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Site Specific Conservation Objectives
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Site-specific conservation objectives aim to define favourable conservation condition for Habitats Directive Annex I habitats, Annex II species at a site level and the SPA special conservation interest "wetlands and waterbirds". This project relates to the following Annex I habitats and Annex II species at specific SAC sites and SPA special conservation interest "wetlands and waterbirds"at specific SPA sites: - Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time (1110) - Estuaries (1130) - Mudflats and sandflats not covered by sea water at low tide (1140) - *Coastal lagoons (1150) - Large shallow inlets and bays (1160) - Reefs (1170) - Annual vegetation of drift lines (1210) - Perennial vegetation of stony banks (1220) - Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts (1230) - Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand (1310) - Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) (1330) - Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimae) (1410) - Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) (1420) -Embryonic shifting dunes (2110) - Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes') (2120) - *Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ('grey dunes') (2130) - *Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum (2140) - *Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea) (2150) - Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariae) (2170) - Humid dune slacks (2190) - Machairs (* in Ireland) (21A0) - *Turloughs (3180) - Watercourses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation (3260) - European dry heaths (4030) - Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands (5130) - Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae (6130) - *Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) (7220) - *Active raised bogs (7110) - *Limestone Pavements (8240) - Submerged or partially submerged sea caves (8330) - Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles (91A0) - *Bog woodland (91D0) - *Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) (91E0) - *Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles (91J0) - Marine Community Types - Geyer's Whorl Snail - Vertigo geyeri (1013) - Narrow-Mouthed Whorl Snail - Vertigo angustior (1014) - Desmoulins Whorl Snail - Vertigo moulinsiana (1016) - Freshwater Pearl Mussel - Margaritifera margaritifera (1029) - White Clawed Crayfish - Austropotamobius pallipes (1092) - Sea Lamprey - Petromyzon marinus (1095) - Brook Lamprey - Lampetra planeri (1096) - River Lamprey - Lampetra fluviatilis (1099) - Lesser Horseshoe Bat - Rhinolophus hipposideros (1303) - Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus (1349) - Harbour Porpoise - Phocoena phocoena (1351) - Otter - Lutra lutra (1355) - Grey Seal - Halichoerus grypus (1364) - Common / Harbour Seal - Phoca vitulina (1365) - Petalwort - Petalophyllum ralfsii (1395) - Killarney Fern - Trichomanes speciosum (1421) - Slender Naiad - Najas flexilis (1833) - Nore Freshwater Pearl Mussel - Margaritifera durrovensis (1990) Favourable conservation condition of a habitat is achieved when: - its natural range, and area it covers within that range, is stable or increasing, and - the ecological factors that are necessary for its long-term maintenance exist and are likely to continue to exist for the foreseeable future, and - the conservation condition of its typical species is favourable Habitat mapping is used to help define the area and range parameters for conservation objectives Favourable conservation condition of a species is achieved when: - population dynamics data on the species concerned indicate that it is maintaining itself on a long term basis as a viable component of its natural habitats, and - the natural range of the species is neither being reduced nor is likely to be reduced for the foreseeable future, and - there is, and will probably continue to be, a sufficiently large habitat to maintain its populations on a long-term basis Mapping of species distribution and suitable habitat is used to help define distribution, population and range parameters for conservation objectives. This is a national dataset that consists of several resources: - Shapefiles with spatial SSCO data - GeoPackage file with spatial SSCO data - CSV, Excel, JSON and SQLite files with tabular SSCO data

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Conforms To["The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.", "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29900"]
Contact EmailNPWS_data@npws.gov.ie
Contact NameDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
FrequencyOther
Guidhttps://data.gov.ie/dataset/ecd79dbc-0bd5-4a9d-920c-0b3f7fd94bf9
Harvest Object Id28930696-1967-4ce9-bf6c-dfa8e0de7bea
Harvest Source Id01350574-268d-4abb-b9b4-8108224932c4
Harvest Source Titledata.gov.ie - Environment
Identifierecd79dbc-0bd5-4a9d-920c-0b3f7fd94bf9
Issued2025-04-01
Language["http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG"]
Modified2026-06-03T02:23:46
ProvenanceThis spatial dataset and any associated web services is currently presented in Irish National Grid projection. The data presented in the dataset has been derived from a number of source datasets. More detailed metadata for each layer of habitat/species information is available in the download file.
Publisher NameDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Publisher Urihttps://data.gov.ie/organization/department-of-housing-planning-community-and-local-government
Spatial{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-10.692047, 51.41047],[-10.692047, 55.47124], [-5.92267, 55.47124], [-5.92267, 51.41047], [-10.692047, 51.41047]]]}
Theme["http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/ENVI", "Environment"]
Urihttps://data.gov.ie/dataset/ecd79dbc-0bd5-4a9d-920c-0b3f7fd94bf9
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Files
  • Site Specific Conservation Objectives ESRI shapefiles

    https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/zip
  • Site Specific Conservation Objectives ESRI GeoPackage file

    https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/zip
  • Site Specific Conservation Objectives ESRI tabular data files

    https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/zip