AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
National survey and assessment of the conservation status of Irish sea cliffs

A detailed desk study was carried out where possible on all of the cliff sites in Ireland which had been identified up until 2010, and further sites were identified. A conservation assessment and survey technique were developed (based on the pilot survey completed in 2009) and field surveys and assessments were carried out at 32 cliff sites around Ireland. An access database was created to contain the cliff related data. The cliff sites were mapped using Arc GIS and releve information was added into a Turboveg database. A project report was written and contains information relating to the desk and field surveys, the individual conservation assessments, and the national conservation assessment. It addresses each of the following aims: 
1. Conduct a desk-based analysis of all known Irish sea cliff sites. 
2. Undertake a national baseline monitoring survey of 31 sites to assess the conservation status of Irish vegetated sea cliffs. 
3. Design and populate an MS® Access database with data from the desk study, field surveys and conservation status assessments.
4. ExpandDesign, expand, populate, analyse and assess the Irish sea cliff database.
5. Compile Conduct an assessment of the conservation status of Irish vegetated sea cliffs for reporting to the EU under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive.
6. Refine the conservation monitoring protocol for sea cliffs.
7. Develop a preliminary vegetation classification of sea cliff communities in Ireland.
The findings of the survey work are discussed and recommendations are made for the future treatment of the sea cliff habitat in Ireland. Some site specific recommendations are made.

The following GIS datasets are included in this download: 
- A point shapefile is included in the download indicating the locations of releves recorded during the field survey of 
sea cliffs. Photographs of the releves are hyperlinked to the records

- Point file showing the locations from which the cliffs were viewed.

-  A shapefile indicating the left-most, right-most and centre points of the swath in which information was recorded. Photographs of the swaths are hyperlinked to the records.

-  A polyline shapefile indicating there the sea cliff sites are located in Ireland. The year of survey and conservation assessment are included where appropriate. 

-  A polyline shapefile showing sites which were identified during the desk survey in 2010

-  A polyline shapefile indicating the coastline of Ireland which was used as a guide when digitising the cliff and section shapefiles.

-  A polyline shapefile representing the locations of sections of cliffs in Ireland. Photographs of the sections are hyperlinked to the records

Tags: biodiversity, biota, coastal ecosystem, coastal environment, environment, habitat, habitat protection, habitats and biotopes, heritage, ireland, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife service, npws, species
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Corine Landcover 1990

Corine Land Cover 1990 is a map of the Irish environmental landscape based on interpretation of satellite images based on EU established CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.

Tags: corine, corine 1990, corine land cover, corine landcover, corine landcover 1990, environment, ie, land cover, land use, land use classification, landscape
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Noise Round 4 Rail National (Lnight)

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 Lnight 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 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 railways was undertaken by Noise Consultants Limited inside the three noise agglomerations, under contract to the agglomeration local authorities, and outside the agglomeraitons by the Transport Infrastructue 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
Seabird Monitoring undertaken during the Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS) 2019

A seabird survey during the annual Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey (WESPAS), running from 13th of June to 4th of July and the 4th to 24th July 2019.
A standard line transect survey methodology was employed by the seabird survey team with additional visual point sampling at fishing locations and oceanographic sampling stations. Survey transects were undertaken at speeds of 5-10 knots, with fishing activity being conducted at speeds of 2-3 knots. The seabird observer’s survey effort was maximized and optimized during periods of sea state less than or equal to sea state 6 and with visibility of greater than 300m. A total of 225 hours and 40 minutes of survey effort was conducted over the course of the WESPAS 2019 survey, 125 hours and 3 minutes of survey effort was conducted on Leg 1, while 100 hours and 37 minutes of survey effort was conducted on Leg 2 of the survey. In total, 187 hours and 36 minutes of survey effort were conducted using a line transect methodology, while 38 hours and 4 minutes of effort were conducted using the point sampling methodology.
A total of 4528 seabird sightings were recorded throughout the survey, totalling 24866 individuals, with flock size ranging from 1 up to 2000 for some species. In total, 7074 seabirds were recorded as ‘in-transect’ during line transect survey effort. A total of 25 species of seabird were encountered during the survey. A further 23 sightings of terrestrial birds were also recorded, comprising of 56 individuals belonging to 10 species’.

Tags: animal population, biodiversity, biota, bird, birds directive, environment, ireland, national parks and wildlife service, npws, species distribution
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
WFD Coastal Waterbody Status 2013 - 2018

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
Seabird Foraging Radii

The aim of the NPWS Seabird Foraging Radii Project was to create a number of polygon shapefiles describing the geographic foraging range of 20 seabird species identified by the National Parks and Wildlife Service Birds unit.  The polygons were centred around Natura 2000 SPA (Special Protection Areas) centroids created by the Birds Unit.  The foraging radii polygons were created to represent mean, mean-max and maximum foraging range journeys undertaken by the bird species of interest. The foraging range polygon shapefiles created during the process to geographically describe seabird foraging activity were merged into a single polygon shapefile..

This Project generated following  datasets:
An Excel spreadhseet 
1 point shapefile representing the centroid location of Special Protected Area's (SPA) for all seabird species listed in the SBFR21_Foraging_range.xls 
One polygon shapefile representing the geographic extent of seabird foraging radii at mean, mean-max and maximum extent. The foraging radii were applied to centroids within the SPA network where a given seabird species was listed.  
Several species of seabird have foraging ranges outside Irish territorial limits.

Tags: animal species, biodiversity, biota, ecological, ecology, environment, habitat, habitat protection, habitats, heritage, ireland, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife, nature conservation, npws, offshore, protection, protection of animals, protection of birds, protection of species, sac, spa, special area of conservation, special protection area, species, species distribution, terrestrial ecosystem, wildlife protection
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Monuments Service - Sweathouses

This is a point dataset showing the location of 258 sweathouses generated from the Sites and Monuments Record (SMR). This dataset is updated on a regular basis by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI). Each record in this dataset can be accessed through the online Historic Environment Viewer at https://maps.archaeology.ie/historicenvironment. 

The current published dataset dates from April 2023. New sweathouses are updated to the record by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as soon as possible after the notification of such discovery has been reported to the National Monuments Service (NMS) through their email at nationalmonuments@housing.gov.ie.  


Unlocated sweathouses with a 0 0 National Grid Reference are monuments whose location has been lost and await rediscovery by local people who may report their findings to the National Monuments Service at the above email address. The KMZ file can be opened using Google Earth which displays these ‘lost’ monuments at the same location in the Atlantic Ocean. The dataset contains a list of the following fields, county location, monument number known as the SMR Number, Class Description which is the classification type of the monument, townland, ITM E and ITM N are the Easting and Northern Irish Grid reference in Irish Transverse Mercator format, the latitude and longitude of the monument location. The final Links table includes a hyperlink or internet address which takes the browser directly to the online entry for each monument hosted on the Historic Environment Viewer of the National Monuments website at www.archaeology.ie.  This dataset is based on information exported from the national database on the 20/04/2023.

Tags: archaeology, environment, ireland, planningcadastre, protected sites
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Lake and TRaC Industry 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 industrial pressures such as IPC, IE and Section 4 facilities include nutrient, organic, chemical, and sediment pollution.

Tags: abstraction, anthropogenic factor, catchment, characterisation, coast, coastal waterbodies, critical source area, diffuse, diffuse pollution, discharge, emission, environment, environmental impacts, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, hydrography, ie, impact, industry, ipc, lake, lake waterbodies, licence, nitrate, nutrient, phosphate, point source, pollutant impact potential (pip), pollutant pathway, pollution, pressure, receptor, risk, section 4s, sediment, source, subcatchment, surface water, trac, transitional waterbodies, transitional waters, water framework directive, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
National Subsoils Map

The Teagasc Subsoils map classifies the subsoils of Ireland into 16 themes, using digital stereo photogrammetry supported by field work. Produced by Teagasc (Kinsealy), EPA and GSI.

Tags: environment, geology, ie, irish forest soils, land cover, sediment, sediment types, soil, soil classification, soil function, soil group, soil occurrence, soil type, soil types, soils group, sub soil, sub soils, subsoil, subsoils, topography, vegetation
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Noise Round 4 Airport National (Lden)

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 Lden (day, evening, night) 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 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 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
Register of Protected Areas - Bathing Water Areas (WFD RBMP Cycle 3)

This dataset represents a snapshot taken in December 2018 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 3.

Bathing Water Area profiles referred to in Regulation 5 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
Noise Round 3 Road (Lnight)

This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of roads, which were identified as those roads exceeding the flow threshold of 3 million passages per year, in the form of noise contours for the Lnight (night) period for Dublin and Cork agglomerations and the major roads outside of the agglomerations.
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.

UPDATE (February 2019): The Regional roads in 26 Local Authorities (LAs) outside of Dublin, and Cork have now been amended by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). The original road maps had included some significant stretches of roads (~20%) that were below the 3 million vehicles movements/annum reporting threshold. These road sections have now been removed and revised Regional road maps have been released by TII.

This TII review process has resulted in an update of the National road map that is reported to the EEA. The EPA has also updated our website to reflect these changes, and we will also look to provide relevant links to the Final LA Noise Action Plans (when completed): http://www.epa.ie/monitoringassessment/noisemapping/

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
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Water Framework Directive Transitional Waterbodies

EU Water Framework Directive Transitional Waterbodies boundaries for Ireland. Transitional waters connect fresh waters such as rivers and marine waters, for example estuaries. The goal of The Water Framework Directive is to achieve a good status for all of Europe's surface waters and groundwater by 2015.

Tags: administration, environment, estuary, hydrography, ie, transitional, transitional water, transitional waterbodies, transitional waters, water, water quality, water quality monitoring, waterbody, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
River Urban Waste Water 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 urban waste water include nutrient and organic pollution. Urban Waste Water pressures are subcategorised into combined sewer overflows, Agglomeration *PE >10,000, Agglomeration *PE 2001 to 10,000, Agglomeration *PE 1001 to 2000, Agglomeration *PE 500 to 1000 and Agglomeration *PE <500.
*(population equivalence)

Tags: agglomeration, catchment, certificate of authorisation, characterisation, combined sewer overflows, critical source area, diffuse, emission, environment, environmental impacts, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, hydrography, ie, impact, leaking sewers, licence, misconnections, nitrate, nutrient, organic pollutant, phosphate, point source, pollutant impact potential (pip), pollutant pathway, pollution, population equivalence, pressure, receptor, risk, rivers, source, sub-catchment, surface water, urban, urban wastewater, waste water discharge, water framework directive, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
WFD Transitional Waterbody Approved Risk - Cycle 2

Dataset relating to WFD Transitional Waterbody Approved Risk assigned to each feature by the Catchment scientists.

Tags: aquatic environment, catchment, clean waters, environment, environmental quality, hydrography, ie, transitional water approved risk, transitional waterbody approved risk, transitional waters, twb approved risk, water, water management, water quality, water quality monitoring, water status
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Harbour porpoise surveys in Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC, 2020

A visual survey of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was carried out in Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC between June and September 2020 in order to derive local density and abundance estimates. Single platform line-transect surveys were carried out according to a standardised design across six days between June and September. Distance sampling was used to produce a detection function based on the observed distribution of harbour porpoise sightings. Abundance estimates were calculated using the survey day as the sample and sightings as the observation for 1) each survey day, 2) stratified by sea state and 3) for all surveys combined

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