AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Water Framework Directive (WFD) Coastal Waterbodies Cycle 1

Water Framework Directive (WFD) Coastal Waterbodies is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the WFD. Article 2, clause 7 of the WFD defines coastal waterbodies as '...a surface water on the landward side of a line, every point of which is at a distance of one nautical mile on the seaward side from the nearest point of the baseline from which the breadth of territorial waters is measured, extending where appropriate up to the outer limit of transitional waters'. Since waterbodies are attributed with a unique identifier 'EA_WB_ID' this dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources such as physical characteristics, risk, classification and proposed objectives. This dataset covers the layer for Cycle 1 of the Water framework Directive (2008 - 2013). The equivalent layer for Cycle 2 is covered under WFD Coastal Waterbodies Cycle 2.

Tags: Administrative Units, Ecosystem (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Marine (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Framework Directive (WFD), Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), river basin, water quality
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Water Framework Directive (WFD) Lake Waterbodies Cycle 1

Water Framework Directive (WFD) Lake Waterbodies Cycle 1 (2008 -2013) is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing Water Framework Directive (WFD) attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Article 2, clause 5 of the WFD defines them as '...a body of standing inland surface water'. This dataset contains data related to the physical characteristics, risk, classification and proposed objectives that can be linked to water bodies by their unique identifiers.

Tags: Ecosystem (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Framework Directive (WFD), Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), classification, inland waters
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 1

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 1 is a spatial (polygon) dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD).  Article 2, clause 2 of the WFD defines them as '...the area of land and sea, made up of one or more neighbouring river basins together with their associated ground waters and coastal waters'.

Tags: Ecosystem (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Framework Directive (WFD), Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), classification, inland waters
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ)

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) were areas within Wales that contain surface water or groundwater that is susceptible to nitrate pollution from agricultural activities. They were designated in 2013 accordance with the requirements of the European Commission’s Nitrates Directive 91/676/EEC, which aimed to protect water quality across Europe by preventing nitrates from agricultural sources polluting ground and surface waters and by promoting the use of good farming practices. In April 2021 the designated NVZs in Wales were revoked by the introduction of the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution)(Wales) Regulations with some measures transitioning into law over a period of time. The transition periods do not apply to those farms located in previously designated NVZ  where all the measures within CoAPR apply  immediately. This dataset is relevant until all measures transition into law.

Tags: Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), Geodiversity (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Minerals (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Provisioning Services (SMNR), Regulating Services (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), nitrate sensitive areas, nitrates (nitrogen)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Flood Alert Areas

Flood Alert Areas are geographical areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers or the sea. A single Flood Alert Area may cover the floodplain within the Flood Warning Service Limit of multiple catchments of similar characteristics containing a number of Flood Warning Areas. A Flood Alert Area may also match that of a corresponding Flood Warning Area and warn for the possibility of flooding in that area. In some coastal locations a Flood Alert may be issued for spray or overtopping and be defined by a stretch of coastline. Practical and administrative factors may also influence the exact extent of a Flood Alert Area.  An online viewable version of the dataset is available here: https://naturalresources.wales/flooding/check-your-flood-risk-on-a-map-flood-risk-assessment-wales-map/?lang=en

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Flood Alerts, Flood Warnings, Flooding, Flooding (SMNR), Floodline, Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Severe Flood Warnings, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Warning Plan, Warning System, Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), floods (flooding)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Flood Warning Areas

This spatial Flood Warning Areas dataset are geographical areas where NRW expect flooding to occur and where NRW provide a Flood Warning Service. Flood Warning Areas generally contain properties that are expected to flood from rivers or the sea. Specifically, Flood Warning Areas define locations within the Flood Warning Service Limit that represent a discrete community at risk of flooding. A discrete community is a recognised and named geographical community, which can be an urban area, a significant suburb of a large city or a village or a hamlet. The purpose of Flood Warnings is to alert people that flooding is expected and they should take action to protect themselves and their property.   An online viewable version of this dataset is available here https://naturalresources.wales/our-evidence-and-reports/maps/flood-risk-map/?lang=en

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Flooding (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), flood risk, flood risk management, floods (flooding)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Historic Landfill Sites

This dataset is now Static and won’t be updated. However, this dataset should still be used for information on permits that were historic before came under EPR regulations. This dataset should be used in conjunction with the Historic Landfill Sites points dataset (NRW_DS125453), which is the most comprehensive dataset for recently expired, surrendered, or revoked landfill sites.  Historic Landfill Sites is a spatial (polygon) dataset. These are landfill sites which have been taken off the Authorised Landfill Sites when the waste licence status changes to either: - Licence expired: Some licences issued under the Control of Pollution Act 1974 were time limited and expired on the date specified in the licence. - Licence Revoked: Whereby the licence has been entirely revoked and is no longer in force; or  - Licence Surrendered: Operator has successfully surrendered the licence which is no longer in force.  Under the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 Local Planning Authorities have to consult with the former Environment Agency Wales, now part of Natural Resources Wales, about all applications they receive to develop land within 250 metres of landfill sites (including any land that has been used as a landfill site within the past 30 years or is likely to be used as one in the near future). The Historic Landfill dataset was created to help fulfil our statutory responsibility to Local Planning Authorities by supplying information on the risks posed by landfill sites for development within 250 m.  The data is the most comprehensive and consistent national historic landfill dataset and defines the location of, and provides specific attributes for, known historic (closed) landfill sites, i.e. sites where there is no PPC permit or waste management licence currently in force. This includes sites that existed before the waste licensing regime and sites that have been licensed in the past but where this licence has been revoked, ceased to exist or surrendered and a certificate of completion has been issued.

Tags: Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Waste (SMNR), landfill, waste, waste disposal, waste management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Flood Map: Flood Zone 2

This dataset has been discontinued. New Flood Zones will be available when the new Flood Map for Planning is published at the end of Summer 2021.  Flood Map shows the areas across Wales that could be affected by flooding from rivers or the sea. It also shows flood defences and the areas that benefit from them. Flood Map is designed to raise awareness among the public local authorities and other organisations of the likelihood of flooding and to encourage people living and working in areas prone to flooding to find out more and take appropriate action. The Flood Map includes several layers of information, this layer is: Flood Zone 2, which is NRWs best estimate of the areas of land between Zone 3 and the extent of the flood from rivers or the sea with a 1000 to 1 chance of flooding in any year. It includes those areas defined in Flood Zone 3.

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Flooding (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), flood prevention (flood protection) (flood managem, risk management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Flood Map: Areas Benefiting from Flood Defences

This dataset has been replaced by the new Areas Benefitting from Flood Defences displayed within the Flood Risk Assessment Wales (FRAW) map (NRW_DS124843). An Archive version of the Flood Map: Areas Benefitting from Flood Defences is available on request  The Flood Map is a spatial dataset that shows the areas across Wales that could be affected by flooding from rivers or the sea. It also shows flood defences and the areas that benefit from them. Flood Map is designed to raise awareness among the public local authorities and other organisations of the likelihood of flooding and to encourage people living and working in areas prone to flooding to find out more and take appropriate action. The Flood Map includes several layers of information, this layer is: Areas Benefiting from Flood Defences, which shows those areas that would benefit from the presence of defences in a 1 percent fluvial / 0.5 percent tidal flood event.

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Flooding (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), flood risk, flood risk management, risk assessment, risk management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Flood Defences without Standardised Attributes

This dataset shows flood defences that have been built to protect against flooding from rivers and the sea. The defences shown provide different levels of flood protection and this is recognised in the risk classification shown in the Flood Risk Assessment Wales (FRAW) map. Flood defences that are not yet shown, and the areas that benefit from them, will be gradually added.   Flood defences do not remove the risk of flooding however and can be overtopped or fail in extreme weather conditions.

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Flooding, Flooding (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), flood defence, flood risk, flood risk management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Flood Map: Flood Zone 3

This dataset has been discontinued. New Flood Zones will be available when the new Flood Map for Planning is published at the end of Summer 2021.    The Flood Map shows the areas across Wales that could be affected by flooding from rivers or the sea. It also shows flood defences and the areas that benefit from them. Flood Map is designed to raise awareness among the public local authorities and other organisations of the likelihood of flooding and to encourage people living and working in areas prone to flooding to find out more and take appropriate action. The Flood Map includes several layers of information, this layer is: Flood Zone 3, which is NRWs best estimate of the areas of land with a 100 to 1 (or greater) chance of flooding each year from rivers or with a 200 to 1 chance (or greater) of flooding each year from the sea.

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Flooding (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), flood prevention (flood protection) (flood managem, risk management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Flood Storage Areas

Flood Storage Areas show those areas that act as a balancing reservoir, storage basin or balancing pond. Their purpose is to attenuate an incoming flood peak to a flow level that can be accepted by the downstream channel. It may also delay the timing of a flood peak so that its volume is discharged over a longer time interval.   Flood Storage Areas that are not yet shown will be gradually added as information becomes available.

Tags: Ecosystem (SMNR), Flooding (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), flood risk, flood risk management, risk management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Source Protection Zones (SPZ) Merged

Source Protection Zones [Merged] have been created as public facing boundaries where individual groundwater bodies within Source Protection Zones (SPZ) have been dissolved so only the outer boundaries are shown. SPZs are defined around large and public potable groundwater abstraction sites. The purpose of SPZs is to provide additional protection to safeguard drinking water quality through constraining the proximity of an activity that may impact upon a drinking water abstraction.

Tags: Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Provisioning Services (SMNR), Regulating Services (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), groundwater
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Seabirds at Sea Evidence Base

GIS layers showing the abundance and distribution of seabirds in welsh waters.  The datasets consists of the raw data showing observations of all seabirds and derived grids showing the density of flying and sitting species on a 3km grid scale and the survey coverage. The purpose of this data capture was to collate data from ESAS and WWT Consulting databases to produce combined database of birds recorded from surveys of Welsh waters.  Other sources identified were also consulted to produce the most complete representation of  the observed distribution of seabirds.

Tags: Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR), Birds, Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS), Flying, Management Areas (SMNR), Marine (SMNR), Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (, Sea and Coast (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), abundance, distributions, seabirds (see also specific species)(see also shor, sitting
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Open Access - Open Country (CRoW Act)

The CRoW Act provides for public access on foot to certain types of land, amends the law relating to public rights of way, increases measures for the management and protection for Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and strengthens wildlife enforcement legislation, whilst providing for better management of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Open Country 2014 is digitised to OS MasterMap. This data was part of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CroW Act). When using this data to understand the extent of Open Access , it should be used in conjunction with Open land, Open Country, Registered Common Land, Other Statutory Access Land and Other Dedicated Land from the same years. Registered Common Land is a faithful copy of Local Authority commons.

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW Act), Ecosystem (SMNR), Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Open Access, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Semi-Natural Grasslands (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Woodlands (SMNR), access (see also rights of way), countryside access, open countryside (access land)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Unitisation Boundaries

Designated sites in Wales include but is not limited to Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Protection Areas (SPA), Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Ramsar sites. These sites have been divided into management units. This dataset contains the boundaries of these units and includes information such as designation type, unit name, unit area, national grid reference and former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) regions. Digitising began in 2007 and is on going as and when new sites are created or existing sites are altered. The purpose of these management units is to have a coherent plan in order to manage sites in a practical manner to ensure that work is done to get sites and their corresponding features into a favourable condition, as per the requirements of the protected sites.

Tags: Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR), Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Marine (SMNR), Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Ramsar sites, Semi-Natural Grasslands (SMNR), Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Soils (SMNR), Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) (see also Cand, Special Protection Areas (SPAs) (see also proposed, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), Woodlands (SMNR), actions database, designation (designated sites), geographical information systems (GIS), isis, management unit, unitisation, units
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Habitat Mapping for Conservation and Management of the Southern Irish Sea (HABMAP)

The HABMAP project was set up in response to the need for better spatial awareness of habitat distributions in the Southern Irish Sea. This work  produced habitat maps of the seabed using novel predictive modelling techniques. This dataset is related to the predictive modelling only. The HABMAP Extension Project has built on the methods developed during the original project, and has repeated the modelling work using higher resolution / improved input datasets to help increase the accuracy of the predictive map outputs. The modelling work has also been extended to cover all of Welsh waters (previously cut-off at the Interreg funding boundary), notably including the Dee and Severn estuaries.  The purpose of this data capture was to provide seabed habitat maps that could be used for conservation and management. Project outputs might be used in strategic planning, decision making for offshore developments, Marine Protected Area selection, sensitivity mapping and mapping essential fish habitats. However, because of the way the  has been produced, and the fact that some data has been modelled and derived, the maps are not appropriate to act as the sole evidence for any specific planning or regulatory decision or assessment without further supporting studies or evidence.  The project boundaries were as follows: Southern Irish Sea- land-based boundaries include the whole Welsh coast to the English border on the east side of the Dee Estuary in the north, and the whole Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel coastline in the south, extending as far as Morte Point (east of Ifracombe) in England. The southern project boundary then extends offshore (skirting the northern tip of Lundy) across to a point approximate 60km west of Waterford on the Irish coast, including the whole SE Ireland coastline and offshore banks as well as parts of the Celtic Sea. The boundary then extends northwards along the Irish coast to a point approximately 40 km north of Dublin.

Tags: Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR), Climate (SMNR), Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), HABMAP, Habitat characterisation, Habitat extent, Irish Sea, Management Areas (SMNR), Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Semi-Natural Grasslands (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), biotopes, geographical information systems (GIS), habitats (see also specific types of habitats), mapping (map drawing) (cartography)(see also digit, marine (maritime), modelling, predictive habitat maps
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Open Access - Dedicated Forests (CRoW Act)

Dataset showing forests that comprised the freehold public forest estate dedicated by former Forestry Commission Wales (FCW), now Natural Resources Wales (NRW), under section 16 of the Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act in 2005. Some forest that was dedicated has since been sold and is now in private ownership. When using this data to understand the extent of Open Access , it should be used in conjunction with Open land, Open Country, Registered Common Land, Other Statutory Access Land and Other Dedicated Land from the same years.

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR), Forest areas in Wales, Forestry Commission, Management Areas (SMNR), Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR), Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (Physiography) (SMNR), Semi-natural Grasslands (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Urban (SMNR), Woodlands (SMNR), forests (see also specific forests and types of fo
Organization: Natural Resources Wales