AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Groundwater Agriculture Pressures

Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need to be addressed in order to improve water quality. Many of our waterbodies have multiple significant pressures. A robust scientific assessment process has been carried out to determine which pressures are the significant pressures. This has incorporated over 140 datasets, a suite of modelling tools, and local knowledge from field and enforcement staff from the Local Authorities, Inland Fisheries Ireland and EPA. Impacts from agriculture include nutrient pollution. A significant agricultural pressure can be diffuse and/or point source of pollution. Agricultural pressures are subcategorised into pasture, arable, farmyard and agriculture.

Tags: abstraction, agriculture, arable farming, catchment, characterisation, critical load, critical source area, diffuse, environment, environmental impact, environmental impact of agriculture, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, farmyard, groundwater, groundwater pollution, groundwater quality, hydrography, ie, impact, pasture, pathway, point, point source, pollutant pathway, pollution, pollution impact potential (pip), pressure, receptor, risk, source, subcatchment, water framework directive, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Groundwater Hydromorphology Pressures

Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need to be addressed in order to improve water quality. Many of our waterbodies have multiple significant pressures. A robust scientific assessment process has been carried out to determine which pressures are the significant pressures. This has incorporated over 140 datasets, a suite of modelling tools, and local knowledge from field and enforcement staff from the Local Authorities, Inland Fisheries Ireland and EPA. Impacts from hydromorphology include alteration to the physical environment and flow regimes.

Tags: catchment, channelization, characterisation, critical load, culverts, diffuse, environment, environmental impact, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, groundwater, groundwater pollution, groundwater quality, hydrography, hydromorphology, ie, impact, land drainage, locks, nutrient, pathway, point, point source, pollutant pathway, pollution, pollution impact potential (pip), pressure, receptor, risk, sediment, source, subcatchment, water framework directive, weirs, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Water Flow Network

This water flow network dataset is a route feature class rather than a simple polyline. The geometry is generated by merging the river lines of individual geometric network datasets. This layer contains an integrated flow network that includes known flow connections through rivers, lakes and groundwater aquifers. In places where the network is depicted flowing through lakes or through underground channels, the flow channels are schematic only, and do not represent the precise location of these flow channels. The appropriate Geological Survey Ireland data sets should be consulted where underground flows or connections are known or suspected.

Tags: environment, hydrography, ie, inlandwaters, lake, lakes, river, river network, rivers
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Harbour porpoise surveys in Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC, 2015

A visual survey of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was carried out in 2015 in the Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC in order to derive local density and abundance estimates. Static Acoustic Monitoring (SAM) through the deployment of C-PODs was carried out at two sites within the SAC using a randomised sampling design.

Tags: biodiversity, biota, cetacean, environment, ireland, mammal, marine, marine fauna, national parks and wildlife service, npws, species distribution
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Noise Round 3 Airport (Lnight)

This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of airports, in the form of noise contours for the Lnight (night) period for Dublin and Cork agglomerations airports.
The dB value represents the average decibel value during the Lnight time.

Any direct comparison of the Round 3 versus Round 2 results should be carefully considered, as changes to the model input datasets used between these rounds may be significant. This may especially apply to the terrain model used, while there may be improved building height data, & improved traffic flow data with fewer assumed flows. There may also be some revisions to the actual road network modelled in Round 3.

The noise maps are the product of assimilating a collection of digital datasets, and over the last 10 years there has been significant improvements to the quality of the digital datasets describing the natural and built environment in Ireland. This has led to the strategic noise models giving much more reliable noise results with much less tendency to over predict the impact.

Tags: air, environment, health, human health and safety, ie, noise action plan, noise contours, noise decibels, noise exposure plan, noise legislation, noise level, noise measurement, noise monitoring, noise type
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Extractive Industries Registered Sites

This data set shows the Extractive Industry sites, as registered by local authorities, as required under the Waste Management (Management of Waste from the Extractive Industries) Regulations 2009. Please note the data is entered and maintained by local authorities and does not go through any further EPA validation or quality control check.

Tags: emission to air, environment, extractive industries, extractive industry, extractive industry register, extractive sites, geology, ie, quarries, quarry, quarrying, resources, science
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Noise Round 4 Industry Agglomeration (Lden)

This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of agglomeration industry for Round 4 (2022), representing the situation during 2021, in the form of noise contours for the Lden (day and evening) period. 
		The dB value represents the annual average Lden indicator value in decibels over 24 hours.  
		The values are calculated at a height of 4.0m above local terrain, not measured, and should be treated with caution when looking at specific locations. 
		The strategic noise mapping of industry was undertaken by Noise Consultants Limited inside the three noise agglomerations, under contract to the agglomeration local authorities.	
		The outputs of the Round 4 noise mapping exercise were generated using a new common noise assessment method for Europe (CNOSSOS-EU), as set out in the revised Annex II of Directive 2002/49/EC, and they are not directly comparable to any strategic noise maps previously generated under Rounds 1 to 3, as these revised methods calculate noise emissions, propagation and residential population exposure differently from the methods used in previous rounds.   
		The noise maps are the product of assimilating a collection of digital datasets, and over the last 15 years there have been ongoing significant improvements to the quality of the digital datasets describing the natural and built environment in Ireland, therefore the Round 4 strategic noise mapping includes changes to the model input datasets being used, compared to previous rounds, particularly related to the industrial areas modelled, the terrain model, building heights and ground cover.
		The strategic noise maps should not be relied upon in the context of planning applications for noise sensitive developments in the vicinity of the mapped sources.

Tags: environment, health, human health and safety, ie, industry, noise action plan, noise contours, noise decibels, noise exposure plan, noise legislation, noise level, noise measurement, noise monitoring, noise type
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Lake and TRaC Agriculture Pressures

Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need to be addressed in order to improve water quality. Many of our waterbodies have multiple significant pressures. A robust scientific assessment process has been carried out to determine which pressures are the significant pressures. This has incorporated over 140 datasets, a suite of modelling tools, and local knowledge from field and enforcement staff from the Local Authorities, Inland Fisheries Ireland and EPA. Impacts from agriculture include nutrient pollution. A significant agricultural pressure can be diffuse and/or point source of pollution. Agricultural pressures are subcategorised into pasture, arable, farmyard and agriculture.

Tags: abstraction, agriculture, arable, arable farming, catchment, characterisation, coast, coastal waterbodies, critical load, critical source area, diffuse, environment, environmental impacts, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, farmyard, hydrography, ie, impact, lake, lake waterbodies, nitrate, nutrient, pasture, phosphate, point source, pollutant impact potential (pip), pollutant pathway, pollution, pressure, receptor, risk, sediment, source, subcatchment, surface water, surface waters, trac, transitional waterbodies, transitional waters, water body, water framework directive, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
National Parks & Wildlife Service Shingle Beach Survey

This dataset is owned and provided by NPWS.

The aim of the survey was “To carry out an inventory of shingle areas of conservation on the
Irish coast and to record data relating to the rare species and vegetation of the same.” The
production of an inventory of shingle areas implies the classification of those areas into
meaningful groups and the frequency of such groups throughout Ireland accounted for. In this
survey an interest rank was given to each site to aid in ascertaining the conservation value of the
area. This interest rank was based on the vegetation and rare plant species of the site1.


For further information visit;

http://www.npws.ie/en/media/NPWS/Publications/Reports/Media,6776,en.pdf

Tags: coastal heritage, environment, habitats and biotopes, heritage council, sea regions, shingle beach survey
Organization: Heritage Council
Noise Round 4 Rail National (Lden)

This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of major railways for Round 4 (2022), representing the situation during 2021, in the form of noise contours for the Lden (day, evening, night) period for Cork, Dublin and Limerick noise agglomerations and the major railways outside of the noise agglomerations.
		Major railways were identified by Irish Rail and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) as those railways exceeding the flow threshold of 30,000 train passages per year during 2021.
		The dB value represents the annual average Lden indicator value in decibels over 24 hours.  
		The values are calculated at a height of 4.0m above local terrain, not measured, and should be treated with caution when looking at specific locations. 
		The strategic noise mapping of the major railways was undertaken by Noise Consultants Limited inside the three noise agglomerations, under contract to the agglomeration local authorities, and outside the agglomerations by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), with the support of Irish Rail. 
		The outputs of the Round 4 noise mapping exercise were generated using a new common noise assessment method for Europe (CNOSSOS-EU), as set out in the revised Annex II of Directive 2002/49/EC, and they are not directly comparable to any strategic noise maps previously generated under Rounds 1 to 3, as these revised methods calculate noise emissions, propagation and residential population exposure differently from the methods used in previous rounds.   
		The noise maps are the product of assimilating a collection of digital datasets, and over the last 15 years there have been ongoing significant improvements to the quality of the digital datasets describing the natural and built environment in Ireland, therefore the Round 4 strategic noise mapping includes changes to the model input datasets being used, compared to previous rounds, particularly related to the railway network modelled, the terrain model, building heights, train flows and ground cover.
		The strategic noise maps should not be relied upon in the context of planning applications for noise sensitive developments in the vicinity of the mapped sources.

Tags: environment, health, human health and safety, ie, noise action plan, noise contours, noise decibels, noise exposure plan, noise legislation, noise level, noise measurement, noise monitoring, noise type, rail
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections

A greenhouse gas emission projection is an estimate of what emission levels are likely to be in the future based on key assumptions such as economic growth forecasts, and Government climate change mitigation policies and measures. Greenhouse gas emission projections are a valuable analytical tool to assess Ireland’s progress towards achieving its 2020emission reduction targets set down under the EU Effort Sharing Decision (Decision 406/2009/EC). The EPA develops national emission projections on an annual basis, in collaboration with relevant State and other bodies. This collaboration ensures consistency with economic forecasts and with projected activity in sectors including energy, agriculture, and industry.

Tags: atmospheric conditions and meteorological geographical features, carbon dioxide, climate, climate change mitigation, effort sharing decision, emission, emissions trading scheme, environment, fluorinated gas, green house gas, greenhouse gas, ie, methane, nitrous oxide, non emissions trading scheme, projections
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Register of Protected Areas - Surface Water Bodies in Bathing Locations

WFD Surface Water Bodies intersecting with Designated Bathing Waters under S.I. No. 79/2008 and S.I. No. 351/2011 Bathing Water Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and all relevant previous Statutory Instruments.

Tags: bathing water, environment, environmental policy, human health and safety, ie, protected site, protected sites, water-body
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
WFD Lake Waterbody Status 2010 - 2015

This dataset contains the status results for lake waterbodies (LWB) monitored as part of the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) with the objectives to achieve or maintain at least good ecological status and good chemical status by 2015.

Tags: clean waters, environment, hydrography, ie, lake, lake water status, lake waterbody status, lake waters, lakes, lwb status, water, water management, water quality, water quality monitoring, water status
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Greencastle Codling Protected Area

Greencastle Codling Protected Area located north-east of the Inishowen peninsula. The zone represents a periodically closed Fishery Exclusion Area under an SI as part of the Greencastle Codling Project run by Marine Institute and BIM with local industry.

Tags: biota, boundaries, coastal heritage, environment, greencastle codling protected area, heritage council, marine institute, oceans, sea regions
Organization: Marine Institute
Register of Protected Areas - Bathing Water Areas Catchments of Interest

Bathing Water Catchments were provided by Local Authorities as part of the Bathing Water Area profiles referred to in Regulation 5, which is to consist of a description of the physical, geographical and hydrological characteristics of the bathing water, as provided for in Directive 2006/7/EC  where Designated Bathing Waters exist under S.I. No. 79/2008 and S.I. No. 351/2011 Bathing Water Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2011. EC Bathing Water Profiles - Best Practice and Guidance 2009.

Tags: bathing, bathing water, beach, environment, environmental policy, human health and safety, ie, protected site, protected sites, splash, water-body
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
River Agriculture Pressures

Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need to be addressed in order to improve water quality. Many of our waterbodies have multiple significant pressures. A robust scientific assessment process has been carried out to determine which pressures are the significant pressures. This has incorporated over 140 datasets, a suite of modelling tools, and local knowledge from field and enforcement staff from the Local Authorities, Inland Fisheries Ireland and EPA. Impacts from agriculture include nutrient and organic pollution. A significant agricultural pressure can be diffuse and/or point source of pollution. Agricultural pressures are subcategorised into pasture, arable, farmyard and agriculture.

Tags: agriculture, arable farming, catchment, characterisation, critical load, critical source area, diffuse, environment, environmental impact, environmental impact of agriculture, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, farmyard, hydrography, ie, impact, nitrate, nutrient, pasture, pathway, phosphate, point, point source, pollutant pathway, pollution, pollution impact potential (pip), pressure, receptor, risk, river, sediment, source, subcatchment, surface water, water framework directive, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Naturalised River Flow Duration Percentiles

This data set contains estimates of naturalised river flow duration percentiles for Irish rivers. The flow estimates represent flows that could be expected in rivers under naturalised conditions and do not take account of artificial influences of any kind such as water supply abstractions or waste water discharges. The data set should be used in conjunction with the HYDRO Catchments layer to display contributing areas to each flow node. Data results include naturalised flow percentiles (NATQ1-99%), naturalised mean monthly flows (NATMMF1-12) and physical catchment descriptors. Flow estimates are provided in m3/second.

Tags: environment, hydrography, hydrology, hydrometric, hydromorphology, ie, river flow, water framework directive
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Max Faecal Coliform Concentration in Irish Waters (2007 - 2009)

Max concentrations in 2007 - 2009 for Faecal Coliform (per 100ml) in samples from monitoring locations on the Irish Environmental Protection Agency Water Framework Directive (WFD) Groundwater Monitoring Network.

Tags: environment, environmental monitoring facilities, environmental protection agency, epa, faecal coliform, groundwater, groundwater quality, ie, ireland, monitoring network, mrp, nutrient, nutrients, water framework directive, water quality, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Land Promoting Good Water Quality

This dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to the maintenance of high water quality, though natural filtration of sediment.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of services prioritised through stakeholder consultation and any intermediate layers created by Environment Systems Ltd in the cause of the project. The individual dataset resources in the datasets series are to be considered in conjunction with the project report: https://www.npws.ie/research-projects/ecosystems-services-mapping-and-assessment

The project provides a National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services (ES) map for a suite of prioritised services to assist implementation of MAES (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their services) in Ireland.

This involves stakeholder consultation for identification of services to be mapped, the development of a list of indicators and proxies for mapping, as well as an assessment of limitations to ES mapping on differing scales (Local, Catchment, Region, National, EU) based on data availability. Reporting on data gaps forms part of the project outputs.

The project relied on the usage of pre-existing data, which was also utilised to create intermediate data layers to aid in ES mapping. For a full list of the data used throughout the project workings, please refer to the project report.

Tags: biota, ecosystem, ecosystem services, environment, geoscientificinformation, habitat protection, habitats and biotopes, heritage, ireland, landscape, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife service, npws, water, water quality
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Areas of land contributing to terrestrial food provision

This dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to terrestrial food provision. This includes agricultural crops and livestock, as well as harvesting of wild food.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of services prioritised through stakeholder consultation and any intermediate layers created by Environment Systems Ltd in the cause of the project. The individual dataset resources in the datasets series are to be considered in conjunction with the project report: https://www.npws.ie/research-projects/ecosystems-services-mapping-and-assessment

The project provides a National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services (ES) map for a suite of prioritised services to assist implementation of MAES (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their services) in Ireland.

This involves stakeholder consultation for identification of services to be mapped, the development of a list of indicators and proxies for mapping, as well as an assessment of limitations to ES mapping on differing scales (Local, Catchment, Region, National, EU) based on data availability. Reporting on data gaps forms part of the project outputs.

The project relied on the usage of pre-existing data, which was also utilised to create intermediate data layers to aid in ES mapping. For a full list of the data used throughout the project workings, please refer to the project report.

Tags: biota, ecosystem, ecosystem services, environment, food, food provision, geoscientificinformation, habitat protection, habitats and biotopes, heritage, ireland, landscape, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife service, npws
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
WFD Canal Waterbodies - Cycle 2

Water Framework Directive (WFD) Canal Waterbodies are the management and reporting units for the WFD. This is a polyline shapefile dataset which is formed from a Waterways Ireland Canal Polygon dataset and river network dataset. These canal waterbodies are also included in the overall River Waterbodies (RWB) WFD dataset. Each waterbody has a unique identifier (EU_CD) so the dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources such as physical characteristics, risk, classification and other objectives.

Tags: canal, canal waterbodies, canal waterbody, canal wfd waterbody, environment, hydrography, ie, river waterbodies, river waterbody, river waters, rwb, water framework directive, wfd
Organization: Waterways Ireland