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Natural Heritage Areas

Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) for Ireland have been created by the Natural Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). They are areas considered important for the habitats present or areas which hold species whose habitats require protection. They are the basic designation for wildlife protection in the Irish state. The NHA dataset comprises of a range of sites designated under Irish legislation. The process of designation is on-going and the data is constantly undergoing minor changes as a result of an appeals procedure. This dataset only outlines both fully-designated NHAs and proposed NHAs.

Simple

Alternate title

Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) (Rep. of Ireland)

Date (Creation)
2012-09-17T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2012-09-17T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2019-06-28T00:00:00
Citation identifier
PS.IE.EPA.PROT_NHA
Purpose

For reference purposes

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

National Parks and Wildlife Service

datadelivery@ahg.gov.ie

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GemetInspireTheme

  • Protected sites

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

  • natural area

  • natural areas protection

ISO 3166

  • IE

Use limitation

Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0

Access constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
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S
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Begin date
2012-09-17T00:00:00
End date
2012-09-17T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
1014

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

10.x

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

Informatics

gis@epa.ie

Publisher
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

image/png

http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:PROT_NHA&styles=&bbox=24028.625699999742,19381.40740000084,335066.3640999999,467219.58410000056&width=533&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng

WMS GetMap

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Protected sites

Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.2

Date (Publication)
2014-04-17
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
No
Statement

NPWS should be contacted for further information.

Metadata

File identifier
88ab047c-7160-4bf1-8099-6de8bafdb5b4 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-08-21T14:03:52.875Z
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

National Parks and Wildlife Service

datadelivery@ahg.gov.ie

Author
 
 

Overviews

overview
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Spatial extent

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

natural area natural areas protection
GemetInspireTheme

Protected sites


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