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Biogeographical regions

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Created 06 Aug 2015 Published 17 Aug 2015 Last modified 28 Jan 2016

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems

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Europe 2015 - The biogeographical 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).

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Scale of the data set:: 1:10000000
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 (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Council of Europe (CoE), Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV).
Coordinate reference system:: EPSG:3035
Data sources: 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 (DG ENV)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD)

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Biogeographical boundaries were obtained from the EU Member States and from the Emerald Network countries. These were merged together to produce a European wide map of the biogeographical regions independent of political boundaries. A number of the regions were updated during the work under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and in 2010 the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention adopted a number of changes according to progress in the setting-up of the Emerald Network.

Changes in version 2011:
• Improved boundaries for the following countries: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden.

Changes in version 2015:
• Update of coast lines (the Caspian and Black Sea)
• Update Ukraine from continental to Pannonian region
• Improved boundaries for the following countries: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan

The scale varies inside the dataset. Some regions, e.g. in EU countries, are 1:1 000 000 while other regions are 1:1 000 000 or even 1:10 000 000.

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Geographic coverage

Albania Alpine Anatolia Andorra Arctic Armenia Atlantic Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Black Sea Boreal Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Continental Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Europe Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99) Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macaronesia Malta Mediterranean Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Pannonian Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Steppic Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom Uzbekistan