EMODnet Human Activities, Environment, Regional Sea Conventions Marine Protected Areas
The dataset on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) established under the framework of the Regional Sea Conventions (RSCs) was created in 2023 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is based on spatial data provided by HELCOM, by SPA/RAC and MedPAN through the MAPAMED database, and by OSPAR. It is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset displays all the MPAs as officially reported by the respective Contracting Parties to the Helsinky Convention, to the Barcelona Convention and to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic. The RSCs MPAs are established in order to promote the cooperation in the management and conservation of natural areas, as well as in the protection of threatened species and their habitats. Each RSC MPA may be established in the marine and coastal zones subject to the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Parties and in areas situated partly or wholly on the high sea. Thus, the dataset covers the MPAs Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) and the MPAs in following countries: Albania, Algeria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom. Where available each polygon has the following attributes: Regional Sea Convention (Barcelona, HELCOM, OSPAR), code, name (english and/or original), country, designation, IUCN category (Ia, Ib, II, IV, V, not applicable, not assigned, not reported), area sqkm (reported, calculated), marine area sqkm (reported, calculated), status (adopted/designated, managed or partly managed, proposed), establishement year, management authorithy, site link. For further information please visit the data providers websites. This dataset covers the last updated versions released in the 2021 and 2022 by HELCOM and MAPAMED, and in the 2024 by OSPAR.
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Date | 2023-09-04 |
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Date type | Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued |
Date | 2024-12-04 |
Date type | Revision: Date identifies when the resource was examined or re-examined and improved or amended |
Date | 2023-08-02 |
Date type | Creation: Date identifies when the resource was brought into existence |
Unique resource identifier | EMODnet_HA_Environment_RegionalSeaConventionsMPAs_20241204 |
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Organisation name | Cogea srl |
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Electronic mail address | luigi.falco@bip-group.com |
Role | Author: Party who authored the resource |
Point of contact
Organisation name | HELCOM |
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Electronic mail address | data@helcom.fi |
Role | Resource provider: Party that supplies the resource |
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Organisation name | MAPAMED, the database of MArine Protected Areas in the MEDiterranean. 2019 edition, version 2. © 2022 by SPA/RAC and MedPAN. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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Electronic mail address | contact@mapamed.org |
Role | Resource provider: Party that supplies the resource |
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Organisation name | OSPAR Commission |
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Electronic mail address | data@ospar.com |
Role | Resource provider: Party that supplies the resource |
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protected area
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natural areas protection
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Spatial representation type | Vector: Vector data is used to represent geographic data |
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Denominator | 1000000 |
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Language | English |
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Unique resource identifier | EPSG:4326 |
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Unique resource identifier | ISO 19108 calendar |
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Statement | Validation and quality assurance remain up to the primary data source, i.e. HELCOM, MAPAMED and OSPAR, while the harmonization is carried out by Cogea. This harmonization process consists of adapting all the 3 datasets in a common data model. The original datasets are available at: https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d27df8c0-de86-4d13-a06d-35a8f50b16fa; https://mapamed.org/; https://odims.ospar.org/en/submissions/ospar_mpa_2021_07/. The aggregated database is updated annually. |
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Metadata language | English | ||||||
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Date stamp | 2024-12-12T09:47:52.92222Z | ||||||
Metadata standard name | ISO19115 | ||||||
Metadata standard version | 2003/Cor.1:2006 | ||||||
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