9edccb06-da11-4d8c-83ba-882d4b5a3784 National Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Ecological Data Manager +353-1-8882000 n/a National Parks and Wildlife Service 90 North King Street Dublin 7 D07 N7CV Ireland datadelivery@housing.gov.ie 2023-11-14T15:36:40 ISDI Metadata Profile 1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25 2157 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/2157 Grasslands Monitoring Project 2006 Grasslands Monitoring Project 2006 2023-05-17 Grasslands Monitoring Project 2006 https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ The Grassland Monitoring Project 2006 represents the initial phase of a larger grassland survey which is designed to meet the monitoring and conservation objectives of the Habitats Directive. The Grassland Monitoring Project 2006 is initially focusing on the two priority Annex I grassland habitats: *Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (6210) and *Species-rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (6230). The project concentrated on the assessment of these two categories only within those candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) which list either of these two grassland habitats as qualifying interests, where an assessment of Representativity is deemed to be C or higher. The assessment and monitoring structure employs rapid and simple assessment techniques, deriving information from vegetation surveys and from assessments of threats and management practices. The results of the survey indicate that the condition of semi-natural dry calcareous grasslands (and orchid-rich semi-natural dry calcareous grasslands) in Ireland is generally poor. Of the 31 sites assessed, the Structure and Functions of the grassland was considered favorable at only two sites (6%). In fact, the Structure and Functions at 21 of the sites (68%) were deemed to be unfavorable bad with the remaining eight sites (26%) considered unfavorable inadequate. The results of the survey indicate that the condition of species-rich Nardus grassland in Ireland is generally poor. In fact, the Structure and Functions of the grassland was considered unfavorable – bad at all 7 sites. The purpose of the project is to record botanical data on semi-natural grasslands. The study focuses on habitat 6210 (Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia)) and habitat 6230 (Species-rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas, in Continental Europe)). Occasionally, data on habitats with a minor grassland component were also recorded (i.e. Mosaic of scrub/bracken and calcareous grassland). There are data records in 13 counties, in the north, south, east and west of Ireland. National Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Ecological Data Manager +353-1-8882000 n/a National Parks and Wildlife Service 90 North King Street Dublin 7 D07 N7CV Ireland datadelivery@housing.gov.ie Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 GEMET 2008-12-05 biota, biodiversity, grassland ecosystem, habitat, flora GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3 2021-12-06 National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, habitat, grassland, plant, Habitats Directive, biodiversity National Parks and Wildlife Service 2015-07-27 Ireland ISO 3166 ISO Country List 2008-12-13 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Copyright Government of Ireland. This dataset was created by National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 50000 environment -10.4296875 -5.419921875 51.181704998016 56.103579998016 2006-05-01 2006-09-30 0 1014 An Ordnance Datum or OD is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps. A spot height may be expressed as AOD for "above ordnance datum". Usually mean sea level (MSL) is used for the datum. Malin Ordnance Datum Derivation of vertical height or depth (in metres) In the Republic of Ireland, OD for the Ordnance Survey of Ireland is Malin Ordnance Datum: the Mean Sea Level (MSL) at Portmoor Pier, Malin Head, County Donegal, between 1960 and 1969. 5731 EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height Metres Derivation of Altitude OD based on Mean Sea Level, Malin Head 1960-1969 Esri shapefile v10+ National Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Ecological Data Manager +353-1-8882000 n/a National Parks and Wildlife Service 90 North King Street Dublin 7 D07 N7CV Ireland datadelivery@housing.gov.ie.ie https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/GMNP06.zip zip Grasslands Monitoring Project 2006 dataset published on NPWS website INSPIRE Data Specification on Provide Spatial Data Theme keyword INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0 2011-06-15 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. false 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 INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation 2010-12-08 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 false Polygon shapefile showing distribution and extension of grasslands habitats or habitats with some grassland component. The area surveyed includes 13 counties, clustered in the center of Ireland.