AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
UK OSPAR Marine Protected Areas

This shapefile contains information on all UK OSPAR MPAs that have been nominated to the OSPAR Commission. OSPAR MPAs in the UK form all or part of an existing UK marine protected area, up to mean high water (or mean high water springs in Scotland). Projection: WGS84.

The attribute table demonstrates the relationship between an MPA's OSPAR status and its underpinning or 'equivalent' UK designation; data on the OSPAR status of MPAs is provided in fields WDPAID to STATUS_YR, and data on the underlying UK MPA designation is shown in fields EQUIV_SITEto UKSITECODE.

WPDAID - Site-specific code assiged to OSPARMPAs. Not the same as the WDPAID code used by the UK. 

SITE_NAME - Name of the siteas submitted to OSPAR. 

COUNTRY - Details which UK countrywaters the MPA lies in, and whether it is an inshore, offshore or joint site. 

DESIGNATIO - designation type(i.e. OSPAR MPA)

AREA_KM2 - Area in Kilometers squared. 

STATUS_YR - Year in which the site was nominated to OSPAR. 

EQUIV_SITE - Includes both the site name and the UK designation typeof the site underlying the nominated OSPAR MPA.

UK_DESIG - Type of UK MPA, i.e. Special Areasof Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Areas(SPA) , Marine Conservation Zones(MCZs) or Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NCMPA). SACs may be refered to ascandidate SAC (cSAC), once the UK submits the site to the European Commission; Site of Community Importance (SCI or cSAC/SCI), once the European Commission approves the site (although remaining a cSAC at UK level); and finally a full SAC once the UK Government designates the site.

UKSITECODE - Site-specific code assigned by the UK to identify the MPA. 

Please note the shapefile contains several overlapping OSPAR MPA polygons. This is because SAC, SPAand MCZ/NCMPAboundaries can overlap each other (although different features are protected within the overlapping areas).

This shapefile is supported by an Excel spreadsheet available at: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4661

Tags: Marine, Protected Areas
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Scotland Otter Survey Database

As part of a scheme to monitor the distribution of otters throughout the UK, three Scotland otter survey have been carried out covering the years 1977-79, 1984-85 and 1991-94, funded by the Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT). These surveys were conducted at the 10km square level. Coverage was most extensive in 1977-79 and 1991-94, nearly every 10km square in Scotland was visited. Within each 10km square, sites visited were selected by accessibility and likelihood of finding signs of otter activity—typically road bridges and the confluences of watercourses. The number of sites visited per square varied, averaged about 5. No attempt was made to randomise the sampling effort. The number of spraints was recorded. Mink are not recorded in this database.

There are also Otter Survey databases for England, Wales and Northern Ireland following the same protocol at differing resolutions.

Tags: Freshwater, NBN, Otter, Scotland, Terrestrial, UK Biodiversity
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Northern Ireland Otter Survey Database

As part of a scheme to monitor the distribution of otters throughout the UK, two otter surveys in Northern Ireland have been carried out covering the years 1980-81 (funded by The Vincent Wildlife Trust as part of an all Ireland survey) and 2001-02 (Environment and Heritage Service (EHS), NI). The 1980-81 survey covered 10km areas within alternate 50km squares of the Irish National Grid using sites that were accessible and where there would be a likelihood of finding signs of otter activity—typically road bridges and the confluences of watercourses. In the second survey (2001-02) 131 positive and 50 negative sites of the 1980 survey were re-sampled plus 441 new sites and combined with an intensive survey of Lough Erne (a designated cSAC for otters). 

There are also Otter Survey databases for Scotland, England and Wales.

Tags: Freshwater, Lough Erne, Mink, Northern Ireland, Otter, Terrestrial, UK Biodiversity, cSAC
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Conservation measures for individual bird species: Tenth UK Report for Article 12 of the EU Birds Directive (2008-2012)

This dataset lists conservation measures that were taken (i.e. which are already being implemented) for the species during the 2008-2012 reporting period. This information formed part of the Tenth UK Report for Article 12 of the EU Birds Directive (2008-2012).  This  applies only to those species on the checklist of SPA trigger species.

The main purpose of the reporting under this field is to obtain information to allow for a ‘broad-brush’ but informative overview of the measures taken inside and outside the Natura 2000 network, and with reference to importance and effectiveness. The current format and codified list of conservation measures (to be found in the Reference Portal, http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/activities/Reporting/Article_12/reference_portal.  Appendix 1) aims to facilitate reporting in a more harmonised way and to promote further use of the data reported, namely as part of the process to evaluate the contribution of the SPA network to maintaining or improving the condition of bird species.

The dataset on measures includes the 
*type of measure using the following categories. a) Legal/statutory b) Administrative c) Contractual d) Recurrent e) One-off
*ranking of the importance of the measure (high medium or low)
*location of the measure (inside or outside the SPA network)
*effectiveness of the measure 

The following categorisation of UK activities was developed for guidance with respect to the conservation measure ‘type’ field.
*Legal/statutory: Existing and proposed (if underway) legally protected areas; legally protected species; abstraction licences; discharge consents
*Administrative: Water Level Management Plans; NNR management plans; Catchment Sensitive Farming (where no specific project with a landowner); Species Recovery Projects (where no specific contract with third party)
*Contractual: Agri-environment: (O)ELS, (O)HLS, classic schemes; Conservation and Enhancement Scheme (CES); Catchment Sensitive Farming (where a specific agreed project with landowner; Species Recovery Project (where a specific contract/agreement with third party)
*Recurrent: Needing to be repeatedly implemented during reporting cycle e.g. habitat management activity
* ne-off: Implemented once during reporting cycle e.g. Capital Works projects; Infrastructure; agri-environment HLS special projects linked to specific positive outcomes for the species

Tags: Article 12, Birds Directive, European Reporting, Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Pressures and threats for individual bird species: Tenth UK Report for Article 12 of the EU Birds Directive (2008-2012)

This dataset records the principal factors responsible for causing individual bird species to decline, suppressing their numbers or restricting their ranges. In accordance with the EU guidelines, It has only been be completed for species triggering SPA classifications. 
These data were submitted by the UK to the EU as part of the Tenth UK Report for Article 12 of the EU Birds Directive (2008-2012). 
An EU standardised list of pressures and threats was used for this report. See http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/activities/Reporting/Article_12/reference_portal.
The Identifier column is made up of a combination of season (B=breeding, P=passage and W=Wintering) and the standard EU bird codes (NOWAK codes). 

The relative importance of each of the pressures and threats has been ranked in one of three categories:
* H = High importance/impact: Important direct or immediate influence, and/or acting over large areas.
* M = Medium importance/impact: Medium direct or immediate influence, mainly indirect influence, and/or acting over moderate part of the area/ regionally only.
* L = Low importance/impact: Low direct or immediate influence, indirect influence, and/or acting over small part of the area/ locally only.
The reliability of the impact score given in the column "c) Quality of impact assessment":
* 3 = Good – e.g. evidence exists from experimental studies showing that the factor has an influence on the species.
* 2 = Moderate – e.g. correlational studies strongly indicate that the factor has an influence on the species, but its impact has not been tested.
* 1 = Poor – e.g. expert opinion suggests that the factor could plausibly have an influence on the species, but without any evidence.

The primary location of each reported impact is shown in the "location" field as follows :
* 4 = Inside the Member State
* 3 = Elsewhere in the EU
* 2 = Outside EU
* 1 = Both inside and outside EU
*  x = Unknown

Tags: Article 12, Birds Directive, European Reporting, Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Status and trends for individual bird species: Tenth UK Report for Article 12 of the EU Birds Directive (2008-2012)

This dataset summarises the status and trend for 319 bird species in the UK. These data formed part of the Tenth UK Report for Article 12 of the EU Birds Directive (2008-2012). The structure of the data corresponds to an agreed EU level format available here. http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/activities/Reporting/Article_12/reference_portal. 
Following public consultation and government sign-off, the final UK report was submitted to the European Commission in January 2014.  The data in this dataset are structured into the following sections. 
1.  Species information
2.  Population size
3.  Population trend
4.  Breeding distribution map and range size
5.  Breeding range trend
6.  Progress in work related to Species Action Plans (SAPs), Management Plans (MPs) and Brief Management Statements (BMSs)
8. SPA network overlaps
The column headers have a numeric reference related to the above sections followed by a textual short title for each field. The reference portal gives further details of what all of these columns mean.

Tags: Article 12, Birds Directive, European Reporting, Freshwater, Marine, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Second UK Habitats Directive report (2007) - Follow up actions to this report

This dataset has been produced from a project identifying necessary actions to demonstrate real conservation progress, as required by the Habitats Directive. 
 
Since 2007 JNCC, working through its networks of specialists in the four UK countries, has identified the main actions required to help address the UK-based threats to Europe’s most threatened and protected terrestrial habitats.  This report lists these actions, which should help to improve the conservation status of relevant habitats listed on Annex I of the EU Habitats Directive.
A report was published here
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5136

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats, Habitats Directive, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Second UK Habitats Directive report (2007) - UK level species details

This dataset contains details of all the Species Reports that summarise the conservation status of Species listed under the Habitats Directive. 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. The 2nd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in 2007.

The Report considered the conservation status of all terrestrial and marine species listed under Annex I of the Directive that were present within the UK during the reporting period (2007-2012).  
 
This dataset presents the conclusions for each species.
Further details are available here
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4060

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats Directive, Marine, Species, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Second UK Habitats Directive report (2007) - UK level habitat details

This dataset contains details of all the Habitat Reports that summarise the conservation status of Habitats listed under the Habitats Directive. 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. The 2nd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in 2007.

The Report considered the conservation status of all terrestrial and marine habitats listed under Annex I of the Directive that were present within the UK during the reporting period (2007-2012).  
 
This dataset presents the conclusions for each habitat.
further details are available here
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4060

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats, Habitats Directive, Marine, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) - Site condition monitoring information

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 dataset contains the summary country and offshore site condition data for all UK terrestrial and marine habitats that were reported on (it does does not include data for Gibraltar). These data were used to inform the conclusions on structure and function.

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats, Habitats Directive, Marine, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) -  pressures and threats to habitats and species at Country and offshore level

This dataset lists Country and offshore specfic pressures and threats for habitats and species listed under the Habitats Directive.  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. The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in 2013.
This report includes the need to report on Pressures and Threats. 
The main pressures and threats affecting species and habitats were identified and matched against a standard list of pressures and threats set out by the EC.  The time period pressures were assessed over was the reporting period 2007-2013, whilst for threats the period was the next two reporting periods, i.e. 2013-2025. 
The relative importance of pressure and threats was categorised into high, medium and low importance. For pollution pressures and threats the type of pollutant was recorded where known (eg Nitrogen or toxic organic chemicals).
The data in this dataset were used as the source data for the integrated UK report. The process involved applying aggregation rules (as described in the lineage section) to produce the UK wide overview of each pressure and threat for each habitat and species.

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats, Habitats Directive, Marine, Species, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) - supporting notes (audit trail) for country-level and offshore species data

This dataset comprises supporting notes to accompany the Country specific source data used to compile the individual Species  reports that formed a major part of the 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report for 2013. 
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. The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in October 2013.

The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report considered the conservation status of all terrestrial and marine species listed under Annexes II, IV and V of the Directive that were present within the UK during the reporting period.  This included:
*83 terrestrial species within the UK Atlantic region;
*42 marine species within the UK Marine Atlantic region;
*4 terrestrial species within the Gibraltar Mediterranean region;
*18 marine species within the Gibraltar Marine Mediterranean region. 

The report submitted by the UK was an amalgamation of data from each of the four UK Countries and the offshore environment (> 12 nautical miles from the coast).  
This dataset presents the supporting data to accompany the source data provided from the above five sources. It contains a range of parameters for each species as described in the UK Approach Document.
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/A17_2013_UKApproach.pdf

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats Directive, Marine, Species, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Natura 2000 management plan information

Management plan information for each Natura 2000 site (SAC and SPA). Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive.  Special Protection Areas (SPA)  are classified under the EC Birds Directive. This dataset is derived from the UK wide data submitted to the EU Commmission as part of the Standard Data Form updating exercise on 22 December 2015 (Tranche 50) . It contains details for both SACs and SPAs - there is one row in the dataset for each individual site together wiht an indication of whether or not a management plan exists. Where there is a managment plan, the name is given together with a link.  
 
This dataset relates to section 6.2 and 6.3 of the Standard Data form
Note that prior to December 2015, these data had not been collated for any sites in the UK apart from Gibraltar.

Tags: Freshwater, Habitats Directive, Marine, Natura 2000, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) - supporting notes (audit trail) for country-level and offshore habitats data

This dataset comprises supporting notes to accompany the Country specific source data used to compile the individual Habitat  reports that formed a major part of the 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report for 2013. 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. The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in 2013.

The Report considered the conservation status of all terrestrial and marine habitats listed under Annex I of the Directive that were present within the UK during the reporting period (2007-2012).  This included:
*69 terrestrial habitats within the UK Atlantic region;
*8 marine habitats within the UK Marine Atlantic region;
 
The report submitted by the UK was an amalgamation of data from each of the four UK Countries and the offshore environment (> 12 nautical miles from the coast).  
This dataset presents supporting notes to accompany the source data provided from the above five sources. It contains a range of parameters for each habitat as described in the UK Approach Document.
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/A17_2013_UKApproach.pdf

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats, Habitats Directive, Marine, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) - Species details (Country level plus offshore)

This dataset comprises the Country specific source data used to compile the individual Species reports that formed a major part of the 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report for 2013.
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. The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in October 2013.

The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report considered the conservation status of all terrestrial and marine species listed under Annexes II, IV and V of the Directive that were present within the UK during the reporting period.  This included:
*83 terrestrial species within the UK Atlantic region;
*42 marine species within the UK Marine Atlantic region;
*4 terrestrial species within the Gibraltar Mediterranean region;
*18 marine species within the Gibraltar Marine Mediterranean region. 

The report submitted by the UK was an amalgamation of data from each of the four UK Countries and the offshore environment (> 12 nautical miles from the coast).  
This dataset presents the source data provided from the above five sources. It contains a range of parameters for each species as described in the UK Approach Document.
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/A17_2013_UKApproach.pdf

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats Directive, Marine, Species, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) - Habitat details (Country level plus offshore)

This dataset comprises the Country specific source data used to compile the individual Habitats reports that formed a major part of the 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report for 2013. 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. The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in 2013.

The Report considered the conservation status of all terrestrial and marine habitats listed under Annex I of the Directive that were present within the UK during the reporting period (2007-2012).  This included:
*69 terrestrial habitats within the UK Atlantic region;
*8 marine habitats within the UK Marine Atlantic region;
 
The report submitted by the UK was an amalgamation of data from each of the four UK Countries and the offshore environment (> 12 nautical miles from the coast).  
This dataset presents the source data provided from the above five sources. It contains a range of parameters for each habitat as described in the UK Approach Document.
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/A17_2013_UKApproach.pdf

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats, Habitats Directive, Marine, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Third UK Habitats Directive report (2013) -  conservation measures for habitats and species at Country and offshore level

This dataset lists conservation measures for habitats and species listed under the Habitats Directive. 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. The 3rd UK Habitats Directive Report was submitted to the European Commission in 2013.
This report includes the need to report on Conservation measures in section 3.2 of the reporting form. 
For each habitat and species in each Country (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and offshore), a list of conservation measures was identified. The measures identified represented activities undertaken primarily during the reporting period 2007-2012. They were selected from a standard list of codes/categories that was provided via the EC
Reporting Guidelines (see Appendix 4).
Each measure was assigned to one or more of the following types:
* legal/statutory;
* administrative;
* contractual;
* recurrent;
* one-off.

They were ranked as High, Medium or Low importance, based on the proportion of the target habitat benefiting from the measure.
The geographic area (location) that each measure primarily impacted on was classed as either:
* inside the SAC network;
* outside the SAC network;
* both inside and outside the SAC network.
Finally, a broad evaluation was given to indicate the effectiveness of each measure in maintaining, enhancing or reaching favourable conservation status (FCS). This was based on the following categories:
* maintain – used for measures that were required to maintain FCS;
* enhance – used for measures that enhanced conservation status:
* long-term – used for measures where a positive effect was expected only in the long-term;
* no effect – used for ineffective measures or measures that need to be improved, had not
delivered conservation benefits, had failed to achieve their objectives, or had adverse effects;
* unknown effect – used for measures whose effect was unknown;
* not evaluated – used for measures that not been evaluated

Tags: Article 17, European Reporting, Freshwater, Habitats, Habitats Directive, Marine, Species, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee