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Special Protection Area

Marine Institute

Timpeallacht

The EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) requires designation of SPAs for: listed rare and vulnerable species; regularly occurring migratory species, such as ducks, geese and waders; wetlands, especially those of international importance, which attract large numbers of migratory birds

Special Area of Conservation

Marine Institute

Timpeallacht

These are prime wildlife conservation areas in the country, considered to be important on a European as well as Irish level. Most Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are in the countryside, although a few sites reach into town or city landscapes, such as Dublin Bay and Cork Harb

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Key factors for ecosystem service mapping: Contri...

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

A raster dataset detailing to how many ecological networks an area contributes. Networks considered are the grassland, woodland, wetland, and upland network.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of services

NPWS Flora Protection Order Map Viewer – Bryophytes data

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains the location data published in the NPWS Flora Protection Order Map Viewer – Bryophytes http://bit.ly/2BxDNUA

The Flora (Protection) Order, 2015 (S.I. No. 356 of 2015) gives legal protection to 65 species of bryophytes in the Republic of Ireland (25 liverwor

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Land Promoting Good Water Quality

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to the maintenance of high water quality, though natural filtration of sediment.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of services priorit

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Areas of land contributing to terrestrial food pr...

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to terrestrial food provision. This includes agricultural crops and livestock, as well as harvesting of wild food.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national sc

Ancient and Long-established Woodland Inventory 2010

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

Ancient woodland refers to those woods that have had a continuous history of cover since before the period when planting and afforestation became common practice (mid‐1600s). These woodlands are important in terms of their biological and cultural value, and may even form links wi

Inventory of Irish coastal lagoons 2007

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

Before the Habitats Directive, only four lagoons were at all well known in Ireland (Lady’s Island Lake, Tacumshin Lake, Lough Murree, Furnace Lough) and very few biological studies had been published. Under the obligations of the Directive, the National Parks and Wildlife Service

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map - Ecosystem Service Stock Map: Soil Carbon

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to the regulation of greenhouse gases (carbon) through carbon sequestration associated with the soil.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a se

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map - Ecosystem Service Stock Map: Marine Carbon

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster file showing contribution to the regulation of greenhouse gases (carbon) through carbon sequestration associated with the marine environment.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Supporting Ecosystem Service Information: Contrib...

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

A raster dataset showing areas' contributing to the woodland network, including how important the area is for the network (based on habitat type and proximity to the next core area).

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national sca

National Ecosystem and Ecosystems Services Map – Terrestrial Biodiversity

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster file showing the approximate biodiversity stock of terrestrial areas

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of services prioritised through stakeholder consultation and any inte

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Land Temporarily Storing Water

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to flood control, through its ability to temporarily store water.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of services prioritised through st

Margaritifera Sensitive Areas Map

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This project contains NPWS GIS files relevant to the distribution of Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) and Nore Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera durrovensis) in Ireland. Both species are listed in Annex II and Annex V of the EU Habitats Directive.

The in

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Marine Biodiversity

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster file showing the approximate biodiversity stock of marine areas.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of services prioritised through stakeholder consultation and any intermed

Hen Harrier SPA Habitat Map

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

Under Article 4 of the Birds Directive (Directive 2009/ 147/EC) six Special Protection Areas (SPAs), covering a total land area of c.1,671km² has been classified for the conservation of the Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus in Ireland. A survey of breeding Hen Harrier reported that 128

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Supporting Ecosystem Service Information: Contrib...

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster dataset showing areas' contributing to the grassland network, including how important the area is for the network (based on habitat type and proximity to the next core area).

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem ser

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Supporting Ecosystem Service Information: Habitat...

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a habitat asset register for Ireland, e.g. a national scale habitat map conflating all nationally relevant habitat data into one dataset.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of servi

National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map - Ecosystem Service Stock Map: Vegetation Carbon

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

This dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to the regulation of greenhouse gases (carbon) through carbon sequestration associated with the vegetation.

This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) fo

National Survey of Native Woodlands 2003-2008

Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage

Timpeallacht

The National Survey of Native Woodlands in Ireland included the survey of 1,217 woodland sites across all 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland during 2003-2007. Site selection was carried out using the Forest Inventory Planning System 1998 (FIPS) and local knowledge. Surveys co