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EUNIS modular database

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Created 15 May 2014 Published 15 May 2014 Last modified 09 Feb 2023

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems

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EUNIS modular database brings together European data from several databases and organisations into three interlinked modules on protected sites, species and habitat types.

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EUNIS database in RDF/XML

In order to facilitate combination of EUNIS data with other datasets, the EUNIS database has been made available as RDF/XML. To cater to stakeholders who are interested in only a subset of the data, the dataset has been partitioned into several files.

Biogeographical regions
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Countries
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Links between countries and biogeographical regions
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Designations of sites
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Habitat types (only Eunis, not Habitats Directive)
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Geographical scopes
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Habitat types
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Images and associated metadata
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Legislation references
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References to sources
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Region coverage of protected sites
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Protected sites
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Species
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Species groups
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Higher (family and up) taxonomies
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Metadata

Relation:: Parent data set: Natura 2000 data - the European network of protected sites; Parent data set: Nationally designated areas (CDDA); Parent data set: European Red Lists; Parent data set: Biogeographical regions; Parent data set: Conservation status of habitat types and species (Article 17, Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC); Parent data set: EUNIS habitat classification
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: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Data sources: The data is taken directly from the EUNIS web application
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD)

Additional information

The EUNIS information system provides access to the publicly available data in the EUNIS database. The information includes:

Data on species, habitat types and designated sites compiled in the framework of Natura 2000 (EU Habitats and Birds Directives);
The EUNIS habitat classification;
Data from material compiled by the European Topic Centre of Biological Diversity;
Information on species, habitat types and designated sites mentioned in relevant international conventions and in the IUCN Red Lists;
Specific data collected in the framework of the EEA's reporting activities, which also constitute a core set of data to be updated periodically, e.g. Eionet priority dataflow Nationally designated areas (CDDA).