Riparian Zones Green Linear Elements (vector), Aug. 2015

Riparian zones represent transitional areas occurring between land and freshwater ecosystems, characterised by distinctive hydrology, soil and biotic conditions and strongly influenced by the stream water. They provide a wide range of riparian functions (e.g. chemical filtration, flood control, bank stabilization, aquatic life and riparian wildlife support, etc.) and ecosystem services.



The Riparian Zones products support the objectives of several European legal acts and policy initiatives, such as the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, the Habitats and Birds Directives and the Water Framework Directive.



Green Linear Elements (GLE) are ecologically significant, structural landscape elements which act as important dispersion vectors of biodiversity. GLEs comprise hedgerows and lines of trees and offer a wide range of ecosystem services: they are linked to both landscape richness and fragmentation of habitats, with a direct potential for restoration, and contribute also to hazard protection. Green linear elements form part of the Green Infrastructure and are specifically addressed in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020. The GLE product provides reliable and detailed geospatial information on the occurrence and spatial distribution of: Small linear vegetation features such as hedgerows, scrub and tree rows with a minimum length of 100m and a width of up to 10m; Isolated patches of trees and scrub with a size between 500 m² and 0.5 ha. Green linear elements including trees and hedgerows with 100m minimum length and 500 m² Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU).



The production of the Riparian Zones products was coordinated by the European Environment Agency in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme.

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Date (Creation)
2015-08-08
Date (Publication)
2015-08-08
Edition

xx.xx
Citation identifier
copernicus_v_3035_10_m_rz-gle_p_2011-2013_vxx_rxx
Citation identifier
DAT-191-en
Status
Obsolete
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Website Role

European Commission

 		https://commission.europa.eu Owner

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service

copernicus@eea.europa.eu

https://land.copernicus.eu Custodian

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu Publisher

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk

copernicus@eea.europa.eu

https://land.copernicus.eu/en/contact-service-helpdesk Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Land cover
Keywords

    Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

    • EEA39
    Keywords

      GEMET

      • hedge

      • land cover

      • ecosystem services

      • landscape alteration

      • riparian zone

      • tree

      • land use
      Spatial scope

      EEA Management Plan

      • 2017 3.6.2

      EEA topics

      • Water

      • Land use

      • Biodiversity
      Access constraints
      Other restrictions
      Other constraints
      no limitations to public access
      Use constraints
      Other restrictions
      Other constraints

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      The Copernicus land monitoring products and services are made available on a principle of full, open and free access, as established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013.



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      Spatial representation type
      Vector
      Distance
      10  m
      Language of dataset
      English
      Character set
      UTF8
      Topic category
      • Environment
      • Imagery base maps earth cover
      Begin date
      2011-01-01
      End date
      2013-12-31
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      Additional Information

      Spatial Resolution information: The Minimum Mapping Width is 10 m
      Coordinate reference system identifier
      EPSG:3035
      Distribution format
      • SHP ( 1.1)

      Distributor

      Distributor contact
      Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Website Role
      Ordering instructions

      This dataset is no longer accessible from the website of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service.

      You can request access to this dataset by contacting the service desk of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service at copernicus@eea.europa.eu.

      OnLine resource
      Protocol Linkage Name

      WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

             		https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/riparian-zones/green-linear-elements-in-riparian-zones-catchments-regions#Download

      Download (requires authentication)
      Hierarchy level
      Dataset

      Conformance result

      Title
      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
      Date (Publication)
      2010-12-08
      Explanation

      See the referenced specification
      Statement

      Semi-automatic classification and visual interpretation of Green Linear Elements (Nomenclature: 1: trees; 2: hedgerows and scrub) on 1.5m SPOT-6 and 2.5m SPOT-5 HRG satellite data from the DWH_MG2b_CORE_03 dataset (Optical VHR2 coverage over EU 2011-2013 and Riparian zones) with subsequently automated GIS-based generalisation. Geometric differentiation into linear structures as well as patches by considering a compactness factor (1. Linear structures of hedgerows/scrub and tree rows; 2. Patches of tree and hedgerows/scrub).

      Minimum Mapping Unit: 0.5 ha. Minimum Mapping Width: 10 m.

      Metadata

      File identifier
      9538a26a-d55d-4ba0-b77c-92eeb61d3061 XML
      Metadata language
      English
      Character set
      UTF8
      Hierarchy level
      Dataset
      Date stamp
      2023-09-26T14:24:00.677Z
      Metadata standard name

      ISO 19115/19139
      Metadata standard version

      1.0
      Metadata author
      Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Website Role

      European Environment Agency

      sdi@eea.europa.eu

      		Point of contact
       
       
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      Overviews

      overview

      Spatial extent

      thumbnail

      Keywords

      EEA Management Plan

      2017 3.6.2
      EEA topics

      Biodiversity Land use Water
      GEMET

      ecosystem services hedge land cover land use landscape alteration riparian zone tree
      GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

      Land cover
      Spatial scope

      European


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