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Biogeographical regions

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Prod-ID: DAT-85-en
Created 08 Jan 2016 Published 28 Jan 2016 Last modified 02 Sep 2021
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Europe 2016 - 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). Changes in this version: The Pannonian region of Serbia was missing in previous versions and this has been corrected in the 2016 version. Some Arctic islands which do not belong to the European part of Russia and which were erroneously included in previous versions have been removed.

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information.png Reporting obligations (ROD)
  • Not applicable
Relation:
Derived data set:  GIS area of Natura 2000 network
Derived data set:  GIS area of Natura 2000 network
information.png Scale of the data set:
1:10000000
information.png 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).
information.png Coordinate reference system:
EPSG:3035
information.png Data sources

Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (BfN), 2003. Map of natural vegetation of Europe. Web site: http://www.bfn.de/. National data included.

information.png Owners:
Council of Europe (CoE)
Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)
information.png Processors:
European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD)

Additional information

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

Changes in 2015, version 2:
• Errors in the delineation of the ATL region have been corrected.

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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Figure Improvements across EU Biogeographical Regions The map shows the biogeographical and marine Regions for EU28 countries.
Figure Biogeographical and marine regions in the EU The map shows the biogeographical and marine regions for EU-28 countries.
Figure Biogeographical regions in Europe This map reflects the status of the Biogeographical Regions in Europe from 2016 onwards. Changes compared to previous versions are explained in the source dataset.
Figure Key observed and projected climate change and impacts for the main regions in Europe The map shows the observed and projected climate change and impacts for the main biogeographical regions in Europe
Figure Key observed and projected climate change and impacts for the main regions in Europe The figure summarises the current situation and provide projections for Europe. The impacts of climate change will affect cities and towns just like the rest of Europe. Because of the concentration of people and economic assets, cities are particularly at risk.

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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/biogeographical-regions-europe-3 or scan the QR code.

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