Identification

Title

Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) -terrestrial habitat distribution data and sources

Abstract

This multiple tab spreadsheet records the 10km squares for terrestrial habitats reported under the Habitats Directive (all UK habitats but not including Gibraltar). This information was used in the creation of the distribution data for terrestrial habitats listed under the Habitats Directive and available in shape file format. Every six years, all EU Member States are required (under Article 17 of the Directive) to report on the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive - this includes information on the distribution of habitats. The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in 2013. The data for each Terrestrial Habitat is shown on the sheet "data 2013", with one row for each combination of habitat and 10km square. The habitats covered by this report are listed in the sheet "list of habitats". All of the data points have a source listed (see lineage).

Resource type

nonGeographicDataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/95723f9f-3d56-4fa6-b65c-cd633a949135-Habitats-Directive-A17-2013-habitat-distribution-data.xlsx

name: Habitats-Directive-A17-2013-habitat-distribution-data.xlsx

Unique resource identifier

code

95723f9f-3d56-4fa6-b65c-cd633a949135

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/A17_2013_UKApproach.pdf

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Freshwater

Terrestrial

Protected Areas

Article 17

Habitats

Habitats Directive

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-01-01

End position

2012-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-10-21

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

A key aspect of the UK approach was the provision of various sets of reporting information by the four statutory, country-level, nature conservation agencies – the Countryside Council for Wales (Now known as Natural Resources Wales) , Natural England, Northern Ireland Environment Agency and Department of the Environment (Marine Division), and Scottish Natural Heritage – hereafter referred to as the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies. The terrestrial habitat data in this spreadsheet has been collated from numerous sources (106 in total). Each data point in the sheet "data 2013" has a source recorded as a code. Each of these "source codes" is listed in full in the sheet "sources 2013". Note that any source codes beginning with "H" have come from the previous Habitats Directive Article 17 report submitted in 2007.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Microsoft Excel for Windows

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement: "Contains public sector data © JNCC/NE/NRW/SNH/DOENI. Licence: OGL"

Limitations on public access

no limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language