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Natura 2000 marine protected area coverage
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Indicator: Natura 2000 marine protected area coverage
Tag: None
Definition: Percentage of marine waters by Member State and at EU 27 level, covered by Natura 2000 sites designated under the EU Habitats and Birds Directives.
Unit: % of areas protected under Natura 2000 on marine waters
Spatial coverage: EU (current composition, only continental areas and Macaronesia)
Time coverage: 2011-2021
Update frequency: Every year
DPSIR: Response
Other policies: None
Method: 1) Calculation of surface from the Natura 2000 data eliminating double counting of areas where Natura 2000 sites are overlapping; 2) topological controls and adjustments, other data quality controls; 3) Marine areas are defined in "EEA marine assessment areas - version 3.0, Oct. 2022 " dataset. References about these sources are available in the specific dataset's section of this catalogue.
Reference: EEA, 2015, Spatial analysis of Marine Protected Area Networks in Europe´s seas. EEA Technical report, 17/2015 (http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/spatial-analysis-of-marine-protected), accessed 8 March 2023. Agnesi, S., Mo, G., Annunziatellis, A., Chaniotis, P., Korpinen, S., Snoj, L., Globevnik, L., Tunesi, L., Reker, J., 2017, Spatial Analysis of Marine Protected Area Networks in Europe’s Seas II, Volume A, 2017, ed. Künitzer, A., ETC/ICM Technical Report 4/2017, Magdeburg: European Topic Centre on inland, coastal and marine waters, 41 pp.
Producer: European Environment Agency
Provider: European Environment Agency
Validated: True
Peer reviewed: False
Documented: True
Open source: False
Accessible: True
Spatial scope (Member States): True
Spatial scope (EU27): True
Spatial scope (global): False
Accuracy uncertainties: None
Comments: None
Storage: None
Datasets
Tag: N2K
Description: Natura 2000 (2021)
Spatial extent: EU27
Temporal extent: 2021-2021
Date: 01/10/2022
Scale: 100000
Resolution: None
Format: tabular, vector
Version: 14
Reference: Natura 2000 data - the European network of protected sites — European Environment Agency, (https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/natura-14) accessed 26 April 2023.
Findable: True
Accessible: True
Interoperable: True
Reusable: True
Licence of use: 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: Directorate-General for Environment.
Access data policy: No limitation to public access
Tag: EEA marine assessment areas
Description: EEA marine assessment areas - version 3.0, Oct. 2022
Spatial extent: Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Medterranean Sea, Northeast Atlantic Ocean
Temporal extent: 2022-2022
Date: 14/10/2022
Scale: 100000
Resolution: None
Format: vector
Version: 3
Reference: European Environment Agency, 2022 - EEA marine assessment areas - version 3.0, Oct. 2022, (https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/a14375b6-13fa-44d2-9e01-f8bee5954dbb) accessed 08 March 2023.
Findable: True
Accessible: True
Interoperable: True
Reusable: True
Licence of use: 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: Directorate-General for Environment.
Access data policy: No limitation to public access
Values
Country | Value |
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Belgium | 37.7 |
Bulgaria | 8.0 |
Cyprus | 8.6 |
Germany | 45.2 |
Denmark | 18.2 |
Estonia | 18.5 |
Greece | 19.6 |
Spain | 7.9 |
Finland | 9.9 |
France | 35.6 |
Croatia | 9.4 |
Ireland | 2.3 |
Italy | 3.7 |
Lithuania | 22.7 |
Latvia | 15.5 |
Malta | 5.5 |
Netherlands | 26.1 |
Poland | 21.9 |
Portugal | 2.5 |
Romania | 21.4 |
Sweden | 12.9 |
Slovenia | 4.7 |
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Values at national scale