AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Marine human activities-pressures links table

This standardised UK pressure-activities matrix was created following a review of previous attempts to link human activities to marine pressures.  Coastal and marine ecosystems have historically been subjected to a number of human-induced pressures associated with a variety of marine activities and developments. The mechanisms through which specific human activities impact the marine environment, however, are still poorly understood. 

An assessment of the potential links between activities and pressures was undertaken.  Five out of the eleven studies presented in \\jncc-corpfile\JNCC Corporate Data\Marine\Evidence\PressuresImpacts\3. Pressures_Activities\Combined_P-A_Matrix\Combined_P_A_Matrix)data_sources.csv conducted an analysis on the links between human activities and marine pressures and presented some form of pressure-activities matrix. These studies are:

1.	Business as Usual (BaU) Study (ABPMer 2012).
2.	MarLIN, Marine and coastal activities to environmental factors matrix (MarLIN 2003).
3.	Natural England and JNCC simplified pressure-activities matrix (NE & JNCC Matrix published in the MB0102 sensitivity work).
4.	Options for developing Ecosystem Based Management (ODEMM) linkage framework (Koss et al., 2011).
5.	Scottish MPA Features, Activities, Sensitivities Tool (FEAST 2013).

The pressure-activities links identified in each of these five matrices were collated and combined to produce a single matrix in which all pressure-activities links are highlighted. The combined matrix represents all links made by the data sources.

Additional information source: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7136

Tags: Aquaculture, Coastal defence & land claim protection, Coastal development, Conservation & environmental protection, Cultural and heritage sites (Wrecks), Dredge and spoil disposal, Extraction of genetic resources, Extraction – Navigational dredging (capital & main, Extraction – Sand and gravel (aggregates), Extraction – Water (abstraction), Fishing, Gas storage operations (carbon capture & natural g, Harvesting, Human Activities, Industrial and agricultural liquid discharges, Marina, Marine, Marine Research, Military activities, Municipal waste, Port, Power station incl. nuclear, Pressures, Quarrying (mining), Recreational activities, Renewables - Tidal, Renewables - Wave, Renewables - Wind, Sewerage disposal, Shipping – General (at sea), Shipping – Port operations, Submarine cable and pipeline operations, UK marine human activities, Waste gas emissions
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Open Data Pathway - Maturity Model Results 2015

2015 results from JNCC's completion of the Open Data Institute's Open Data Pathway assessment of open data maturity. The data includes the questions posed by the model, the answers provided, the resulting scores per section as well as summary scores and the suggested improvements provided by the model.

For background on the model see ODI's Open Data Pathway site: http://pathway.theodi.org/.

Tags: Data Management, Maturity Model, Open data, Terrestrial, Transparency
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Boundaries of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) of Northern Ireland (excludes offshore areas)

This resource contains the spatial dataset of Special Areas of Conservation in Northern Ireland (excluding offshore areas), **last updated in May 2018**. The date of the latest update to the data is shown in the file name.

The spatial dataset for SACs of Great Britain is available as a separate [resource](https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/52b4e00d-798e-4fbe-a6ca-2c5735ddf049).

Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) form the UK’s National Site Network. JNCC maintains UK National Site Network datasets (formerly UK Natura 2000 datasets) and periodically publishes updates of the datasets following changes to the site network which include:

* designation/classification of new sites.
* amendments to existing site boundaries.
* corrections to the datasets or amendments due to updates to the underlying base maps.

This dataset was last updated in May 2018. More recent changes to the UK National Site Network (last updated in September 2022) have not resulted in a update to the dataset. Further information on updates to the SAC network, including details of previous updates, can be found on the [SACs webpage](https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/special-areas-of-conservation/#latest-changes-to-the-spa-network).

Please note that the statutory nature conservation body responsible for the sites may update site boundary data in between JNCC's periodic updates. To access the latest national site network boundary data, please visit the relevant [CNCB website](https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-protected-area-datasets-for-download/#further-information-on-national-designations).

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Boundaries of Special Protection Areas (SPAs) of Northern Ireland

This resource contains the spatial dataset of Special Protection Areas in Northern Ireland, **last updated in November 2017**. The date of the latest update to the data is provided in the file name.

The spatial dataset for SPAs of Great Britain is available as a separate [resource](https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/20dbc9b4-ceac-4bf2-8763-4ae387fa88c4).

Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) form the UK’s National Site Network. JNCC maintains UK National Site Network datasets (formerly UK Natura 2000 datasets) and periodically publishes updates of the datasets following changes to the site network which include:

* designation/classification of new sites;
* amendments to existing site boundaries;
* corrections to the datasets or amendments due to updates to the underlying base maps.

This dataset was last updated in November 2017. More recent changes to the UK National Site Network (last updated in September 2022) have not resulted in a update to the dataset. Further information on updates to the SPA network, including details of previous updates, can be found on the [SPAs webpage](https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/special-protection-areas/#latest-changes-to-the-spa-network).

Please note that the statutory nature conservation body responsible for the sites may update site boundary data in between JNCC's periodic updates. To access the latest National Site Network boundary data, please visit the relevant [CNCB website](https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-protected-area-datasets-for-download/#further-information-on-national-designations).

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA) attribute data (access database)

The CDDA is a data bank for officially designated protected areas such as nature reserves, protected landscapes, National Parks, etc. in Europe. The CDDA is run by the European Environment Agency(EEA). This access database includes only data for National Designations, the main ones being Sites of Special Scientific Interest, National Nature Reserves, Local Nature Reserves, National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a variety of Marine Protected Areas.  The data are updated annually in March. Further details are available from the EEA's EIONET portal http://rod.eionet.europa.eu/obligations/32. This provides data for all members states in the EU and also describes the data model with descriptions of each table and attribute. 
The two most important tables in the data schema are the sites table (one row of data for each site) and the designations table (one row for each type of designation). These two tables can be joined on the field DESIG_ABBR. Other tables in the schema are included mainly for EEAs internal purposes. 
The annual submission of the CDDA

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
UK Ramsar Information Sheets: all details in structured spreadsheet format

Ramsar Sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Convention on Wetlands. Provided here is a spreadsheet which contains information from the Ramsar Information Sheets (RIS) for Ramsar Sites in the UK, the Crown Dependencies and UK Overseas Territories. It is in a structured format to facilitate data analysis.

Note that:

* the information in this spreadsheet has not been updated to include changes to Ramsar Information Sheets since 2015;
* the official site citation held by Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency or NatureScot should be consulted for definitive information on the legal qualifying features of Ramsar Sites.

The spreadsheet contains the following worksheets:

* SiteData – including a brief description, size, location, date of designation, reasons for designation, information on flora and fauna and a site-relevant bibliography.
* BirdData – including the occurrence of each bird species on each site. 
* Ramsar maps – offering a simple mapping facility.
* Criteria – with a list of criteria for which each site was designated. 
* Physical data – with summary information on landscape, geomorphology, geology and soils. 
* Habitat cover – indicating the percentage cover of certain broad habitat types within each Ramsar site. 
* Wet types – with broad information on the type of wetland within each Ramsar site such as inland wetland, marine/coastal wetland and man-made (artificial) wetland. 
* Adverse factors – with summary information on significant natural or human-caused factors which have adversely affected Ramsar sites and any measures being taken to address these issues. 
* Human factors – with summary information on factors such as land tenure/ownership, current land use & human activities, social & cultural values and conservation measures taken on or adjacent to each Ramsar site.

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
UK Ramsar adverse factors

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset contains details for all broad wetland types for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The dataset lists adverse factors relevent to the site as identified on the Ramsar Informaoin Sheet compiled for each site.  This dataset contains summary information on significant natural or human-caused factors which have been adversely affecting Ramsar sites, and any measures being taken to address these issues, as reported to the Ramsar Secretariat. This information is sourced from the latest Ramsar UK National Report. Note that some minor factors may not be listed. The worksheet also includes Adverse factors reported previously, but which are not considered to be operating at present, or which have been addressed effectively. This information is mainly sourced from the previous Ramsar UK National Report to the 9th Conference of Parties (2005). The data have not been updated since 2005 except in cases of new site designations (of which there are fewer than 10 since 2005 as at April 2016). 
Explanation of reporting category column:
1. Those factors that are still operating, but it is unclear if they are under control, as there is a lag in showing the
management or regulatory regime to be successful.
2. Those factors that are not currently being managed, or where the regulatory regime appears to have been ineffective so
far.
NA = Not Applicable because no factors have been reported. 
For category 2 factors - conservation measures taken to deal with the issue are described.

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial, Wetlands
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
UK Ramsar human factors

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset contains details for all broad wetland types for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The dataset lists human factors relevent to the site as identified on the Ramsar Information Sheet compiled for each site.  The human factors are organised into the following categories
Conservation measures taken
Current land use & human activities
Ecosystem services (though note that this is a new category only used for recent sites - ie the list is not comprehensive). 
Land tenure/ownership
Social & cultural values
There is also a record of whether the factor is major or minor and whether it operates within or outside of the site. 
Please note that these data have not been updated since the Ramsar Information Sheets were compiled in 1998 except in the case of designations subsequent to that date (circa 50 out of a total of 170 sites).

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial, Wetlands
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
UK Ramsar broad wetland types

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset contains details for all broad wetland types for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The dataset lists wetland types drawn from a standard list used by the Ramsar Secretariat for all Ramsar sites in the world. The categories are Marine and coastal Wetlands, Inland wetlands and human made wetlands. Note that more than one wetland type may occur in a single site. This information is sourced from the Ramsar Information Sheet.

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial, Wetlands
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
UK Ramsar habitat cover

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset contains details for all habitat cover data for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The dataset lists habitat type drawn from a standard list used by the Ramsar Secretariat for all Ramsar sites in the world. The % cover of each habitat is shown. Note that these data have not been updated since the original Ramsar Information Sheets were compiled in 1998 except in cases where the site has been either newly designated or extended since then. Commonly specified habitats in the UK are:
Peatlands (including peat bogs swamps, fens)
Sand / shingle shores (including dune systems)
Freshwater marshes / pools: permanent
Salt marshes
Freshwater lakes: permanent
Tidal flats

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial, Wetlands
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
UK Ramsar physical data

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset contains details for all physical features for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.  This is a set of key words developed by JNCC for UK purposes organised in categories for Terrestrial and marine geology/geomorphology, Nutrient status, PH, water permanence, soil type and hydrological information.

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial, Wetlands
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
UK Ramsar qualifying features (birds)

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset contains details for all qualifying bird species (of international and national importance) for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The majority of UKs sites are established for internationally important populations of non breeding waterfowl though some sites have no qualifying ornithological interest. The dataset presents data used on the Ramsar Information Sheets compiled for all Ramsar sites. This dataset contains the following columns.

SITENAME
SITECODE
COUNTRY
SITE STATUS - always classified/designated
INTEREST STATUS - either internationally or nationally important
NOWAK CODE - standard species code used in international reporting
BIRDNAME
LAY_TITLE - common name
SEASON
COUNT
UNITS - individuals or pairs
Pop UNITS count and unit together eg 4345 i
YEAR - count period for bird counts
CRITERIA_DESC - description of the population
proportion - proportion ie % of total population
assemb component - Y = component of assemblage
X_COORDINATE - easting
Y_COORDINATE - northing
Note that Overseas Territories Birds are not included here - details of these are available within the dataset "UK Ramsar sites"

Tags: Freshwater, Marine, Protected Areas, Terrestrial, Wetlands
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Special Protection Areas (SPAs) bird data assemblages

This dataset contains details for each and every bird assemblage on every Special Protection Area (SPA).  Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds (as listed on Annex I of the Directive), and for regularly occurring migratory species.  The EU Commission requires information on each site to be compiled in the form of a Standard Data Form. 
This dataset is updated every time a new or amended batch of information is submitted to the EU Commission. This dataset contains information drawn from section 3.3 of the Standard Data Form (other important species) and also repeated in free text form in the quality and importance section (section 4.2). This dataset is only applicable to December 2015 onwards - prior to that date the bird assemblage data was integrated with the other bird data (see Special Protection Areas bird data submitted to the EU). From December 2015 onwards this included the following fields
SITE_CODE
DESIGNATION_TYPE_CODE (always SPA)
SITE_NAME
COUNTRY_CODE
OTHER_SPECIES_GROUP (B = birds)
OTHER_SPECIES_CODE  (see other_species_name for translation of code). 
OTHER_SPECIES_NAME (Waterfowl assemblage or breeding seabird assemblage)
OTHER_SPECIES_SENSITIVE (0= none sensitive, 1 = sensitive. Note none of these data are sensitive)
OTHER_SPECIES_NP (1= feature no longer present)
OTHER_SPECIES_SIZE_MIN
OTHER_SPECIES_SIZE_MAX (note that min and max are the same for all assemblages)
OTHER_SPECIES_UNIT (i= individuals)
OTHER_SPECIES_CATEGORY – blank in this case because quantitative population size is always given instead of these broad categories. 
OTHER_SPECIES_MOTIVATION (C: International Conventions - in this case Ramsar for the non breeding waterfowl; D: other reasons)

Tags: Freshwater, Habitats Directive, Marine, Natura 2000, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Special Protection Areas (SPAs) bird data submitted to the EU

This dataset contains details for each and every qualifying bird species on every Special Protection Area (SPA).  Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds (as listed on Annex I of the Directive), and for regularly occurring migratory species.  The EU Commission requires information on each site to be compiled in the form of a Standard Data Form. 
This dataset is updated every time a new or amended batch of information is submitted to the EU Commission. This dataset contains information drawn from section 3.1 of the Standard Data Form. From December 2015 onwards this included the following fields
SITE_CODE
SITE_NAME
Country
LOCAL_AUTHORITY
Site_status
X_coord (Eastings)
Y_coord (Northings)
Nowak_code
Species
Common_name
Season
Population_count_min
Population_count_max
Pop_units
SPECIES_DATA_QUALITY
COUNT_PERIOD
IMPORTANCE
SPECIES_POPULATION 
SPECIES_CONSERVATION
SPECIES_ISOLATION
SPECIES_GLOBAL

Tags: Freshwater, Habitats Directive, Marine, Natura 2000, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Special Protection Areas (SPAs)site details

This dataset contains basic site details for each and every Special Protection Area (SPA).  Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds (as listed on Annex I of the Directive), and for regularly occurring migratory species.  The EU Commission requires information on each site to be compiled in the form of a Standard Data Form. 
This dataset is updated every time a new or amended batch of information is submitted to the EU Commission. This dataset contains information drawn from the following sections of the Standard Data Form. Sections 1, 2 (except 2.5) + sections 4.2 (quality and importance) and 4.1 - site characteristics. From December 2015 onwards this included the following fields
SITE_CODE
SITE_NAME
Status
Country
IS_MARINE (1= yes 0 = no)
SITE_MARINE_AREA % of site
Zone (Inshore/offshore or terrestrial)
LOCAL_AUTHORITY
Overview
SITE_AREA ha
Site_length_km
Latitude
Longitude
X_coord (eastings on GB grid)
Y_coord (northings on GB grid)
Grid_ref
SITE_COMP_DATE - date form first compiled
Date_first_classified
SITE_QUALITY (section 4.2 of the data form)
SITE_CHARACTERISTICS
SITE_SPA_LEGAL_REF
SITE_EXPLANATIONS

Tags: Freshwater, Habitats Directive, Marine, Natura 2000, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Special Protection Areas (SPAs) all site details (archive series from August 2009 to July 2015)

This spreadsheet contains the UK wide data submitted to the EU Commmission as part of the Standard Data Form information completed for all Special Protection Areas.    Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds (as listed on Annex I of the Directive), and for regularly occurring migratory species.  The EU Commission requires information on each site to be compiled in the form of a Standard Data Form. 
This dataset is updated every time a new or amended batch of information is submitted to the EU Commission. It is an archived data series form August 2009 to July 2015).  Note that Gibraltar information is not included in this spreadsheet.  Please note that this information was superceded in December 2015 by a spreadsheet that contains information for both SACs and also SPAs - in other words for the whole Natura 2000 network. This dataset is entitled "Natura 2000 all site details" 

The information provided here, follows the officially agreed site information format for Natura 2000 sites, as set out in the Official Journal of the European Union recording the Commission Implementing Decision of 11 July 2011 (2011/484/EU).
The content matches exactly the data submitted to the European Commission. Further technical documentation may be found here
http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/activities/Natura_2000/reference_portal
More general information on Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in the United Kingdom is available from the SAC home page on the JNCC website.  http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=23. This webpage also provides links to Standard Data Forms for all SACs in the UK. 

this sheet is organised in a series of tabs - corresponding to different sections of the standard data form.  All sheets are filterable by Country codes - (E, S, W, NI and OF for offshore). Cross border sites take the first letter of each country code eg EW for England Wales, SO for Scotland/Offshore. 
The tabs are:
*SPA Site details - one row per site, containing basic site details.
*Bird data submitted to the EU - species listed in section 3.2 of the standard data form and also bird assemblages identified in section 4.2 
*SPA Maps - a facility to produce simple dot maps of sites
*SPA Habitat classes
*Bird data assemblages
*SPA Physical site characteristics (pre 2013 versions of this spreadshet only - from 2013 these details are integrated into a column on the site details table).

Tags: Freshwater, Habitats Directive, Marine, Natura 2000, Protected Areas, Terrestrial
Organization: Joint Nature Conservation Committee