bdd83f21-a5bf-4079-81fb-e671f2202231 English HELCOM Secretariat data@helcom.fi 2023-11-10T14:26:20 EPSG:3035 Breeding areas for birds (HOLAS 2) 2016-04-06 https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/bdd83f21-a5bf-4079-81fb-e671f2202231 This map presents the Special Protection Areas (SPAs) with reported breeding areas for birds. The spatial data on Special Protection Areas were gathered from the HELCOM contracting parties by Lund University, Sweden. In the data, the countries also indicated whether the sites were designated mainly due to wintering or breeding birds in the area. For Denmark, the information was obtained from standard forms for Natura 2000 sites. For Denmark, the data was updated after review process 20 February 2017. For Germany, the areas that were reported as “NA”(=information not available) were included in both breeding and wintering area maps. Many of the SPAs are both wintering and breeding areas. For the Baltic Sea Impact Index, the data was converted to 1 km x 1km grid cells. HELCOM Secretariat data@helcom.fi Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme breeding bird GEMET 2018-08-16 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet-en MADS HOLAS2 ecosystem component Biodiversity Use constraints: Data can be used freely given that the source is cited as "HELCOM HOLAS II Dataset: Breeding areas for birds (2017)". Access constraints: No limitations on public access. English environment biota 7.530495 34.131647 52.277123 66.475422 2016-01-01 2016-12-31 TIFF https://maps.helcom.fi/website/MADS/download/?id=bdd83f21-a5bf-4079-81fb-e671f2202231 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Download dataset 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 2010-12-08 Data source: Data gathered from HELCOM contracting parties. Data provided as polygons. Denmark: Ministry of Environment and Food Estonia: Estonian Onithological Society Finland: Natural heritage services, Regional Centers for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment Germany: Federal Nature Conservation Agency (BfN) Lithuania: State Service for Protected Areas under the Ministry of Environment Latvia: Latvian Fund for Nature Poland: General Directorate for Environmental Protection Sweden: Lund University, Dept. of Biology The dataset was approved by all HELCOM Contracting Parties in the HOLAS II Ecosystem component data review process during first quarter of 2017 after corrections from Denmark. Data quality: The quality of the SPA data can be considered good, but the relative importance of the SPA sites as bird breeding areas may vary. Variation also occurs within sites. Data for Russian areas was not available. Attribute information: Raster value representing either presence (1) or absence (0) of an SPA.