EEA geospatial data catalogue
Natura 2000 (vector) - version 2022
Natura 2000 is the key instrument to protect biodiversity in the European Union. Natura 2000 network is composed of sites designated under the Birds Directive (Special Protection Areas or SPAs) and the Habitats Directive (Sites of Community Importance or SCIs and Special Areas of Conservation or SACs). The European database is generally updated once a year to take into account any updating of national databases by Member States. However, the release of a new EU-wide database does not necessarily mean that a particular national dataset has recently been updated.
The descriptive data in the European database are based on the information that national authorities have submitted, for each of the Natura 2000 sites, through a site-specific standard data form (SDF). In addition to other site-specific information, the standard data form provides the list of all species and habitat types for which a site is officially designated. The spatial data outlines the boundaries of sites as submitted by Member States.
The data submitted by each Member State are validated by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Any problems identified through the validation procedures in the national datasets are brought to the attention of the Member States concerned. However, it remains up to the Member States to decide whether to submit a revised dataset before the European database is updated. The EEA therefore cannot guarantee that all inconsistences detected in national datasets are removed in the European dataset. The database contains for each site the version proposed by the Member States and approved by the European Commission. The validation process is reflected in the updates of the the biogeographical Union Lists of Sites of Community Importance (SCIs). See the Links section below for access to the Union Lists.
Besides the web service link provided in the metadata, the following services provide information on species and habitat types inside the Natura 2000 sites:
https://bio.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/ProtectedSites/Natura2000Habitats/MapServer
https://bio.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/ProtectedSites/Natura2000Species/MapServer
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Identification info
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Date (Publication)
- 2024-04-23
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Date (Creation)
- 2024-04-01
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Date
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Edition
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01.00
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Citation identifier
- eea_v_3035_100_k_natura2000_p_2022_v01_r00
Identifier
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Status
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Superseded
- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contactEuropean Commission
Custodian
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Spatial representation type
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Vector
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
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Denominator
- 100000
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Topic category
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Environment
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Extent
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Extent
Temporal extent
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Time period
- 2022-01-01 2022-12-31
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Maintenance and update frequency
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Annually
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Protected sites
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- GEMET
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species
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natural areas protection
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protected area
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biodiversity
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natural area
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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EU27 (from 2020)
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- INSPIRE priority data set
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Directive 92/43/EEC
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Directive 2009/147/EC
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Natura 2000 sites (Habitats Directive)
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Natura 2000 sites (Birds Directive)
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- EEA topics
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Land use
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Biodiversity
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- EEA Management Plan
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2024 1.1.4
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- Reporting obligations
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Information on Natura 2000 sites (SPAs, Birds Directive)
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Information on Natura 2000 sites (SCIs/SACs, Habitats Directive)
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Resource constraints
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Access constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
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Use constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
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License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Copyright holder: Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV).
This data is provided for general information purposes only. Only the data possessed by the competent authorities of the Member States is authentic. Therefore, no rights or legal claims can be derived from the data displayed on this site.
Associated resource
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Association Type
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Revision Of
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Metadata Reference
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
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Additional Information
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Please note that some Member States submit sensitive information that is filtered out of the database. The following Member States have submitted sensitive information: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. This concerns species associated to specific sites. All reference to these species has been removed from the related sites. If sensitive information is necessary to your field of research, please contact the Member State administrations individually.
Distribution Information
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Distribution format
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SHP
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Geopackage
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OnLine resource
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_3035_100_k_natura2000_p_2022_v01_r00/
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OnLine resource
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Direct download
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OnLine resource
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https://bio.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/ProtectedSites/Natura2000Sites/MapServer
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OnLine resource
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Natura 2000 Network viewer
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OnLine resource
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Biogeographical Union Lists of Sites of Community Importance
Data quality info
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Report
Result
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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
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Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
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Statement
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Member States update Natura 2000 spatial data continuously. The EEA integrates and validates the data, producing one release a year.
More information about the production of the European Natura 2000 database can be found in the document "Natura 2000 dataflow doc 2017.docx" available on https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/biodiversity/document-library/natura-2000/the-natura-2000-data-flow/view.
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
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Code
- EPSG:3035
Metadata
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Metadata identifier
- 95e717d4-81dc-415d-a8f0-fecdf7e686b0
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
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Resource type
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Dataset
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Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/95e717d4-81dc-415d-a8f0-fecdf7e686b0
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Date info (Creation)
- 2024-04-19T09:32:06.527094Z
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Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T11:04:31.389669Z
Metadata standard
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Title
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ISO 19115/19139
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Edition
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1.0
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