High nature value (HNV) farmland

Data
Prod-ID: DAT-145-en
Created 23 Sep 2015 Published 06 Oct 2015 Last modified 06 Oct 2015
The concept of HNV farmland ties together biodiversity to the continuation of farming on certain types of land and the maintenance of specific farming systems. The general goal of the data set is to enhance the European map of HNV farmland that shows the estimated distribution and presence likelihood of HNV farmland across the whole European territory.

GIS data

HNV06 (tiff format)
  • 100m
  • INSPIRE compliant metadata set

Additional information

Further documentation

Report about the methodology of the European data set by ETC/SIA.

Metadata

Relation:
Parent data set:  Corine Land Cover 2006 seamless vector data
Parent data set:  Nationally designated areas (CDDA)
Parent data set:  Natura 2000 data - the European network of protected sites
Temporal coverage:
Last upload:
22 Sep 2015
Scale of the data set:
1:100000
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: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Disclaimer:
The objective of the HNV farmland map produced by EEA is to estimate the presence likelihood of HNV farmland within Europe using existing Europe-wide datasets. The EEA points out that the existing datasets may have drawbacks for HNV farmland identification and recommends therefore that the map be used as a proxy for the distribution of HNV farmland at European level appropriate for assessment purposes only.
Coordinate reference system:
EPSG:3035
Data sources

CORINE Land Cover 2006 v15
Version 15 includes Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. Greece is the only European country that has not participated in the CLC 2006 activity.

Digital Elevation Model
The EEA & INSPIRE standard DEM, 100*100m.

Environmental zones version 8 of the Environmental Stratification: Metzger, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H, Jongman, R.H.G, Müche,r C.A. and Watkins, J.W., (2005). A climatic stratification of the environment of Europe, Global Ecology and Biogeography 14: 549-563. Version 8 includes Cyprus and the European coastline has been made consistent with the CLC coastline. The environmental stratification does not cover Iceland. Turkey is only partially covered, therefore a similar stratification of environmental zones has been provided by the Turkish national experts.

Natura 2000 was used to provide information on protected sites in Europe. Additionally, nationally designated areas (CDDA) were applied in those countries where data of NATURA 2000 and the EMERALD network were not available (Turkey, Norway, Iceland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia). For Croatia the Emerald Network (proposal of NATURA 2000 for Croatia) was used.

Important Bird Areas, 2007.

Prime Butterfly Areas

For further information, please consult the report available for download.

Owners:
European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:

Additional information

The HNV farmland map aims to gain a better insight into the distribution and extent of farmland that is of inherent biodiversity value, and to develop a more effective tool for carrying out further analyses on spatial and time trends.

A first version (2008) of the European HNV map was based on CORINE land cover 2000 and is available by contacting Maria-Luisa Paracchini directly: luisa.paracchini@jrc.ec.europa.eu 

The enhanced update of HNV farmland in Europe was carried out in 2012 in the same way as the HNV farmland assessment according to the JRC/EEA methodology described in Paracchini, M. L.; Petersen, J.-E.; Hoogeveen, Y.; Bamps, C.; Burfield, I. and van Swaay, C., 2008. High Nature Value Farmland in Europe. An estimate of the distribution patterns on the basis of land cover and biodiversity data. JRC Scientific and Technical Reports. European Communities, Luxembourg.

The main focus of the 2012 exercise was to update the HNV farmland dataset based on the CLC data 2006 and to include countries previously not part of the European HNV farmland assessment.

 

 

Related content

Based on data

Nationally designated areas (CDDA) Nationally designated areas (CDDA) The European inventory of nationally designated areas holds information about protected sites and about the national legislative instruments, which directly or indirectly create protected areas
Corine Land Cover 2006 seamless vector data Corine Land Cover 2006 seamless vector data Version 15 (08/2011) - Corine land cover 2006 is the year 2006 update of the first CLC database which was finalised in the early 1990s as part of the European Commission programme to COoRdinate INformation on the Environment (Corine)
Natura 2000 data - the European network of protected sites Natura 2000 data - the European network of protected sites Natura 2000 is the key instrument to protect biodiversity in the European Union. It is an ecological network of protected areas, set up to ensure the survival of Europe's most valuable species and habitats. Natura 2000 is based on the 1979 Birds Directive and the 1992 Habitats Directive. The green infrastructure it provides safeguards numerous ecosystem services and ensures that Europe's natural systems remain healthy and resilient.

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Used in indicators

Agriculture: area under management practices potentially supporting biodiversity Agriculture: area under management practices potentially supporting biodiversity This indicator is based on two sub-indicators and shows trends in area (as proportion of the total utilised area) of two categories of agricultural land that are not mutually exclusive:  a. High nature value farmland area.  b. Area under organic farming.   a.'High nature value farmland area' (ha) indicates the area where farming systems are sustaining a high level of biodiversity. They are often characterised by extensive farming practices, associated with a high species and habitat diversity or the presence of species of European conservation concern. b.'Area under organic farming' (ha) indicates trends in the organic farming area and the share of the organic farming area in the total utilised agricultural area. Farming is only considered to be organic at the European Union (EU) level if it complies with Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, which provides a comprehensive framework for production of crops and livestock; labelling, processing and marketing of organic products; and the import of organic products into the EU.   Note: This indicator comprises two elements: a quality parameter (distribution of high nature value farmland) and a response parameter (area under agri-environment and organic farming). Both are relevant for an assessment of environmental sustainability although they are not necessarily linked.

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