Special Area of Conservation (WFD RBMP Cycle 2)

Simple

Title
Special Area of Conservation (WFD RBMP Cycle 2)
Alternate title
SAC
Date ( Creation )
Date ( Publication )
Date ( Revision )
Identifier
PS.IE.EPA.PROT_SAC_WFDRBMPCycle2

Abstract
This dataset represents a snapshot of Special Areas of Conservation taken in September 2016 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 2. These are prime wildlife conservation areas in the country, considered to be important on a European as well as Irish level. Most Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are in the countryside, although a few sites reach into town or city landscapes, such as Dublin Bay and Cork Harbour. Detailed conservation objectives are available for some SACs and as additional ones are approved they will be posted on the NPWS website (www.npws.ie). The legal basis on which SACs are selected and designated is the EU Habitats Directive, transposed into Irish law as amended in 1998 and 2005. The Directive lists certain habitats and species that must be protected within SACs. This is a national dataset and is split into two separate file downloads: SACs within the bounds of the ITM coordinate reference system and off-shore SACs which are provided in WGS 84.
Purpose
To report on and manage Special Area of Conservation designations within the Republic of Ireland. This dataset represents a snapshot taken in September 2016 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 2.

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  +353-1-8883272 
Graphic overview
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GemetInspireTheme ( Theme )
  • Protected sites
GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1 ( Theme )
  • protection of animals, protection of species, protection of birds, wildlife protection, terrestrial ecosystem, biodiversity, ecological, habitat, ecology, animal species, wildlife sanctuary
National Parks and Wildlife Service, Ireland ( Theme )
  • Special Area of Conservation, SAC, National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, biodiversity, habitat, species, habitat protection, heritage, National Biodiversity Plan
ISO 3166 ( Place )
  • IE
Other constraints
National Parks and Wildlife Data License
Denominator
50000
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
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S
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W

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
1014

Vertical CS

Vertical datum

Supplemental Information
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902

Title
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset
Alternate title
EPSG
Date ( Publication )

Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile (10.x)

  Publisher

  +353-53-9160601 
OnLine resource
View and Download data 

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OnLine resource
WMS GetMap 

WMS GetMap

OnLine resource
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Conformance result

Title
INSPIRE Data Specification on Protected sites
Alternate title
INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.2
Date ( Publication )
Explanation
The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
Pass
false

Conformance result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Alternate title
INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date ( Publication )
Explanation
Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Pass
false
Statement
This dataset represents a snapshot taken in September 2016 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 2. This spatial dataset and its associated web services is currently presented in Irish Transverse Mercator projection. The majority of site boundaries were originally digitized from Ordnance Survey of Ireland 1:10560 six-inch raster data in Irish Grid. Over time an increasing number of site boundaries in this dataset will be replotted to Ordnance Survey of Ireland 1:5000 vector mapping in Irish Transverse Mercator. The spatial dataset and associated web services contain two feature level metadata fields: SOURCE_SCALE AND SOURCE_CRS to identify the source scale and projection that the site boundary feature is derived from.

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
d3f9fbf2-e67a-49f1-b8c3-5fcb8ff04323   metadataInXML
Date stamp
Metadata standard name
ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version
1.2

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