90b9dd73-789f-466f-a60b-1df16e5d79c1 Emerald Network data European Environment Agency Custodian sdi@eea.europa.eu SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Chiara Bortoluzzi Data Manager chiara.bortoluzzi@sib.swiss https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6589-6635 2025-05-20 English 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. Protected sites GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 Protected area International convention Species Biodiversity Natural areas protection Habitat Natural area GEMET Iceland United Kingdom Armenia Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99) Georgia Albania Azerbaijan North Macedonia Switzerland Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Norway Moldova Montenegro Andorra Ukraine Liechtenstein Continents, countries, sea regions of the world European Spatial scope Biodiversity EEA topics Emerald Network Reporting obligations The dataset is owned by the Council of Europe and has been processed by EEA. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Emerald Network data (vector) - the Pan-European network of protected sites version 2024 https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/135a0bb6-c611-4c2c-823d-a564be119ad8 Emerald Network data (tabular) - the Pan-European network of protected sites version 2024 https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/550688c3-0259-4de1-b3b2-5d44f993ed4b Europen -27.37 73.83 71.90 30.52 2023-03-01 2024-12-31 European Environment Agency Point of contact sdi@eea.europa.eu 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. European Environment Agency Custodian Emerald_2024.gpkg Geopackage Emerald_2024_epsg3035.shp Shapefile Emerald_2024_epsg4326.shp Shapefile Emerald_2024.mdb Microsoft Access Database Emerald_2024_BIOREGION.csv CSV SITECODE Site code BIOGEOGRAPHICREG Biogeographic region PERCENTAGE Percentage Emerald_2024_DESIGNATIONSTATUS.csv CSV SITECODE Site code DISEGNATIONCODE Designation code OVERLAPCODE Overlap code OVERLAPPERC Overlap percentage Emerald_2024_EMERALDSITE.csv CSV COUNTRY_CODE Country code SITECODE Site code SITENAME Site name SITETYPE Site type SITESTATUS Site status DATE_COMPILATION Compilation date DATE_UPDATE Update date DATE_SPA Spa date SPA_LEGAL_REFERENCE Legal reference SPA DATE_PROP_SCI Date SCI DATE_CONF_SCI Date SCI DATE_SAC Data SAC SAC_LEGAL_REFERENCE SAC legal reference EXPLANATIONS Explanations Emerald_2024_HABITATCLASS.csv CSV DESCRIPTION Description HABITATCODE Habitat code SITECODE Site code PERCENTAGECOVER Percentage cover Emerald_2024_HABITATS.csv CSV SITECODE Site code HABITATCODE Habitat code DESCRIPTION Description HABITAT_PRIORITY Habitat priority PRIORITY_FORM_HABITAT_TYPE Priority form habitat type NON_PRESENCE_IN_SITE Non presence in site COVER_HA Cover in hectars CAVES Caves REPRESENTATIVITY Representativity RELSURFACE Rel surface CONSERVATION Conservation GLOBAL_ASSESSMENT Global assessment DATAQUALITY Data quality PERCENTAGE_COVER Percentage cover INTRODUCTION_CANDIDATE Introduction candidate Emerald_2024_IMPACT.csv CSV SITECODE Site code IMPACT CODE Impact code DESCRIPTION Description INTENSITY Intensity POLLUTIONCODE Pollution code OCCURRENCE Occurrence IMPACT_TYPE Impact type Emerald_2024_MANAGEMENT.csv CSV SITECODE Site code ORG_NAME Organisation name ORG_EMAIL Organisation email MANAG_CONSERV_MEASURES Management conservation measures MANAG_PLAN Management plan MANAG_PALN_URL Management plan URL MANAG_STATUS Management status ORG_LOCATORNAME Organisation locator name ORG_DESIGNATOR Organisation designator ORG_ADMINUNIT Organisation administrative unit ORG_POSTCODE Organisation postcode ORG_POSTNAME Organisation postname ORG_ADDRESS Organisation address ORG_ADDRESS_UNSTRUCTURED Organisation address unstructured Emerald_2024_OTHERSPECIES.csv CSV COUNTRY_CODE Country code SITECODE Site code SPECIESGROUP Species group SPECIESNAME Species name SPECIESCODE Species code MOTIVATION Motivation SENSITIVE Sensitive NONPRESENCEINSITE Non presence in site LOWERBOUND Lower bound UPPERBOUND Upper bound ABUNDANCE_CATEGORY Abundance category COUNTING_UNIT Counting unit INTRODUCTION_CANDIDATE Introduction candidate Emerald_2024_SPECIES.csv CSV COUNTRY_CODE Country code SITECODE Site code SPECIESNAME Species name SPECIESCODE Species code REF_SPGROUP Reference species group SPGROUP Species group SENSITIVE Sensitive NONPRESENCEINSITE Non presence in site POPULATION_TYPE Population type LOWERBOUND Lower bound UPPERBOUND Upper bound COUNTING_UNIT Counting unit ABUNDANCE_CATEGORY Abundance category DATAQUALITY Data quality POPULATION Population CONSERVATION Conservation ISOLATION Isolation GLOBAL Global INTRODUCTION_CANDIDATE Introduction candidate