AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Marine Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) Pathways Heatmaps for Wales 2020

Heatmaps (geodatabases) were created for invasive non-native species pathways in Welsh waters including commercial shipping, recreational boating, aquaculture, fishing and offshore activities. Heatmaps were produced at both  2km x 2km and 5km x 5km resolutions and have associated symbology layers. An overall heatmap was also produced to highlight key areas which are likely most at risk from invasion of invasive non-native species. This assessment provides a valuable insight into hotspots related to each potential pathway of introduction, the areas where the main areas of risk overlap for the different pathways and their overlap with protected areas. The outputs from this assessment can form the basis to underpin biosecurity planning.     It should be noted, however, that this was a national scale mapping exercise based only on freely available datasets, which themselves have limitations and possible inaccuracies due to incomplete coverage, both temporally and spatially. The scorings applied to the input datasets and weightings applied to the introduction pathways are also based on available literature and expert judgement.  Site-specific activities and conditions will always be an important consideration, as well as temporal variations.

Tags: Habitat characterisation, Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS), activities, invasive species (alien species)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Public Service Boards

This dataset shows the boundary of Wales' 19 Public Service Boards (PSB). The PSB improve joint working across all public services in each local authority area in Wales. Each board must carry out a well-being assessment and publish an annual local well-being plan. The plan sets out how they will meet their responsibilities under the Well being of Future Generations (Wales) Act. Further Information: https://gov.wales/public-services-boards https://www.futuregenerations.wales/work/public-service-boards/

Tags: administration
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Current Relative Value of ecosystem resilience (CuRVe)

CuRVe is a series of interconnected web-based maps that together form an atlas. It is a tool that can help users to explore how ecosystem resilience varies across Wales and understand the underlying reasons for this variation. It can be used to support and improve decision making about the use of, and investment in, the sustainable management of natural resources. CuRVe stands for Current Relative Value of ecosystem resilience. The Atlas is the first step in an experimental project to reveal relative values and spatial patterns of ecosystem resilience at a landscape scale for Wales.

Tags: Resilience
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Marine Protected Areas in Welsh waters

The Marine protected area (MPA) network is a subset of existing protected sites that have marine features. Sites include: SACs, SPAs, Ramsars, SSSIs and MCZs.   What features are considered marine is determined through expert groups of SNCBs led by JNCC. The list of MPA network features are hosted by JNCC https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/8ee15786-510b-44e4-819e-e6681a1abd96   The need for a coherent and well managed MPA network is underpinned by the legislation Marine and Coastal access act and MFSD (UK Marine Strategy). This has been driven by our commitment to OSPAR (Oslo Paris convention) and CBD (Convention on biological diversity). NRW are the custodeans of MPAs within 12nm (Welsh territorial waters), sites that are found in out offshore waters are hosted by JNCC and can be downloaded from their https://jncc.gov.uk/mpa-mapper/.

Tags: Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR), BIRDS, Ecosystem (SMNR), Fenland, HABITATS, Habitat characterisation, Habitat extent, Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Marine and Coastal Access Bill, Natura 2000 (N2K), Ramsar sites, SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Interest), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) (see also proposed, WETLANDS, animals (see also mammals), bird habitat, conservation (see also conservation of specific su, ecosystem services, geodiversity, geographical information systems (GIS), highly protected marine conservation zones ( HPMCZ, marine conservation zones (mcz), marshland, natural resources, species (see also endangered species), waterfowl
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
National Flood Risk Maps 2019

The National Flood Hazard and Risk Maps are based on generalised modelling only. The maps have been published to comply with the Flood Risk Regulations (2009) and the EU Directive (2007/60/EC), and used to inform the creation of Flood Risk Management plans across Wales. These maps have no official status for Planning or Insurance purposes, therefore the public and professionals are advised to use the information contained within the Flood Risk Assessment Wales Map and Development Advice Map/ Flood Map for Planning (as appropriate) for these purposes as these will be more up-to-date and incorporate improved modelling information.   The National Flood Risk Maps have been created for 3 sources of flooding, namely,  1. Flooding from Rivers 2. Flooding from the Sea 3. Flooding from Surface Water & Small Watercourse  The maps show Risk to a range of receptors, grouped in categories of People, Economic and Environment. Risk information is aggregated and displayed at a community scale.  For Rivers and Surface Water & Small Watercourses, High risk is up to 1 in 30year; Medium risk is between 1 in 30 and 1 in 100year; and Low risk is between 1 in 100year and 1 in 1,000year Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP).  For the Sea, High risk is up to 1 in 30 year; Medium risk is between 1 in 30 to 1 in 200 year; and Low risk 1 in 200 year to 1 in 1000 year.

Tags: flood hazard, flood risk, floods (flooding)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
National Flood Hazard Maps 2019

The National Flood Hazard and Risk Maps are based on generalised modelling only. The maps have been published to comply with the Flood Risk Regulations (2009) and the EU Directive (2007/60/EC), and used to inform the creation of Flood Risk Management plans across Wales. These maps have no official status for Planning or Insurance purposes, therefore the public and professionals are advised to use the information contained within the Flood Risk Assessment Wales Map, the Development Advice Map/ Flood Map for Planning (as appropriate) for these purposes as these will be more up-to-date and incorporate improved modelling information.   The National Flood Hazard Maps have been created for 3 sources of flooding, namely,  1. Flooding from Rivers 2. Flooding from the Sea 3. Flooding from Surface Water & Small Watercourse  The Maps show flood depth, velocity (speed and direction), hazard and extent for High, Medium and Low risk scenarios without raised flood defences.  For Rivers and Surface Water & Small Watercourses, High risk is up to 1 in 30year; Medium risk is between 1 in 30 and 1 in 100year; and Low risk is between 1 in 100year and 1 in 1,000year Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP).  For the Sea, High risk is up to 1 in 30 year; Medium risk is between 1 in 30 to 1 in 200 year; and Low risk 1 in 200 year to 1 in 1000 year.  The Flooding from Surface Water & Small Watercourses dataset is a direct replacement for the earlier Updated Flood Map for Surface Water (uFMfSW), 2013 and is based on the modelling of Surface Water Catchments.  Details of the modelling work to produce the new National Flood Hazard Maps are available in the supporting Information sheets.

Tags: flood hazard, flood risk, floods (flooding)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
NH3 Sensitive Ancient Woodlands

This layer identifies areas of Ancient Woodland and Parkland from which NRW hold recent, auditable records of N-sensitive lichens. Not all lichens are sensitive to increased ammonia: the 62 species used to identify N-sensitive Ancient Woodland and Parkland are particularly sensitive and are important in the woodland/parkland ecosystem. Any area identified as sensitive in this GIS layer should be assessed using a 1µg/m3 NH3 Critical Level.

Tags: ancient woodland (ancient trees) (veteran trees), lichens
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
SSSI NH3 Critical Levels

This layer provides a Critical Level (CLe) for ammonia against which impacts on a SSSI should be assessed. The value is the lowest CLe for a feature on that site. The layer gives the SSSI name, SSSI code and ammonia Critical Level. The ammonia CLe can be: 1: a 1µg/m3 NH3 Critical Level indicates a SSSI has N-sensitive bryophytes/lichens as a feature or has bryophytes/lichens as key components of a habitat feature of that SSSI; 3: a 3µg/m3 NH3 Critical Level indicates a SSSI has N-sensitive vegetation, or has invertebrate features that are dependent on N-sensitive vegetation; NS: all features on a site are considered not to be particularly sensitive to ammonia; this does not mean that other aspects of a development will not have negative impacts on a SSSI, for example through water pollution or disturbance.

Tags: ammonia
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Great Crested Newt - Risk Zones (North and West Yorkshire)

This dataset identifies areas where the distribution of great crested newts (GCN) has been categorised into zones relating to GCN occurrence and the level of impact development is likely to have on this species. Red zones contain key populations of GCN, which are important on a regional, national or international scale and include designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest for GCN. Amber zones contain main population centres for GCN and comprise important connecting habitat that aids natural dispersal. Green zones contain sparsely distributed GCN and are less likely to contain important pathways of connecting habitat for this species. White zones contain no GCN. However, as most of England forms the natural range of GCN, white zones are rare and will only be used when it is certain that there are no GCN. Attribution statement: © Natural England, 2021
Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 Ordnance Survey 100022021
Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, 2019
Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council © NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and © Natural England
© European Environment Agency, Copernicus Programme 2016
Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2019. Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by the Ordnance Survey and Rural Payments Agency. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019
© Freshwater Habitats Trust, PondNet monitoring scheme 2018
© West Yorkshire Ecological Service. Crown Copyright and database right [2019] Ordnance Survey licence number WMDC100019574
© Environmental Records Informaton Centre North East

Tags: Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution, biota, environment
Organization: Natural England
Communities at Risk Register

The Communities at Risk Register (CaRR) has been developed to provide an objective means of identifying risk and prioritising flood risk management activities at a Wales-wide, community level. It applies a standard methodology across all flood sources to calculate a theoretical ‘danger score’ that allows comparative risks to be quantified and ranked (from High to Low).  The CaRR comprises a spreadsheet that identifies and ranks individual communities for, 1. a natural, ‘undefended’ scenario, and 2. a mitigated scenario (based on the presence of defences and flood warning). It is complemented by a GIS layer which defines the individual Community polygons and is attributed with danger scores, community rankings and other metric information.

Tags: flood modelling, flood risk
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Remaining Landfill Void in Wales

Permitted landfill operators have a condition in their permits to report the remaining landfill void (capacity) of their sites at the end of the calendar year. This information although used for compliance purposes is also used by the EC, Government, Local Authorities and other interested parties for statutory reporting and waste planning purposes. Data is provided in cubic metres and collated into a national dataset.  There are only around 20 operational landfills in Wales. Operators can claim commercial confidentiality for their data at time of submission. To date, no operator has claimed commercial confidentiality.

Tags: Waste (SMNR), landfill, waste, waste disposal, waste management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Ash Lichen Alert

These data identify 10x10m, 100x100m and 1000x1000m areas where a Threatened Lichen has been recorded on Ash. The dataset is designed to allow land managers to rapidly identify whether they need to consider rare lichens when working with Ash trees, especially if they are considering felling a tree because of Ash Dieback.

Tags: coastal lichens, tree dieback
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Eighteen years of capture-mark-recapture (CMR) data of grey seal pups, Halichoerus grypus, from Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Eighteen years (1954-1972) of capture-mark-recapture data of 245 grey seal pups marked with identification tags in Wales.  The data was obtained from paper files held by NRW and supplied originally West Wales Field Society and includes information on the location and number of animals marked in each year including sex and age estimations.

Tags: Test entry, dispersal, grey seals, halichoerus grypus, marine mammals, mark-release-recapture, ontogeny, pinnipedia (pinnipeds), population dynamics, seals (see also specific species)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
NRW Environment Team Boundaries

This is a spatial datasets containing the extent polygons for the Natural Resources Wales Environment Teams boundaries. The purpose of this data capture is to define boundaries for operational Environment Teams post Organisation Design, July 2019.  In MyMap this is layer at Operational Layers/Resource Management Terrestrial/Environment Teams. It is the post OD (Organisational Design) boundaries for the Environment Teams (previously NRM teams). Will be used to ensure enquiries, incidents etc are passed to the correct team and to show geographical areas of teams’ responsibilities.

Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Water Quality Exemptions

The Environmental Permitting Regulations contains exemptions from needing an environmental permit for certain water discharges and groundwater activities. Exemptions cover the discharge of treated domestic sewage to either surface or groundwater, managing vegetation near/on inland water, substances to ground for scientific purposes and discharges from open loop heating and cooling systems.  These exemptions must be registered with Natural Resources Wales. The Water Quality Exemptions dataset contains the locations for these registered exemptions in Wales.

Tags: septic tank, sewage
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
River Wye catchment (Wales) species rich grassland creation opportunity maps

A detailed GIS analysis of land use, Phase 1 habitats, National Vegetation Classification (NVC) community data, soils and designated sites for the River Wye catchment within the NRW mid-Wales operational area boundary was undertaken. The potential hydrological suitability of each soil type for species-rich floodplain vegetation was assessed usng HOST classes. A trial of GIS-based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis was undertaken to identify potential sites for restoration of species rich floodplain grassland within the Wye catchment.  Target NVC communities for restoration were selected (MG4, MG5, MG8 and M22-26) and criteria likely to affect restoration success identified. GIS vector datasets relevant to each criterion were then assembled or created, and assigned a suitability score. A weighted analysis was then undertaken for each of the target communities resulting in a series of maps, one for each plant community type, indicating areas suitable for restoration.

Tags: National Vegetation Classification (NVC), River Wye (Afon Gwy), grassland, habitat creation schemes, soil classification
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Water resource reliability

The Resource Reliability data indicates the percentage of time additional consumptive abstraction may be available and what this means for abstraction licensing. The Resource Reliability data is based on a nationally consistent method. Results have been overridden to reflect local assessments in our Abstraction Licensing Strategies (ALS) published on our website. ALS outline the implications for abstraction licensing of resource reliability.

Tags: water resources (water supply), water resources management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Species

Under the Environment (Wales) Act (2016), Section 7 requires biodiversity lists to be produced. These lists include types of species which are of 'Principle Importance' for the purpose of maintain and enhancing biodiversity in relation to Wales. This list supersedes the duty in Section 42 of the NERC Act 2006. In addition to this marine species can be protected under the OSPAR Convention.  The OSPAR convention has established a list of 'threatened and/or declining species and habitats' in the North-East Atlantic. This spatial dataset details the location of those marine species classed of 'Principle Importance' under Section 7 and are regarded as 'threatened or declining' under OSPAR in Wales. These species include: Alkmaria Romijni tentacled lagoon worm, Anotrichium barbatum bearded red seaweed, Cruoria Cruoriiformis, Edwardsia Timida burrowing anemone, Eunicella Verrucosa pink sea fan,  Grateloupia Dermocorynus montagnei, Haliclystus auricula stalked jellyfish, Hippocampus sp., Lithothamnion coralloides Coral maerl, Lucernariopsis Campanulata stalked jellyfish, Arctica Islandica Ocean Quahog, Ostrea Edulis, Padina Pavonica, Palinurus Elephas Crawfish, Phymatolithon calcareum common maerl and Tenellia Adspersa.

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), Convention for the Protection of the Marine Enviro, OSPAR, Section 7, marine environment (marine habitats) (seas) (ocean, marine habitat, marine species
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats

Under the Environment (Wales) Act (2016), Section 7 requires biodiversity lists to be produced. These lists include types of habitats which are of 'Principle Importance' for the purpose of maintain and enhancing biodiversity in relation to Wales. This list supersedes the duty in Section 42 of the NERC Act 2006. In addition to this marine habitats can be protected under the OSPAR Convention, which has established a list of 'threatened and/or declining species and habitats' in the North-East Atlantic. This spatial dataset details the extent and location of those marine habitats classed of 'Principle Importance' under Section 7 and are regarded as 'threatened or declining' under OSPAR in Wales. Habitats include:  Carbonate Reefs, Estuarine Rock, Honeycomb Worm Sabellaria alveolata, Intertidal Underboulder, Mud habitats in deep water, Musculus Discors Green crenella Beds, Blue Mussel Beds (listed under OSPAR aswell), Fragile Sponge and Anthozoans (listed under OSPAR aswell), Horse Mussel Modiolus Bed (listed under OSPAR aswell), Intertidal Mudflats (listed under OSPAR aswell), Maerl Beds live and dead (listed under OSPAR aswell), Sabellaria spinulosa reef (listed under OSPAR aswell), Saline Lagoons (listed under OSPAR aswell), Saltmarsh,  Seagrass Beds (listed under OSPAR aswell), Seapens And Burrowing Megafauna (listed under OSPAR aswell), Peat Clay Exposures (listed under OSPAR aswell), Sheltered Muddy Gravel (listed under OSPAR aswell), Subtidal Mix Mud Sediments (listed under OSPAR aswell), Tide Swept Channels (listed under OSPAR aswell), Oyster Beds (OSPAR only).

Tags: Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), Convention for the Protection of the Marine Enviro, Habitat characterisation, Habitat extent, OSPAR, Section 7, marine environment (marine habitats) (seas) (ocean, marine habitat
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 Terrestrial Habitats of Principle Importance

Under the Environment (Wales) Act (2016), Section 7 requires biodiversity lists to be produced. These lists include types of habitats which are of \Principle Importance\" for the purpose of maintain and enhancing biodiversity in relation to Wales. This list supersedes the duty in Section 42 of the NERC Act 2006. This dataset details the extent and location of those terrestrial habitats classed of \"Principle Importance\" in Wales."

Tags: Section 7, habitat conservation, habitat distribution, habitat management, habitat mapping, habitat networks
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Wales' grey seal photo-identification database: EIRPHOT (1992-2016)

This dataset is a catalogue of seal images that were collected as part of the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and Natural Resources Wales' (NRW) seal monitoring and evidence work. Images were also provided by volunteers, partners, organisations and members of the public through collaboration with CCW/NRW. The images are of heads, necks and flanks of grey seals (mostly female) photographed at seal haul out sites around the Celtic and Irish Seas from 1992 to 2016 and show the pelage markings of seals that can be individually recognised/identified from subsequent photographic encounters – photo-identification (Capture, Mark, Recapture). The database contains over 17,000 photographic images of more than 9,000 grey seals. Photo-ID allows individual seals to be captured through time and space and analyses of the data provide insights into site fidelity and associations, movements and connectivity, and longevity/survival.

Tags: Seal abundance, Seal morphology and physiology, grey seals, halichoerus grypus, pinnipedia (pinnipeds), seals (see also specific species)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (NCERM)

The National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (NCERM) map shows the spatial NCERM coastal baseline. This baseline is split to 'frontages'. These are defined as lengths of coast with consistent characteristics based on the cliff behaviour characteristics and the defence characteristics. It is intended as an up-to-date and reliable benchmark dataset showing erosion extents and rates for three periods from a base date of 2005: - Short Term (0 - 20yr i.e. 2005 to 2025); - Medium Term (20 - 50yr i.e. 2025 to 2055); and - Long Term (50 - 100yr i.e. 2055 to 2105).  The data extents are based on 50%ile confidence levels, whilst the data attributes highlight the 5-95%ile confidence range, of erosion predictions for the following two scenarios (NB All distances are cumulative over time and given in metres): - No Active Intervention Policy Scenario; and - With the implementation of Shoreline Management Plan 2 Policies.  Defence type and SMP policies for each of the three periods described above are included.

Tags: COASTAL, Coastal geomorphology, coast changes (coastal change), coastal floodplains, erosion, erosion rates
Organization: Natural Resources Wales