Identification

Title

UK Biodiversity Indicator B1a, Area of land in agri-environment schemes

Abstract

This spreadsheet is the underlying data for the biodiversity indicator B1a, Area of land in agri-environment schemes. Agriculture is a major land use in the UK, and rapid changes to agricultural practice in the past have been linked to declines in wildlife, such as farmland birds. Since 1987 a number of voluntary agri-environment schemes have been introduced that provide payments to farmers to protect and enhance biodiversity, landscapes and historic features, and to promote public access. There are two main types of agri-environment scheme in the UK: - Entry-level type, whole-farm schemes that have a simple set of prescriptions providing basic environmental protection and enhancement, where the whole farm area contributes to the indicator; and - Higher-level or targeted schemes that protect or restore land, focusing on parts of the farm or land-holding that are of high environmental/biodiversity value or potential. This is one of a suite of 24 UK biodiversity indicators published by JNCC on behalf of Defra; the latest publication date was 19 January 2016 - for indicator B1a the latest data are for 2014.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4242

name: page-4242

Unique resource identifier

code

d265a848-dda7-4149-ab7d-432cb2108818

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4242 Data set supported by a Word document (B1a - Area of land in agri-environment schemes.docx) containing all of the website text, and two jpeg images (UKBI2015_B1ai_Final.jpg, UKBI2015_B1aii_Final.jpg).

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Terrestrial

UK Biodiversity

Evidence

Biodiversity

agri-environment

indicator

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.65

East bounding longitude

2.0

North bounding latitude

61.0

South bounding latitude

49.77

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1992

End position

2014

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-01-19

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Source: Department for Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland, Defra, Natural England, Scottish Government, Welsh Government.

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 information from the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland, Defra, Natural England, Scottish Government, and Welsh Government, licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0"

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

distributor

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

eng