AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Modelling of Habitat Networks for Welsh Woodlands, Grasslands, Heathlands, Bogs and Fens

There is a growing emphasis on ecological connectivity in planning for effective biodiversity conservation and building ecosystem resilience. A major part of this is to counteract the negative impacts of habitat fragmentation (reduction in are and increase in isolation). This is a spatial dataset consisting of maps of habitat networks originally developed by Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) in collaboration with Forestry Commission Wales and Forest Research using a functional networks approach, and now managed and progressively developed by NRW.  Patches of habitat and other intervening habitats through which many of their species are able to move are mapped as habitat networks. Networks have been mapped for habitats including woodland, unimproved grassland, calcareous grassland, marshy grassland, heathland, fens and bogs; in most cases these are divided into upland and lowland versions and in some cases networks that support the highest quality areas of habitat have been selected out as priority layers. Results are available for the whole of Wales as GIS layers and include three levels of habitat networks; core networks (areas within which species that require extensive habitat and disperse poorly are able to move), focal networks (areas within which species tolerant of smaller habitat patches and with greater dispersal ability are able to move), and local networks (areas within species that can persist within small habitat patches and have very limited dispersal abilities can move).  Purpose of data capture was to allow the scope and range of potential networks to be rapidly explored. Predicted habitat networks can be used to guide large-scale planning for nature conservation, provide insight into how the landscape is likely to be functioning and prioritise action to improve the connectivity and viability of protected sites.  Layers are arranged in two folders: Level 1, containing all outputs across Wales, and Level 2 which are selected, priority networks, within which action may be targeted to enhance functional networks of the best habitat areas.

Tags: 3rd Party Data, Air (SMNR), Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR), Climate (SMNR), Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR), Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (Physiography) (SMNR), Resilience, Sea and Coast (SMNR), Semi-natural Grasslands (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), Woodlands (SMNR), ecological connectivity, habitat corridors, habitat networks, habitats (see also specific types of habitats), mapping (map drawing) (cartography)(see also digit, stepping stones, wildlife corridors
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Bathing Water Quality at Designated Beaches

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) monitors bathing water sites identified under EC Bathing Waters Directive 2006/7/EC in Wales. Samples are taken throughout the bathing season from May to the end of September and analysed for two parameters: Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci. A classification of bathing water quality, generally based on 4 years of sample results, is produced for each bathing water at the end of each season.

Tags: Ecosystem (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Marine (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Quality control flags, Sea and Coast (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Quality (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), bathing water, beaches, water quality, water quality monitoring
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Phase 2 Upland Vegetation Surveys of Wales (1999 - 2008)

This dataset contains both the non-spatial and spatial (GIS) outputs from a vegetation surveys of upland Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Wales to National Vegetation Classification (NVC) level. The purpose of this data capture was to provide data on the extent and distribution of vegetation communities in the Welsh uplands for planning, notification and management purposes. Phase 1 level vegetation surveys of around 48 upland sites in Wales. Each site has a dataset which includes a published report, quadrat data tables, maps (most paper maps have been digitised and are available as MapInfo tables and ESRI Feature Classes) and site descriptions.

Tags: Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR), Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR), National Vegetation Classification (NVC), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Phase 2 Survey (Phase II), Semi-Natural Grasslands (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Upland vegetation Survey, geographical information systems (GIS), quadrats, upland vegetation, uplands
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Zooplankton analysis

Plankton samples were collected from during a sandbank survey at nine sites in four Candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSAC) using a plankton net positioned above a beam trawl. The zooplankton was analysed my Emu Ltd and found to contain common Irish Sea species. 

Classification analysis revealed that four of the sites (Red Wharf Bay, Four Fathom, Helwick and Cardigan) each supported distinct communities based on their faunal composition, and the distinguishing features of each were identified. Samples from the remaining sites did not fall into site-specific groups indicating that the fauna in these areas was less distinct. 

Data used to sort and identify the planktonic animals from samples taken as part of the sandbank survey in four SACs along the Welsh coastline.

Tags: Biodiversity, Cardigan, Faunal composition, Four Fathom, Helwick, Red Wharf Bay, Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) (see also Cand, bat communities, classification analysis, marine and freshwater inventory, phytoplankton, plankton samples, sandbanks, zooplankton
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
National Landscape Character Areas (NLCA)

This dataset comprises of boundaries for the 48 regional landscape character areas for Wales. The purpose of this data capture was to geographically distinguish different regions in Wales in terms of landscape identity and what characteristics and qualities make one region different and distinct from another.  These distinctions and policy drivers for this project are described, together with an illustrated narrative, and published on Natural Resources Wales (NRW's) website. This dataset covers 100% of terrestrial Wales including inter-tidal areas.  Boundary data derived from source data 2007-2008 with the final version being amended October 2008. Some area names were amended in August 2023 to match written profile documents, and to reflect official status change for the names Eryri and Bannau Brycheiniog.

Tags: Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR), Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR), Geological (SMNR), Landscape (SMNR), Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR), Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Provisioning Services (SMNR), Regulating Services (SMNR), Semi-Natural Grasslands (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Urban (SMNR), Woodlands (SMNR), landscape character assessment, landscapes, spatial plan
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Phase 2 Saltmarsh Survey of Wales

Coastal saltmarshes in the UK comprise of the upper, vegetated portions of intertidal mudflats, lying approximately between mean high water neap tides and mean high water spring tides.  Saltmarshes are usually restricted to comparatively sheltered locations in five main physiographic situations: in estuaries, in saline lagoons, behind barrier islands, at the heads of sea lochs, and on beach plains.  The development of saltmarsh vegetation is dependent on the presence of intertidal mudflats.  Communities are additionally affected by differences in climate, the particle size of the sediment and, within estuaries, by decreasing salinity in the upper reaches.  This National Vegetation Classification (NVC) Phase 2 project and corresponding datasets are a collation of mapped saltmarsh habitats across Wales.  This data was collected to provide an overview of saltmarshes across Wales. In addition to this it has helped contribute towards the monitoring of Special Area of Conservation, which includes: Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries / Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd; Glannau Môn: Cors heli / Anglesey Coast: Saltmarsh; Pembrokeshire Marine / Sir Benfro Forol; Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau / Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau; Dee Estuary / Aber Dyfrdwy and Severn Estuary / Môr Hafren. The surveys were conducted between 1990 and 2003.  The dataset has been extensively validated and verified. Data collected by trained personnel, digitised by contractors, validated by NRW KMG, corrections made by contractors, validated again by NRW KMG, corrections made in-house in conjunction with relevant salt marsh specialist.

Tags: Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR), Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), National Vegetation Classification (NVC), Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (, Phase 2 Survey (Phase II), Sea and Coast (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), habitat mapping, habitat surveys (habitat monitoring), saltmarsh (salt-marsh) (salt marsh), species inventory, vegetation (see also specific types eg.coastal or , vegetation classification, vegetation surveys (vegetation monitoring)(see als
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
LANDMAP Cultural Landscape

Landmap is a unique national information system, devised by the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The Landmap database includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making.  Geographic dataset showing cultural landscape classification for Wales in the form of polygons (Aspect Areas) with large amounts of associated textual information, including General, Description, Evaluation, Recommendations, Tolerance to Change, Area Boundary, Evaluation and Bibliography.  The dataset records human activity that can be related to landscape, including major influences in art or literature which depicted or described the landscape, as well as more commonplace expressions of culture like farming type, or choice of building materials which creates a distinctive character in an area. Information is gathered by LANDMAP in order to inform sustainable decision making and to enable landscape to be taken into account during decision making processes. This dataset is important as landscape not only shapes, but is shaped by culture. The dataset will raise awareness and enable people to engage in landscape decision making in Wales.  This dataset has been superseded by Dataset: Landmap Cultural Landscape Services (metadata number:125279)

Tags: Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), LANDMAP, Landscape (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Minerals (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Provisioning Services (SMNR), Regulating Services (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), cultural landscapes, landscapes
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
LANDMAP Historic Landscape

LANDMAP is a unique national information system, devised by the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The LANDMAP database includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making.  Geographic dataset showing historical landscape classification for Wales in the form of polygons (Aspect Areas) with large amounts of associated textual information, including General, Description, Evaluation, Recommendations, Area Boundary, Evaluation and Bibliography. This dataset focuses on archaeological and historical sites and how they relate to each other and to the surrounding landscape. The features mapped include those resulting from past human activity and structurally prominent patterns and features that contribute to the historic character of the present landscape. Information is gathered by LANDMAP in order to inform sustainable decision making and to enable landscape to be taken into account during decision making processes. Historic Landscape data can be used to assess the speed, direction and effect of change and to provide an understanding of how the landscape has evolved. A LANDMAP Quality Assurance Procedure is in place to ensure that LANDMAP Information meets an agreed standard of good practice and that data is accurate and consistent across Wales.

Tags: Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), Geological (SMNR), LANDMAP, Landscape (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Marine (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Provisioning Services (SMNR), Regulating Services (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), historic landscapes, landscape character assessment, landscapes
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
LANDMAP Visual and Sensory

LANDMAP is a unique national information system, devised by the former Countryside Council for Wales, allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The LANDMAP database includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making.  Geographic dataset showing visual and sensory landscape classification for Wales in the form of polygons (Aspect Areas) with large amounts of associated textual information, including General, Description, Evaluation, Recommendations, Tolerance to Change, Area Boundary, Evaluation and Assessment.  This dataset maps the landscape as perceived through our senses based on the physical attributes of landform and land cover. The perceived characteristics of the landscape are primarily determined visually, but the senses of hearing, smell and touch are also considered.

Tags: Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), Geological (SMNR), Landscape (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Minerals (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Provisioning Services (SMNR), Regulating Services (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), landscape classification
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
LANDMAP Landscape Habitats

LANDMAP is a unique national information system, devised by the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The LANDMAP database includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making.  Geographic dataset showing habitat landscape classification for Wales in the form of polygons (Aspect Areas) with large amounts of associated textual information, including General, Description, Evaluation, Recommendations, Area Boundary, Evaluation and Bibliography. A LANDMAP Quality Assurance Procedure is in place to ensure that LANDMAP Information meets an agreed standard of good practice and that data is accurate and consistent across Wales.

Tags: Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), Geological (SMNR), LANDMAP, Landscape (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Minerals (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Provisioning Services (SMNR), Regulating Services (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), habitat mapping, habitats (see also specific types of habitats), landscapes
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
LANDMAP Geological Landscape

LANDMAP is a unique national information system, devised by the former Countryside Council for Wales, allowing information about landscape in Wales to be collected and organised into a nationally consistent dataset. The LANDMAP database includes both objective and subjective information and is designed to enable landscape quality to be taken into account in decision making.  This is a geographic dataset showing geological landscape classification for Wales in the form of polygons (Aspect Areas) with large amounts of associated textual information, including General, Description, Evaluation, Recommendations, Tolerance to Change, Area Boundary, Evaluation and Bibliography.  Information is gathered by LANDMAP in order to inform sustainable decision making and to enable landscape to be taken into account during decision making processes. The Geological Landscape dataset is important as geology is often the strongest influence on the landscape, affecting drainage patterns, vegetation cover, the human environment and so on. These effects in turn determine the possibilities for agriculture, water sources, transport networks etc.  2003 to 2008 then updated at regular intervals. This dataset maps geological, geomorphological and hydrological features of an area. The geographical and topographical characters of areas are noted as are significant active geological and geomorphological processes, and landscape - forming pedological processes.

Tags: Cultural Services (SMNR), Ecosystem Services (SMNR), Geological (SMNR), LANDMAP, Landscape (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Minerals (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR), Provisioning Services (SMNR), Regulating Services (SMNR), Soil and Land (SMNR), Soils (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), geology, landscapes
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Open Access - Registered Common Land (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, and provides for better management of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Under Section 4 of the CRoW Act it states the following: It shall be the duty of Natural Resources Wales (formerly Countryside Council for Wales) to prepare, in respect of Wales, maps which together show; (a)  all registered common land, and (b)  all open country. It is a redacted version of the 'Common Land (CROW Act) Fully Attributed Dataset', see separate metadata entry for details. Digitisation took place in 2014 for all Wales. This dataset does not include Urban Commons, Commons with Deeds for Access, 1899 Commons Act, Provisional Order Confirmation or Village Greens. 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. Contact your local authority for access to and information about Registers of Common Land.

Tags: Coastal Margins (SMNR), 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), Urban (SMNR), Woodlands (SMNR), common land, geographical information systems (GIS)
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Spatial Flood Defences with 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: Climate (SMNR), Coastal Margins (SMNR), Ecosystem (SMNR), Flooding, Hydrological Processes (SMNR), Management Areas (SMNR), Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (, Sea and Coast (SMNR), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR), Water Resources (SMNR), flood defence, flood prevention (flood protection) (flood managem, flood risk, flood risk management
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Monitoring: Otter in the Afon Teifi Catchment Area (2004)

This dataset was commissioned by the Countryside Council for Wales (Aberystwyth) to investigate the current and potential breeding success of the otter (Lutra lutra) in the Afon Teifi Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and catchment; report on the present condition and conservation status of the species; define conservation objectives; and to design an efficient monitoring methodology for future reporting. The aims of the project are: a) To report on the current and potential distribution and breeding success of the otter in the Afon Teifi cSAC and catchment; b) To produce conservation objectives using data obtained from the project; c) To design an efficient monitoring methodology for future reporting.

Tags: Otter Project Wales, Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) - SAC monitori, Teifi, lutra lutra (lutrinae), otter surveys, otters
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
House Prices

Average monthly House Prices (£) for Lincolnshire and Districts.

The data shows prices for the following House types: All Houses, Detached, Semi-detached, Terraced, and Flat/maisonette.  House Prices shown are based on Land Registry methodology.

This dataset is updated on a monthly basis for a rolling 12 month period. Historical data is subject to revision.

Source: Land Registry, UK House Price Index statistics.

Copyright and licensing: *Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right [year]. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.*

Tags: economy, house prices, housing
Organization: Lincolnshire County Council
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Tags: community, economy, education, environment, health and social care, tourism, transparency, transport
Organization: Lincolnshire County Council