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Special Areas of Conservation

Dataset owned and provided by NPWS. Dataset downloaded 17th September 2010.



http://www.npws.ie/en/ConservationSites/SpecialAreasofConservationSACs/



These are prime wildlife conservation areas in the country, considered to be important on a European as well as Irish level. Most Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are in the countryside, although a few sites reach into town or city landscapes, such as Dublin Bay and Cork Harbour.

Conservation management plans are available for many SACs and as additional ones are approved they will be posted.

The legal basis on which SACs are selected and designated is the EU Habitats Directive, transposed into Irish law in the European Union (Natural Habitats) Regulations,1997 as amended in 1998 and 2005.



The Directive lists certain habitats and species that must be protected within SACs. Irish habitats include raised bogs, blanket bogs, turloughs, sand dunes, machair (flat sandy plains on the north and west coasts), heaths, lakes, rivers, woodlands, estuaries and sea inlets.

The 25 Irish species which must be afforded protection include Salmon, Otter, Freshwater Pearl Mussel, Bottlenose Dolphin and Killarney Fern.



A full list of the Irish habitats and species covered by the Directive is given here: http://www.npws.ie/en/ConservationSites/SpecialAreasofConservationSACs/SACHabitatsandSpecies/



The areas chosen as SAC in Ireland cover an area of approximately 13,500 square kilometres. Roughly 53% is land, the remainder being marine or large lakes. Across the EU, over 12,600 sites have been identified and proposed, covering 420,000 sq. km. of land and sea, an area the size of Germany.

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Alternate title

NPWS SAC

Date (Creation)
2010-10-05
Citation identifier
Coastal Heritage / Heritage Council
Cited responsible party
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Heritage Council

Beatrice Kelly

mail@heritagecouncil.ie

Point of contact

Heritage Council

Beatrice Kelly

mail@heritagecouncil.ie

Publisher

National Parks & Wildlife Service

Robert Ovington

robert_ovington@environ.ie

Owner
Presentation form
Digital map
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Heritage Council

Beatrice Kelly

mail@heritagecouncil.ie

Point of contact

Heritage Council

Beatrice Kelly

mail@heritagecouncil.ie

Publisher

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Environmental monitoring facilities

Special Areas of Conservation

  • Special Areas of Conservation, Heritage Council, Coastal Heritage

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Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
Environment description

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

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Reference system identifier
TM65_Irish_Grid
Topology level
Geometry only
Geometric object type
Complex
Geometric object count
1853
Statement

Dataset provided by NPWS.



For further information contact www.npws.ie.

Metadata

File identifier
a88a3074-ed96-46f2-b24d-d0653b739f66 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp
2010-11-18T15:04:18
Metadata standard name

Based on ISO 19115:2005/19139:2007 INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC Metadata Implementing Rules

Metadata standard version

1.2 INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Compass Informatics

Ali Robinson

arobinson@compass.ie

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Environmental monitoring facilities
Special Areas of Conservation

Special Areas of Conservation, Heritage Council, Coastal Heritage


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