Emerald Network data - the Pan-European network of protected sites

The Emerald Network is an ecological network made up of Areas of Special Conservation Interest. The objective of the Emerald Network is the long-term survival of the species and habitats. The Emerald Network consists of the Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI) designated under Recommendation No. 16 (1989) and Resolution No. 3 (1996) of the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention. The Network is to be set up in each Contracting Party or observer State to the Convention. It thus involves all the European Union member States, some non-Community States and a number of African States. As a Contracting Party, the European Union contributes to the Emerald Network with its Natura 2000 sites.

IdentificationAbout this resource

Alternate Identifier: 90b9dd73-789f-466f-a60b-1df16e5d79c1

Publication Date: 2025-05-20

Title: Emerald Network data - the Pan-European network of protected sites

Short Name: Emerald Network data

Abstract: The Emerald Network is an ecological network made up of Areas of Special Conservation Interest. The objective of the Emerald Network is the long-term survival of the species and habitats. The Emerald Network consists of the Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCI) designated under Recommendation No. 16 (1989) and Resolution No. 3 (1996) of the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention. The Network is to be set up in each Contracting Party or observer State to the Convention. It thus involves all the European Union member States, some non-Community States and a number of African States. As a Contracting Party, the European Union contributes to the Emerald Network with its Natura 2000 sites.

Dataset Language: English

Dataset Creator: European Environment Agency - (Custodian)

Metadata Provider: SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics - Chiara Bortoluzzi (Data Manager)

Dataset Contact: European Environment Agency - (Point of contact)

Keywords (GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0)

Protected sites

Keywords (GEMET)

Protected area
International convention
Species
Biodiversity
Natural areas protection
Habitat
Natural area

Keywords (Continents, countries, sea regions of the world)

Iceland
United Kingdom
Armenia
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99)
Georgia
Albania
Azerbaijan
North Macedonia
Switzerland
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Norway
Moldova
Montenegro
Andorra
Ukraine
Liechtenstein

Keywords (Spatial scope)

European

Keywords (EEA topics)

Biodiversity

Keywords (Reporting obligations)

Emerald Network

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Europen

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: -27.37

East Bounding Coordinate: 73.83

North Bounding Coordinate: 71.90

South Bounding Coordinate: 30.52

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date: 2023-03-01

End Date: 2024-12-31

resourceLicensesLicense Information

Intellectual Rights: The dataset is owned by the Council of Europe and has been processed by EEA.

Resource License

License Name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0)

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

Acknowledgements

Distribution

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A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Emerald Network data (vector) - the Pan-European network of protected sites version 2024

URL: https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/135a0bb6-c611-4c2c-823d-a564be119ad8

Distribution

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A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Emerald Network data (tabular) - the Pan-European network of protected sites version 2024

URL: https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/550688c3-0259-4de1-b3b2-5d44f993ed4b

• Project

Title: Emerald Network data - the Pan-European network of protected sites version 2024

Abstract: Central to the success of the Emerald Network is the level of information on habitats and species of European interest. Hence data and information are needed in a structured and comparable format. The basis for providing the data to implement the provisions of the Emerald Network is outlined in Resolution No. 5 (1998) concerning the rules for the Network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (Emerald Network) and its revised Annex I. Data related to Emerald Network sites collected via Standard Data Forms and the resulting Emerald Network aggregated database aim is to provide the necessary information to enable the Standing Committee to Bern Convention to coordinate measures to create and maintain a coherent Emerald Network and to evaluate its effectiveness for the conservation of the species and habitats respectively listed in Resolutions No. 6 (1998) et No. 4 (1996). The SDFs, being the documentation of the Emerald Network, are considered an important information source in this respect. This documentation should therefore be kept up-to-date and regular updates are expected from Contracting Parties and Observer States to the Bern Convention based on the best information available.

Personnel

Organization Name: European Environment Agency

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Surname

Position Name: Custodian

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Version: 01.00

• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024.gpkg

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Externally Defined Format

Format Name: Geopackage

• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_epsg3035.shp

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Format Name: Shapefile

• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_epsg4326.shp

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Format Name: Shapefile

• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024.mdb

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Format Name: Microsoft Access Database

• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_BIOREGION.csv

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Format Name: CSV

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Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

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Name: BIOGEOGRAPHICREG

Label: Biogeographic region

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Name: PERCENTAGE

Label: Percentage

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• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_DESIGNATIONSTATUS.csv

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Format Name: CSV

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Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

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Name: DISEGNATIONCODE

Label: Designation code

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Name: OVERLAPCODE

Label: Overlap code

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Name: OVERLAPPERC

Label: Overlap percentage

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• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_EMERALDSITE.csv

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Format Name: CSV

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Name: COUNTRY_CODE

Label: Country code

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Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

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Name: SITENAME

Label: Site name

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Name: SITETYPE

Label: Site type

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Name: SITESTATUS

Label: Site status

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Name: DATE_COMPILATION

Label: Compilation date

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Name: DATE_UPDATE

Label: Update date

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Name: DATE_SPA

Label: Spa date

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Name: SPA_LEGAL_REFERENCE

Label: Legal reference SPA

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Name: DATE_PROP_SCI

Label: Date SCI

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Name: DATE_CONF_SCI

Label: Date SCI

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Name: DATE_SAC

Label: Data SAC

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Name: SAC_LEGAL_REFERENCE

Label: SAC legal reference

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Name: EXPLANATIONS

Label: Explanations

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Name: Emerald_2024_HABITATCLASS.csv

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Format Name: CSV

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Name: DESCRIPTION

Label: Description

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Name: HABITATCODE

Label: Habitat code

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Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

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Name: PERCENTAGECOVER

Label: Percentage cover

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• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_HABITATS.csv

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Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

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Name: HABITATCODE

Label: Habitat code

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Name: DESCRIPTION

Label: Description

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Name: HABITAT_PRIORITY

Label: Habitat priority

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Name: PRIORITY_FORM_HABITAT_TYPE

Label: Priority form habitat type

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Name: NON_PRESENCE_IN_SITE

Label: Non presence in site

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Name: COVER_HA

Label: Cover in hectars

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Name: CAVES

Label: Caves

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Name: REPRESENTATIVITY

Label: Representativity

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Name: RELSURFACE

Label: Rel surface

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Name: CONSERVATION

Label: Conservation

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Name: GLOBAL_ASSESSMENT

Label: Global assessment

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Name: DATAQUALITY

Label: Data quality

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Name: PERCENTAGE_COVER

Label: Percentage cover

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Name: INTRODUCTION_CANDIDATE

Label: Introduction candidate

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Name: Emerald_2024_IMPACT.csv

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Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

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Name: IMPACT CODE

Label: Impact code

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Name: DESCRIPTION

Label: Description

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Name: INTENSITY

Label: Intensity

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Name: POLLUTIONCODE

Label: Pollution code

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Name: OCCURRENCE

Label: Occurrence

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Name: IMPACT_TYPE

Label: Impact type

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• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_MANAGEMENT.csv

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Format Name: CSV

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Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

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Name: ORG_NAME

Label: Organisation name

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Name: ORG_EMAIL

Label: Organisation email

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Name: MANAG_CONSERV_MEASURES

Label: Management conservation measures

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Name: MANAG_PLAN

Label: Management plan

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Name: MANAG_PALN_URL

Label: Management plan URL

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Name: MANAG_STATUS

Label: Management status

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Name: ORG_LOCATORNAME

Label: Organisation locator name

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Name: ORG_DESIGNATOR

Label: Organisation designator

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Name: ORG_ADMINUNIT

Label: Organisation administrative unit

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Name: ORG_POSTCODE

Label: Organisation postcode

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Name: ORG_POSTNAME

Label: Organisation postname

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Name: ORG_ADDRESS

Label: Organisation address

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Name: ORG_ADDRESS_UNSTRUCTURED

Label: Organisation address unstructured

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• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_OTHERSPECIES.csv

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Format Name: CSV

Attribute List

Attribute

Name: COUNTRY_CODE

Label: Country code

Definition

Standard Unit

Attribute

Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

Definition

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Name: SPECIESGROUP

Label: Species group

Definition

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Name: SPECIESNAME

Label: Species name

Definition

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Attribute

Name: SPECIESCODE

Label: Species code

Definition

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Name: MOTIVATION

Label: Motivation

Definition

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Name: SENSITIVE

Label: Sensitive

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Name: NONPRESENCEINSITE

Label: Non presence in site

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Name: LOWERBOUND

Label: Lower bound

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Name: UPPERBOUND

Label: Upper bound

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Name: ABUNDANCE_CATEGORY

Label: Abundance category

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Name: COUNTING_UNIT

Label: Counting unit

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Name: INTRODUCTION_CANDIDATE

Label: Introduction candidate

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• Data Table

Name: Emerald_2024_SPECIES.csv

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Format Name: CSV

Attribute List

Attribute

Name: COUNTRY_CODE

Label: Country code

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Standard Unit

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Name: SITECODE

Label: Site code

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Name: SPECIESNAME

Label: Species name

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Standard Unit

Attribute

Name: SPECIESCODE

Label: Species code

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Name: REF_SPGROUP

Label: Reference species group

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Standard Unit

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Name: SPGROUP

Label: Species group

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Name: SENSITIVE

Label: Sensitive

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Name: NONPRESENCEINSITE

Label: Non presence in site

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Name: POPULATION_TYPE

Label: Population type

Definition

Standard Unit

Attribute

Name: LOWERBOUND

Label: Lower bound

Definition

Standard Unit

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Name: UPPERBOUND

Label: Upper bound

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Standard Unit

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Name: COUNTING_UNIT

Label: Counting unit

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Name: ABUNDANCE_CATEGORY

Label: Abundance category

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Name: DATAQUALITY

Label: Data quality

Definition

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Name: POPULATION

Label: Population

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Name: CONSERVATION

Label: Conservation

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Name: ISOLATION

Label: Isolation

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Name: GLOBAL

Label: Global

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Name: INTRODUCTION_CANDIDATE

Label: Introduction candidate

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Default

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