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.
Simple
- Alternate title
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NPWS SAC
- Date (Creation)
- 2010-10-05
- Citation identifier
- Coastal Heritage / Heritage Council
- Cited responsible party
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Heritage Council
Beatrice Kelly
Point of contact Heritage Council
Beatrice Kelly
Publisher National Parks & Wildlife Service
Robert Ovington
Owner
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Heritage Council
Beatrice Kelly
Point of contact Heritage Council
Beatrice Kelly
Publisher
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental monitoring facilities
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Special Areas of Conservation
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Special Areas of Conservation, Heritage Council, Coastal Heritage
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- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Seek Permissions
- Use limitation
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Seek Permissions
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Environment description
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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
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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
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2010-11-18T15:04:18
- Metadata standard name
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Based on ISO 19115:2005/19139:2007 INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC Metadata Implementing Rules
- Metadata standard version
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1.2 INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Compass Informatics
Ali Robinson
Point of contact