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Assessing Welsh Aquaculture Activities
The two AWAA Interactions Spreadsheets in Excel present the potential sensitivity of biotopes (components of habitats) and species (designated within MPAs, SSSIs or included... -
Marine Protected Areas in Welsh waters
The Marine protected area (MPA) network is a subset of existing protected sites that have marine features. Sites include: SACs, SPAs, Ramsars, SSSIs and MCZs. What features... -
Terrestrial Phase 1 Habitat Survey
This dataset holds comprehensive habitat cover data for the whole of Wales derived from a programme of field recording that was begun by the Wales Field Unit (WFU) of the... -
Marine Phase 1 Intertidal Habitat Survey
This is a dataset compiled of spatially-referenced survey data obtained from different intertidal communities (biotopes) in Wales. Maps include information on biotope... -
Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Features
The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 provide for the designation and protection of 'European sites', the protection of 'European protected species', and... -
Habitat Mapping for Conservation and Management of the Southern Irish Sea (HA...
The HABMAP project was set up in response to the need for better spatial awareness of habitat distributions in the Southern Irish Sea. This work produced habitat maps of the... -
Phase 2 Saltmarsh Survey of Wales
Coastal saltmarshes in the UK comprise of the upper, vegetated portions of intertidal mudflats, lying approximately between mean high water neap tides and mean high water... -
Priority Ecological Networks
Priority Ecological Networks (PENs) in the terrestrial environment are versions of the all-Wales habitat networks that show areas of connectivity between Protected Sites, and... -
Phase 2 Lowland Grassland Survey of Wales
This project comprised of a detailed survey of plant communities in semi-natural lowland grassland vegetation across Wales. The purpose of this data capture was to... -
Phase 2 Lowland Peatland Survey of Wales
This dataset is part of the Phase 2 Habitats surveys conducted across Wales. It consists of a detailed survey of plant communities in lowland peatland vegetation. The survey... -
Phase 2 Upland Vegetation Surveys of Wales (1999 - 2008)
This dataset contains both the non-spatial and spatial (GIS) outputs from a vegetation surveys of upland Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Wales to National... -
River Wye catchment (Wales) species rich grassland creation opportunity maps
A detailed GIS analysis of land use, Phase 1 habitats, National Vegetation Classification (NVC) community data, soils and designated sites for the River Wye catchment within... -
Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA) Monito...
Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are protected and designated sites under the EC Habitats and Birds Directives. The Directives list... -
Modelling of Habitat Networks for Welsh Woodlands, Grasslands, Heathlands, Bo...
There is a growing emphasis on ecological connectivity in planning for effective biodiversity conservation and building ecosystem resilience. A major part of this is to... -
NH3 Sensitive Ancient Woodlands
This layer identifies areas of Ancient Woodland and Parkland from which NRW hold recent, auditable records of N-sensitive lichens. Not all lichens are sensitive to increased... -
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 Terrestrial Habitats of Principle Importance
Under the Environment (Wales) Act (2016), Section 7 requires biodiversity lists to be produced. These lists include types of habitats which are of "Principle Importance" for... -
Welsh Lowland Raised Bog Inventory
This dataset maps the distribution of Lowland Raised Bogs within Wales, giving details on their size, elevation, conservation status, context, and whether they have been... -
Habitats Directive: Article 17 Terrestrial Habitat Features
The Habitats Directive Article 17 reporting maps are a snapshot of the most up to date spatial data for features listed on the various Annexes of the Directive at the time of... -
Phase 2 Sand Dune Survey of Wales
This is a spatial dataset containing a collation of all mapped sand dune habitats in Wales. Over 40 NVC Phase 2 surveys were carried out on sand dunes across Wales. This... -
Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 and OSPAR: Marine Habitats
Under the Environment (Wales) Act (2016), Section 7 requires biodiversity lists to be produced. These lists include types of habitats which are of 'Principle Importance' for...