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Biogeographical regions

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Prod-ID: DAT-85-en

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)

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GIS data

Zipped geodatabase format, vector polygon

Zipped geodatabase format, vector polygon (ZIP archive)
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Zipped shapefile format, vector polygon

Zipped shapefile format, vector polygon (ZIP archive)
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Methodology

Colour codes for the biogeographical regions

Colour codes for biogeographical regions (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Metadata

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 (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)

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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Older versions

16 Feb 2006 - Biogeographical regions

18 Feb 2004 - Biogeographical regions

01 Jan 2002 - Biogeographical regions

Geographic coverage

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom