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Nationally designated areas (CDDA)
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CDDA (5 tables)
The dataset contains data on individual nationally designated sites and designations in EEA member and collaborating countries.
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List of National Designations (CDDA_v9_designations, 690 records)
List of national designations with references to laws and number and total area of sites per designation.
Field name | Definition | Note | data type |
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PARENT_ISO | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the reporting country | parent country | text(3) |
ISO3 | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the country where the data originate from | recognizes also country territories and autonomous countries in political communities with other, parent countries. | text(3) |
DESIG_ABBR | National designation type code. | text(5) | |
Category |
National designation type category. |
text(1) | |
Odesignate | Title of the designation in original language. | text(100) | |
Designate | Title of the designation in English. | text(100) | |
Law | Reference to the legal text covering the designation. | memo | |
Lawreference | Reference to the Official Journal where the law was published. | Can be empty for category C designations. | memo |
Agency | Address of the administrative authority responsible for the designation. | memo | |
Number | Number of sites for this designation that is present in the CDDA sites table. | long | |
Total_Area | Total area in hectares covered by sites with this designation assigned. | double | |
Remark | Remarks concerning the designation | memo |
Spatial coverage of protected areas not defined as sites (CDDA_v9_designation_boundaries, 79 records)
A list of digital boundaries of protected areas not defined as sites. Provides information on resolution of source material from which the boundary has been derived. Instructs EEA regarding dissemination of boundaries.
Field name | Definition | Note | data type |
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PARENT_ISO | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the reporting country | parent country | text(3) |
ISO3 | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the country where the data originate from | recognizes also country territories and autonomous countries in political communities with other, parent countries. | text(3) |
DESIG_ABBR | National designation type code. | text(5) | |
CDDA_Availability_code | Availability of boundaries | 00 - Boundaries not available, 01 - Boundaries reported to EEA, 02 - Boundaries under preparation, 03 - Boundaries not relevant for analysis at European scale. Point or line feature. | text(2) |
CDDA_Resolution_code | Code for spatial resolution of dataset from which geographical data for this feature (boundaries, coordinates) has been derived. | 01 - Unknown, 02 - Smaller than 1:1 000 000, 03 - Between 1:250 000 and 1:1 000 000, 04 - Between 1:100 000 and 1:250 000, 05 - More then 1:100 000 | text(2) |
CDDA_Dissemination_code | Code for spatial resolution of dataset from which geographical data for this feature (boundaries, coordinates) has been derived. | 01 - Vector data can be published for this feature, 02 - Public dissemination restricted to presence/absence in European raster dataset, 03 - Public dissemination restricted to European scale maps, 04 - Dissemination to CDDA partner institutions (WCMP and CoE) for their internal use only. Other interested parties should contact national representative, 05 - No dissemination by EEA. Interested parties should contact national representative | text(2) |
Sites data (CDDA_v9_sites, 100400 records)
Main information (name, location, area, IUCN category etc) on each individual designated area at national level.
Field name | Definition | Note | data type |
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SITE_CODE | Unique record identifier for nationally designated areas | long | |
SITE_CODE_NAT | National site code | Unique record identifier in the national source database | text(30) |
PARENT_ISO | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the reporting country | parent country | text(3) |
ISO3 | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the country where the data originate from | recognizes also country territories and autonomous countries in political communities with other, parent countries. | text(3) |
DESIG_ABBR | National designation type code. | text(5) | |
Site_name | Name of the site in local language | text(120) | |
Site_area | Surface area of site in hectares | single | |
IUCNCAT | IUCN management category | http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/pa/pa_products/wcpa_categories/ | text(3) |
NUTS | Water Quantity: The lowest possible level code of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS1, NUTS2 or NUTS3) in which the geographical entity is located. | text(5) | |
Year | Year of establishment - the year the site was first time designated | long | |
Last_leg_chng_year | Year of last legal change. | long | |
Last_leg_chng_code | Code of last legal change. | text(2) | |
LAT | International geographical latitude (y) co-ordinate in decimal degrees format. | decimal | |
LON | International geographical longitude (x) co-ordinate in decimal degrees format. | decimal | |
CDDA_Coordinates_code | Code for derivation of tabular coordinates of sites. | 00 - Unknown, 01 - National calculation, 02 - Calculated by EEA from reported boundary data | text(2) |
CDDA_Resolution_code | Code for spatial resolution of dataset from which geographical data for this feature (boundaries, coordinates) has been derived. | 01 - Unknown, 02 - Smaller than 1:1 000 000, 03 - Between 1:250 000 and 1:1 000 000, 04 - Between 1:100 000 and 1:250 000, 05 - More then 1:100 000 | text(2) |
CDDA_Dissemination_code | Code for spatial resolution of dataset from which geographical data for this feature (boundaries, coordinates) has been derived. | 01 - Vector data can be published for this feature, 02 - Public dissemination restricted to presence/absence in European raster dataset, 03 - Public dissemination restricted to European scale maps, 04 - Dissemination to CDDA partner institutions (WCMP and CoE) for their internal use only. Other interested parties should contact national representative, 05 - No dissemination by EEA. Interested parties should contact national representative | text(2) |
Notes | Remarks about the site record | memo |
Site boundaries (CDDA_v9_site_boundaries, 97408 records)
Information whether digital boundaries have been provided for the reported sites. Provides also information on resolution of source material from which the boundary has been derived. Instructs EEA regarding dissemination of boundaries.
Field name | Definition | Note | data type |
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SITE_CODE | Unique record identifier for nationally designated areas | long | |
SITE_CODE_NAT | National site code | Unique record identifier in the national source database | text(30) |
PARENT_ISO | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the reporting country | parent country | text(3) |
ISO3 | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the country where the data originate from | recognizes also country territories and autonomous countries in political communities with other, parent countries. | text(3) |
CDDA_Availability_code | Availability of boundaries | 00 - Boundaries not available, 01 - Boundaries reported to EEA, 02 - Boundaries under preparation, 03 - Boundaries not relevant for analysis at European scale. Point or line feature. | text(2) |
CDDA_Resolution_code | Code for spatial resolution of dataset from which geographical data for this feature (boundaries, coordinates) has been derived. | 01 - Unknown, 02 - Smaller than 1:1 000 000, 03 - Between 1:250 000 and 1:1 000 000, 04 - Between 1:100 000 and 1:250 000, 05 - More then 1:100 000 | text(2) |
CDDA_Dissemination_code | Code for spatial resolution of dataset from which geographical data for this feature (boundaries, coordinates) has been derived. | 01 - Vector data can be published for this feature, 02 - Public dissemination restricted to presence/absence in European raster dataset, 03 - Public dissemination restricted to European scale maps, 04 - Dissemination to CDDA partner institutions (WCMP and CoE) for their internal use only. Other interested parties should contact national representative, 05 - No dissemination by EEA. Interested parties should contact national representative | text(2) |
National overview of area protected (CDDA_v9_national_overview, 74 records)
National indicators for amount of national territory that is protected.
Field name | Definition | Note | data type |
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PARENT_ISO | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the reporting country | parent country | text(3) |
ISO3 | ISO ALPHA-3 code (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm) of the country where the data originate from | recognizes also country territories and autonomous countries in political communities with other, parent countries. | text(3) |
Category | National designation type category | text(10) | |
Major_ecosystem | Major ecosystem | text(20) | |
Total_area | Areas protected within specified boundaries and areas protected by the designation of the particular habitat. | decimal | |
Reference_year | Time reference for area | long | |
Publication_title | Document or indicator where total area was published if available. | text(255) | |
Publication_url | URL of document or indicator where total area was published if available. | memo | |
Methodology_type | Code describing method that was used to calculate the total area. | 00 - unknown, 01 - Official GIS, 02 - Other GIS (from research project, ...), 03 - Expert judgement | text(2) |
Methodology_reference_title | Documentation of methodology used. | text(255) | |
Methodology_reference_url | URL of documentation of methodology used to calculate the total area. | memo | |
Remark | Optional free text comment. | memo |
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CDDA (Microsoft Access database file) (ZIP archive)
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GIS data
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CDDA v9 points (ZIP archive)
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Merged European CDDA GIS dataset for 2011 (PDF document)
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INSPIRE compliant metadata file (Extensible Markup Language (XML))
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CDDA v9 polygons
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Additional information
Tables metadata
Definition and field description of all data tables.
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Tables metadata (XLS file) (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Code lists
Lists and description of codes of selected fields present in the data tables
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QA documentation
Quality asssesment and control reports present results of quality tests performed by the EEA and the ETC-BD on top of the national CDDA data. The ETC-BD assesment is more focused on geographical data and on their relation with tabular data.
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Gis data documentation (PDF document)
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Metadata
Additional information
The inventory began under the CORINE programme. It is now maintained for EEA by the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity and is annually updated through Eionet. EEA provides the European inventory of nationally designated areas to the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA) and to Eurostat. The nationally designated areas data can also be queried online in the European Nature Information System (EUNIS). The inventory is the national module of the Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA) which also includes information on areas designated under European Community legislation and areas designated under international conventions. A poster describing the CDDA is available at: http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/information/document/EEA/1082987029.
This information is from the European Common Database on Designated Areas established and managed collaboratively by the European Environment Agency, the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the Council of Europe, based on data provided by national sources
Geographical coverage GIS vector boundary data: Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland. EEA does not have permission to distribute some or all sites reported by Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and Turkey. Copyright has to be mentioned for Estonia (Estonian Environmental Register 22.02.2011. On-line resource linkage: www.keskkonnainfo.ee) and Finland (©Finnish Environment Institute, 2011).
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