AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2006-2008

During the Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2006-2008, initiated by the Research Branch of the National Parks and Wildlife Service,
Annex I Saltmarsh habitats according to the EU Habitats Directive were mapped around the coast of the Republic of Ireland, and their conservation status was assessed.

The initial phase of the survey was carried out in 2006 and involved the survey of 31 sites. An additional 100 sites were covered in a second survey phase in 2007 and 2008. 

A monitoring methodology was developed based on JNCC guidelines for saltmarshes, based on vegetation surveys  and assessments of threats and management practices. This methodology was adapted for Irish saltmarsh habitats.

An assessment of the conservation status was derived for each habitat at the site level. Structure and Functions was assessed by collecting data at a representative number of stops across each habitat. A suite of indicators of condition was derived and targets were set for each indicator. A certain number of targets had to be reached for a monitoring stop to pass. The proportion of passes or fails was used to assess the Structure and Functions parameter. Future Prospects were assessed by determining the impact of positive and negative activities at the site.

Tags: biodiversity, biota, environment, habitat, habitat protection, habitats and biotopes, heritage, ireland, marsh, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife service, npws, salt marsh, species
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
River Historically Polluted Site 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 historically polluted sites include nutrient, organic, chemical and sediment pollution.

Tags: anthropogenic factor, catchment, characterisation, contaminated land, critical load, critical source area, diffuse, discharge, drainage, environment, environmental impact, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, historically polluted sites, hydrography, ie, impact, industrial facility site, licence, mines, nitrate, nutrient, organic, pathway, phosphate, point, point source, pollutant pathway, pollution, pollution impact potential (pip), pressure, quarries, quarry, receptor, risk, river, run-off, sediment, source, subcatchment, surface water, waste facility site, water framework directive, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
WFD Groundwater Waterbody Status 2016 - 2021

This dataset contains status results based on the assessment of groundwater chemical and quantitative figures in Ireland. This is drawn from representative monitoring points selected specifically for the Water Framework Directive (WFD) groundwater monitoring programme.

Tags: aquatic environment, clean waters, environment, environmental quality, ground water status, ground waterbody status, ground waters, groundwater, groundwater protection, groundwater quality, gwb status, hydrography, ie, water, water management, water quality, water quality monitoring, water status
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map - Ecosystem Service Stock Map: Soil Carbon

This dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to the regulation of greenhouse gases (carbon) through carbon sequestration associated with the soil.

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, soil
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Statistics for NHAs

The Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme was established to compensate land owners and turbary right holders affected by the restriction on turf cutting on the 53 raised bog Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). This Scheme is administered by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on behalf of the Minister.

In 2014 the Minister has extended the Scheme to include land owners and turbary right holders affected by the restriction on turf cutting on 36 raised bog Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs). Details of this scheme, and the application forms needed to apply, are available via 
https://www.npws.ie/peatlands-and-turf-cutting/turf-cutting-compensation-scheme

Tags: animal species, biodiversity, biota, bogs, ecological, ecology, environment, habitat, habitats and biotopes, heritage, ireland, national parks and wildlife service, npws, peatlands, wildlife protection
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
LA Coast 1990

All LA Coast data can be accessed via the following link: http://etc-lusi.eionet.europa.eu/LEAC/Databases
 
LA Coast 1990: 

The LA Coast 1990 datasets gives a Corine Code 3 classification by polygon area for PARTIAL coverage of the coast of Irlenad. The Irish datasets are referecned by sheet number. 
Description: LaCoast is a research project undertaken in the mid 1990 under the lead of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and aimed at quantifying the changes of land cover types in a 10 km land strip from the coastline. LaCoast uses CORINE Land Cover Code 3 to classifiy polygon areas. Its reference dataset is generated by mapping land cover and changes using LANDSAT satellite images from the mid-1970's.
Data source: LaCoast (JRC)
Legend levels: Level 3 x Level 3
Temporal range: 1990.
Geographic extent: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain (excluding Balearic Islands and the Basque Country)

Tags: coastal heritage, environment, heritage council, la coast 1990, land use, science
Organization: Heritage Council
Folding Landscapes

Folding Landscapes is a specialist publishing house and information resource centre dealing with three areas of particular interest and beauty around Galway Bay: the Aran Islands, the Burren and Connemara.

Folding Landscapes was set up in 1984 by Máiréad and Tim Robinson, and has its studio on the quayside in Roundstone. Its main purpose is to publish Tim Robinson’s maps and some of his books. These maps, renowned for scholarly exactitude and artistry, are widely used in university departments and schools. They inform the discriminating visitor about the region’s culture and landscapes, and nourish community spirit by identifying the irreplaceable uniqueness of local environment and history.

For futher information visit,

http://www.foldinglandscapes.com/

Tags: coastal heritage, folding landscapes, geographical names, government, heritage council, society
Organization: Heritage Council
WFD Coastal Waterbody Approved Risk

This layer represents the risk for each waterbody of failing to meet their Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives by 2027. The risk of not meeting WFD objectives was determined by assessment of monitoring data, data on the pressures and data on the measures that have been implemented. Waterbodies that are At Risk are prioritised for implementation of measures. This assessment is completed periodically by the EPA Catchments Unit in conjunction with other stakeholders and is based on the latest published monitoring data.  

The three risk categories are: 
•	Waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their Water Framework Directive objectives. For these waterbodies an evidence-based process was undertaken to identify the significant pressures; once a pressure is designated as ‘significant’, measures and accompanying resources are needed to mitigate the impact(s) from this pressure. These At Risk waterbodies require not only implementation of the existing measures described in the various regulations, e.g. the Good Agricultural Practices Regulations, but also in many instances more targeted supplementary measures.
•	Waterbodies that are categorised as Review either because additional information is needed to determine their status before resources and more targeted measures are initiated or the measures have been undertaken, e.g. a wastewater treatment plant upgrade, but the outcome hasn’t yet been measured/monitored.
•	Waterbodies that are Not at Risk and therefore are meeting their Water Framework Directive objectives. These require maintenance of existing measures to protect the satisfactory status of the water bodies.

Tags: aquatic environment, catchment, clean waters, coastal water approved risk, coastal waterbody approved risk, coastal waters, cwb approved risk, environment, environmental quality, hydrography, ie, water, water management, water quality, water quality monitoring, water status
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Noise Round 4 Airport National (Lnight)

This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of major airports for Round 4 (2022), representing the situation during 2021, in the form of noise contours for the Lnight period. 
		Major airports were identified under the Regulaitons as those airports exceeding the threshold of 50,000 aircraft movements per year during 2021.
		The dB value represents the annual average Lnight indicator value in decibels over the night time.  
		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 airports was undertaken by Dublin Airport Authority.		
		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 aircraft modelled and the terrain model.
		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: 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
WFD Coastal Waterbody Status 2016 - 2021

This dataset contains all the Coastal Waterbody Status results recorded in accordance with European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2003 (SI No. 722/2003). The regulation objectives include the attainment of good status in waterbodies that are of lesser status at present and retaining good status or better where such status exists

Tags: aquatic environment, clean waters, coastal area, coastal water, coastal water status, coastal waterbody status, coastal waters, cwb status, environment, environmental quality, hydrography, ie, water, water management, water quality, water quality monitoring, water status
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Corine Landcover 2012

Corine Land Cover 2012 is a map of the Irish environmental landscape based on interpretation of satellite images based on EC established CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.

Tags: corine, corine 12, corine 2012, corine land cover, corine landcover, corine landcover 2012, environment, ie, land cover, land use, land use classification, landscape
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Active Quarries

Data download available from;

http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Spatial+Data/Geological+Survey+of+Ireland/GSI+Spatial+Data+Downloads.htm

A comprehensive database of active quarries pits and mines in the R.O.I., constantly updated and available as digital products. The database contains information such as quarry products, location and contact details and production data. 

Main data sources during the data compilation stage were: Geological Maps of varying scales, literature and company records, local authorities, consultants’ records, Field Investigations, Exploration Reports, Mine Production Reports and Mine Plans

Tags: active quarries, coastal heritage, geology, geoscientificinformation, heritage council, science
Organization: Heritage Council
Urban Waste Water Agglomerations Failing to meet EU Sewage Treatment Standards

This shows all urban areas that failed to comply with one or more of the EU sewage treatment standards.

Further information about urban areas failing to meet EU sewage treatment standards and information on the Directive can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste Water Report on the EPA website www.epa.ie.

Tags: environment, government, ie, industrial waste, plant locations, sewage, sewage disposal, urban wastewater, utility and governmental services, waste water
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Fingal Development Plan Zoning 2005 -2011

Fossitt Fingal zoning dataset contains polygon areas attributed with zonning policy. This dataset does not provide full coverage of zonning policy for the Fingal area.

Gerry Clabby is Fingal Heritage officer and can be contacted in relation to this dataset: Gerry.Clabby@fingalcoco.ie

  
This dataset was received in a database from Fingal County Council in November 2009 for integration into the Comhar GI infrastructure.

Tags: area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units, boundaries, digital development plan, environment, fingal development plan zoning 2005 -201, gerry clabby, planning policy, planningcadastre, stratedgy
Organization: Marine Institute
PRTR: Energy Sector

The PRTR Energy sector includes the following activities:

(a) Mineral oil and gas refineries.
(b) Installations for gasification and liquefaction.
(c) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a heat input of 50 megawatts (MW).
(d) Coke ovens.
(e) Coal rolling mills with a capacity of 1 tonne per hour.
(f) Installations for the manufacture of coal products and solid smokeless fuel.

Tags: actual pollutant releases (pollutant release and transfer register), combustion installation, emission to air, emission to water, energy, environment, environmental monitoring facilities, ie, pollutant, pollutant dispersion, power station
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map - Ecosystem Service Stock Map: Marine Carbon

This dataset contains a raster file showing contribution to the regulation of greenhouse gases (carbon) through carbon sequestration associated with the marine environment.

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, marine carbon, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife service, npws
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Register of Protected Areas - SAC Conservation Objective Species Ground Waterbodies

WFD Ground Water Bodies intersecting with Designated Special Areas of Conservation Conservation Objective Species under the EU Habitats Directive (together with the Birds Directive) - Council Directive 92/43/EE of 21st May 1992 and Directive 79/409/EEC.

Tags: biology, environment, environmental policy, groundwater, ie, protected site, protected sites, species distribution, water-body
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
WFD Canal Waterbody Ecological Potential 2016 - 2021

This table contains the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Canal Waterbody Ecological Potential results for 2016-2021. The data used were primarily from 2019 to 2021. The WFD objectives include the attainment of good ecological potential in waterbodies that are of lesser status at present and retaining good ecological potential or better where such status exists.

Tags: canal, canal ecological potential, canal wfd ecological potential, clean waters, environment, hydrography, ie, river water status, river waterbody status, river waters, water framework directive, water monitoring, water quality, water quality monitoring, wfd
Organization: Waterways Ireland
ERIC - Environmental Radioactivity Ireland Central

A data warehouse, ERIC, has been developed to manage data related to Ireland’s annual environmental radioactivity monitoring programme and related projects which have been undertaken since the early 1980’s. ERIC contains all of the environmental radioactivity monitoring data produced by the EPA and it’s predecessors in a standard format.

Tags: agriproducts, air, caesium, contamination, cs-134, cs-137, environment, environmental monitoring facilities, fallout, food, ie, iodine, marine biota, marine sediment, milk, nuclear, precipitation, radioactivity, radiological, rainwater, seawater, sr-90, strontium, water
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
PRTR: Mineral industry

The PRTR Mineral industry sector includes the following activities:
(a) Underground mining and related operations.
(b) Opencast mining and quarrying where the surface of the area effectively under extractive operation equals 25 hectares.
(c) Installations for the production of:
(i) Cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity of 500 tonnes per day;
(ii) Lime in rotary kilns with a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day;
(iii) Cement clinker or lime in other furnaces with a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day.
(d) Installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos-based products.
(e) Installations for the manufacture of glass, including glass fibre with a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day.
(f) Installations for melting mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibres with a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day.
(g) Installations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain with a production capacity of 75 tonnes per day, or with a kiln capacity of 4 m3 and with a setting density per kiln of 300 kg/m3.

Tags: actual pollutant releases (pollutant release and transfer register), asbestos, cement, emission to air, emission to water, environment, environmental monitoring facilities, glass, ie, mineral, mining, opencast, pollutant, pollutant dispersion, quarrying, underground
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Noise Round 4 Road Agglomeration (Lden)

This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of agglomeration roads 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.
		The dB value represents the annual average Lden indicator value in decibels over 24 hours.  
		The strategic noise mapping of agglomeration roads includes all roads within the three noise agglomeraiton areas. 
		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 agglomeration roads was undertaken by Noise Consultants Limited inside the three noise agglomerations, under contract to the agglomeration local authorities, with support from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
		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 road network modelled, the terrain model, building heights, traffic 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, road
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency