Marine Protected Areas Compensation Habitat

This data is a map of the extent of marine areas in Welsh waters that have been identified as compensatory habitat within Welsh waters and along Welsh coastlines under Regulation 68 (Compensatory measures) of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

These areas are afforded the same protection and management requirements as the SAC Natura 2000 designated sites.

This also includes areas delivered by the National Habitat Creation Programme.

Identifier: NRW_DS161360

Alternative Title

MPA Compensation

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Data has been provided either by NRW or by developers, following Marine Licence agreement for compensatory habitat.

Dataset Reference Date (Creation): 2025-05-20

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 2024-01-01

Topic category

Boundaries
Environment
Oceans

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

OnLine resource

Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

Function: Information

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation: This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
Degree: false

Lineage: Data has been provided either by NRW or by developers, following Marine Licence agreement for compensatory habitat.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

marine protected areas(marine consultation areas)(sensitive marine areas)seealso marine conservation&marine nature reserve
protected sites
habitats (see also specific types of habitats)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2025-01-08

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Habitat extent

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-19

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints: Access restrictions on this data have not been determined. It may contain sensitive information and therefore may be restricted under legislation. NRW may provide access to this dataset on request, however NRW may not release, publish or disseminate the data or derived products freely without further assessment.

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

Other constraints: © CNC/NRW. Data may only be re-used externally under provision and in line with the terms of a NRW licence following an assessment of the data.

Attribution Statement

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313631333630 XML

Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2025-05-21T10:30:06.579Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales -

Maes y Ffynnon , Bangor , LL57 2DW , Wales

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Marine Protected Areas Compensation Habitat

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Content Information

NRW Profile

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Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Access Constraints Text

Use Constraints

Attribution Statement

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