1e1cc65d-c197-4031-aa71-a4ff97829013 eng nonGeographicDataset Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2018-05-17 Natura 2000 habitat classes 2016-01-26 2016-01-26 1e1cc65d-c197-4031-aa71-a4ff97829013 Habitat classes for each Natura 2000 site (SAC and SPA). Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Special Protection Areas (SPA) are classified under the EC Birds Directive. This dataset is derived from the UK wide data submitted to the EU Commmission as part of the Standard Data Form updating exercise on 22 December 2015 (Tranche 50) . It contains details for both SACs and SPAs - there is one row in the dataset for each combination of individual site and habitat classs. The list of habitat classes is as defined at the EU level. This dataset relates to section 4.1 of the Standard Data form Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk custodian Freshwater Marine Terrestrial Protected Areas Habitats Directive Natura 2000 Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement: "Contains public sector data © JNCC/NE/NRW/SNH/DOENI. Licence: OGL" otherRestrictions no limitations eng environment 1999-01-01 2015-12-22 http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-23 Comma Separated Values Unknown http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/1e1cc65d-c197-4031-aa71-a4ff97829013-Natura2000-tranche50-habitat-classes.csv Natura2000-tranche50-habitat-classes.csv The information provided here, follows the officially agreed site information format for Natura 2000 sites, as set out in the Official Journal of the European Union recording the Commission Implementing Decision of 11 July 2011 (2011/484/EU). Further technical documentation may be found here http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/activities/Natura_2000/reference_portal As part of the December 2015 submission, several sections of the UK’s previously published Standard Data Forms have been updated. For details of the approach taken by the UK in this submission please refer to the following document: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/Natura2000_StandardDataForm_UKApproach_Dec2015.pdf