005.
Owners:: European Environment Agency