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Natura 2000 data - the European network of protected sites

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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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bioRegion (26303 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
bioGeographicRegion	Indicate in which biogeographic region the site is falling.	see section 2.6 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(255)

contacts (10996 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
respondent	The name, affiliation and address of the individual or organization providing the information contained in the record.	see section 1.6 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	memo

describeSites (130171 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
habitatCode	code for the general habitat class	see section 5.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(255)
percentageCover	% Cover the site is covered by a general habitat class	see section 5.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(38)

designationStatus (74027 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
designationCode	Designation code	see section 5.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(5)
designatedSitename	name of the designated site	see section 5.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(255)
overlapCode	Relationship code (=:types are coincident, +:The described site includes another site completely, -:the other site includes the described site completely, *:the two sites partially overlap.	see section 5.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
overlapPerc	The percentage of the described site that is overlapping with the other site.	see section 5.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(38)

directivesSpecies (2315 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
directive	Name of the Directive		text(18)
speciesName	Sientific name of the species in the Annex of the Directive	see section 3.2i in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(61)
annexII	species listed in Annex II of the Directive (Y=Yes, N=no)		text(1)
annexII1	species listed in Annex II1 of the Directive (Y=Yes, N=no)		text(1)
annexII2	species listed in Annex II2 of the Directive (Y=Yes, N=no)		text(1)
annexIII1	species listed in Annex III1 of the Directive (Y=Yes, N=no)		text(1)
annexIII2	species listed in Annex III2 of the Directive (Y=Yes, N=no)		text(1)
annexIV	species listed in Annex IV of the Directive (Y=Yes, N=no)		text(1)
annexV	species listed in Annex V of the Directive (Y=Yes, N=no)		text(1)
priority	priority form of the habitat type, see Annex of the Habitats Directive		text(1)

generalHabitatClass (27 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
objectId	Unique identifier		long
habitatCode	Code of the general habitat class	see section 4.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(3)
descriptionEn	Name of the general habitat class in English	see section 4.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(255)
descriptionFr	Name of the general habitat class in French	see section 4.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(255)

habitats (125475 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
habitatCode	code for the habitat type listed in AnnexI of Directive 92/43/EEC	see section 3.1i in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(4)
descriptionEn	name of the habitat type listed in AnnexI of Directive 92/43/EEC	see section 3.1i in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(255)
percentageCover	% Cover the site is covered by a habitat type of AnnexI	see section 3.1i in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	decimal
representativity	degree of representativity of the habitat type on the site.	see section 3.1ii in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
relSurface	Area of the site covered by the natural habitat type in relation to the total area covered by that natural habitat type within the national territory.	see section 3.1ii in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
consStatus	Degree of conservation of the structure and functions of the natural habitat type, concerned and restoration possiblities.	see section 3.1ii in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
globalAssesment	Global assesment of the value of the site conservation of the natural habitat type concerned.	see section 3.1ii in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
habitatPriority	* when the priority of the habitat is present		text(1)

impact (147879 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
activity	Human activity and natural process that may have an influence, either positive or negative, on the conservation and management of the site.	see section 6.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(100)
inOut	Inside or outside the surounding of the site. The surrounding is the area where the outside impacts and activities may effect the integreity of the site.	see section 6.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
intensity	Intensity of the infuence on the site. (A:high influence, B:medium influence, C:low influence)	see section 6.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
percentageAff	Percentage of the surface of the site affected by the activity.	see section 6.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	decimal
influence	Indicate whether the influence is positive (+) or negative (-)	see section 6.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)

natura2000Sites (25903 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
siteName	Site name in the local language.	see section 1.7 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(240)
countryCode	Two digit country code the site belongs to.		text(4)
siteType	This one-character code takes into account the possible relations between proposed eligible Sites of Community Importace (SCI) and classified Special Protection Sites (SPA). Each of these codes (from A to K) corresponds to a particular relation as outlined in Figure 1 of the Standards data form explanation.	see section 1.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
altitudeMin	Altitude (meters) of the site above sea level within the site boundaries.	see section 2.4 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	long
altitudeMax	Mininum Altitude (meters) of the site above sea level within the site boundaries.	see section 2.4 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	long
altitudeMean	Maximum Altitude (meters) of the site above sea level within the site boundaries.	see section 2.4 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	long
dateCompilation	The date information has been recorded in the Standard Data Form. The data field takes the form of the year (four digits) followed by the month in numeric form (two digits)	see section 1.3 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	date/time
dateUpdate	The date when the information reported for the site was last changed. The data field takes the form of the year (four digits) followed by the month in numeric form (two digits)	see section 1.4 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	date/time
datePropSci	Date site proposed as eligible for identification as a Site of Community importance (SCI)	see section 1.8 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	date/time
dateConfSci	Date site has been confirmed as a Site of Community importance (SCI)	see section 1.8 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	date/time
dateSpa	Date site classified as SPA	see section 1.8 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	date/time
dateSac	Date site designated as SAC	see section 1.8 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	date/time
areaHa	Surface area of a site in hectares. Although it is an obligatory field, the value -99 is given for sites for witch the areas is unkown.. A value of 0 cab be correct if the site is a cave or cliff. In this case the field 2.3 is obligatory.	see section 2.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	decimal
lengthKm	Site length is entered in kilometers.	see section 2.3 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	decimal
longitude	The geographic coordinate of the site centre. (ETRS89 projection)	see section 2.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(38)
latitude	The geographic coordinate of the site centre. (ETRS89 projection)	see section 2.1 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(38)

otherSpecies (286797 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
speciesGroup	Species group (Reptiles,Birds,Amphibians,Mammals,Invertebrates,Fish,Plants)	see section 3.3 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
speciesName	Sientific name of an important species of flora and fauna in the site	see section 3.3 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(61)
population	Regular maximum population size. Where quantitative data do not population size is given semi-quantitatively using the notaion oulinede in section 3.2.i	see section 3.3 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(14)
motivation	Motivation for listing these other important species in the site	see section 3.3 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)

species (323306 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type
siteCode	unique code wich forms the key-item within the database. The unique code comprises nine characters and consists of two components. The first two codes are the country code the remaining seven characters, which serve to create a unqiue alphanumeric code for each site.	see section 1.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(9)
speciesName	Sientific name of the protected species	see section 3.2i in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(61)
speciesCode	Code the species listed in Article4 (1) and 4(2) of the bird directive 79/409/EEC and Annes II of Council Directive 92/43/EEC.	see section 3.2i in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(8)
population	Size and density of the population of the species present on the site in relation to the populations present within national territory. (A:100% >=p >15%, B:15% >=p > 2%, C:"% >p>0%)	see section 3.2i in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(14)
conservation	Degree of conservation of the features of the habitat importat for the species. (A:conservation excelent, B:good conservation, C:Average or reduced conservation)	see section 3.2ii in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
isolationFactor	Degree of isolation of the population present on the site in relation to the natural range of the species.	see section 3.2ii in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
globalImportance	Global assesment if the value of the site for conservation of the species concerened.	see section 3.2ii in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(1)
resident	Resident population	see section 3.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(14)
breeding	Breeding population	see section 3.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(14)
winter	Wintering population	see section 3.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(14)
staging	Staging population	see section 3.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(14)
SpGroup	Species Group (Reptiles,Birds,Amphibians,Mammals,Invertebrates,Fish,Plants)	see section 3.2 in Standard Data Form explanatory notes for more details	text(20)

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This system table is used to understand the time stamp of preparing the final European dataset. It's best to use this table when question are asked about the data towards EEA.

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Natura 2000 - Spatial data

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Natura 2000 database relation structure (PNG image)
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Metadata

Reporting obligations (ROD)

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 (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV).

Coordinate reference system:

EPSG:3035

Data sources

Unit Nature & Biodiversity, DG Environment, European Commission

Owners:

Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)

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About this data

Natura 2000 is an ecological network composed of sites designated under the Birds Directive (Special Protection Areas, SPAs) and the Habitats Directive (Sites of Community Importance, SCIs, and Special Areas of Conservation, SACs).

For each Natura 2000 site, national authorities have submitted a standard data form (SDF) that contains an extensive description of the site and its ecology. The European Topic Centre for Biological Diversity (ETC/BD), based in Paris, is responsible for validating this data and creating an EU wide descriptive database.

The European database on Natura 2000 sites consists of data submitted by Member States to the European Commission. This data is subject to a regular validation and updating process. After validation a new EU-wide Natura 2000 database is released. The date of release of a new EU-wide database does not guarantee that the data has been regularly and uniformly updated by Member States.

The spatial data (borders of sites) submitted by each Member State is validated by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and linked to the descriptive data. Any problems identified during this process are brought to the attention of the concerned Member States.

There are specific terms and conditions relating to the use of downloaded boundary data within the United Kingdom. If you intend to use the UK data you must first agree to the end user licence http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-5232.

Please note that some Member States have submitted sensitive information that has been filtered out of this database. The following Member States have submitted sensitive information: Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and United Kingdom. This concerns mainly species associated to specific sites. All reference to these species has been removed from the related sites. Certain descriptive fields, possibly mentioning the presence of these species, have also been removed. If this sensitive information is necessary to your field of research, please contact the Member States' administrations individually. You can find a compiled list of national or regional Natura 2000 websites at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/db_gis/index_en.htm#sites

For more information on this Natura 2000 database please contact:

Rene.Deprez@ec.europa.eu

Disclaimer

This data is provided for general information purposes only. Only the data possessed by the competent authorities of the Member States is authentic. Therefore, no rights or legal claims can be derived from the data displayed on this site.

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