Biogeographical regions
Data
Prod-ID:
DAT-85-en
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Created 20 Aug 2008
Published 20 Aug 2008
Last modified 28 Jun 2016
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Topics:
Biodiversity — Ecosystems
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Europe 2008 - 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)
GIS data
Zipped geodatabase format, vector polygon
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Zipped geodatabase format, vector polygon
(ZIP archive)
94.22 MB Download file
Zipped shapefile format, vector polygon
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Zipped shapefile format, vector polygon
(ZIP archive)
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Methodology
Colour codes for the biogeographical regions
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Colour codes for biogeographical regions
(Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Metadata
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Temporal coverage:
2008
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Last upload:
- 20 Aug 2008
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Geographic coverage:
Austria
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Belgium
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Bulgaria
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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Germany
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Greece
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Hungary
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Ireland
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Italy
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Netherlands
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Poland
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Portugal
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Romania
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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United Kingdom
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Scale of the data set:
- 1:1000000
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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 (DG ENV).
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Coordinate reference system:
- EPSG:3035
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Data sources
Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (BfN), 2003. Map of natural vegetation of Europe. Web site: http://www.bfn.de/. National data included.
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Owners:
- Council of Europe (CoE)
- Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)
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Processors:
- European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD)
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.
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- DAT-85-en
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/biogeographical-regions-europe-2008 or scan the QR code.
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