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Metadata: Predicting the Impacts of Objective 1 Funding on Selected Aquatic Natura 2000 Sites in Wales
Abstract:
The aim of this project was to provide Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) with a clear understanding of where developments funded by the Structural Funds under Objective 1, may potentially impact sites along the Welsh coastline with aquatic Natura 2000 designations under the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). The project has involved a number of steps including; the identification of objective one structural funding projects likely to impact on the Natura 2000 sites in Wales; the identification of Welsh aquatic maturity thousand sites, and the identification of potential impacts and sensitivities based on the available information contained within Regional Action Plans (RAPS) and Local Action Plans (LAPS) and the list of priorities, measures and projects in each plan. The Objective 1 funded projects have been analysed and grouped into the following categories; fisheries, industrial developments, infrastructure developments, tourism initiatives, farming initiatives, forestry, biodiversity and conservation initiatives, and regional development. As part of this project an interactive GIS tool has been developed which identifies the Welsh aquatic maturity thousand sites within the Objective 1 funded areas and the nature conservation features for which the sites are designated. The GIS tool can be manipulated to indicate the generic impacts resulting from the likely types of Objective 1 funded projects to the features of interest at the site. This study develops a GIS tool that aims to identify where developments funded under the Structural Funds from Objective 1 may impact Welsh coastlines that occur within Natura 2000 sites. Although the data was based on the best information available at the time of capture, the base maps (Special Area of Conservation (SAC) features and boundaries) are now considered out-of-date. Newer sources of data are currently available.
Data holder:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8801 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Predicting the Impacts of Objective 1 Funding on Selected Aquatic Natura 2000 Sites in Wales |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | SAC Feature Maps, Natura 2000 Site features in Wales |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | NRW_DS115062 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135303632 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2001-01-30 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2002-02-27 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The aim of this project was to provide Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) with a clear understanding of where developments funded by the Structural Funds under Objective 1, may potentially impact sites along the Welsh coastline with aquatic Natura 2000 designations under the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). The project has involved a number of steps including; the identification of objective one structural funding projects likely to impact on the Natura 2000 sites in Wales; the identification of Welsh aquatic maturity thousand sites, and the identification of potential impacts and sensitivities based on the available information contained within Regional Action Plans (RAPS) and Local Action Plans (LAPS) and the list of priorities, measures and projects in each plan. The Objective 1 funded projects have been analysed and grouped into the following categories; fisheries, industrial developments, infrastructure developments, tourism initiatives, farming initiatives, forestry, biodiversity and conservation initiatives, and regional development. As part of this project an interactive GIS tool has been developed which identifies the Welsh aquatic maturity thousand sites within the Objective 1 funded areas and the nature conservation features for which the sites are designated. The GIS tool can be manipulated to indicate the generic impacts resulting from the likely types of Objective 1 funded projects to the features of interest at the site. This study develops a GIS tool that aims to identify where developments funded under the Structural Funds from Objective 1 may impact Welsh coastlines that occur within Natura 2000 sites. Although the data was based on the best information available at the time of capture, the base maps (Special Area of Conservation (SAC) features and boundaries) are now considered out-of-date. Newer sources of data are currently available. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | GIS layers produced that identify SAC features within sites have been continually updated at CCW and are available as SAC feature Maps. These maps replace those described here. Baseline GIS layers were produced and supplied by CCW, along with citation descriptions. It was recognized that not all Natura 2000 feature maps were available at the time of the project. A summary interactions matrix was developed. This was then used as a tool to identify potential impacts for each Natura 2000 site. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Environmental monitoring facilities |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Special Protection Areas (SPAs) (see also proposed Special Protection Area pSPA) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | mudflats | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | estuaries (see also specific estuary names) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) (see also Candidate Special Areas of Conservation cSAC) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | sandbanks | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | saltmarsh (salt-marsh) (salt marsh) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Natura 2000 (N2K) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | lagoons | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | sandflats | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | biogenic reef | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Administrative units | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.513067 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.6008865 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.240829 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.777741 |
| Regional sea | benthic boundary layer | |
| Wales (WLS) | ||
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) | |
| Delivery point | Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Environmental Resources Management Ltd | |
| Delivery point | Ethos, Kings Road, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea, SA1 8AS, Wales | |
| geraint.bowden@erm.com | ||
| URL | http://www.erm.com/ | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales | |
| enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk | ||
| URL | http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data. Multiple occurences are allowed here. One entry shall be from the INSPIRE Metadata registry and the other free text should be part of the resource `Have specific limitations`. | The following data is considered OS derived data and is therefore jointly owned by NRW and the Ordnance Survey. NRW may release, publish or disseminate this data freely; providing recipients are made aware of use restrictions (See general use restrictions). |
| no limitations | ||
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | © CNC/NRW and © Crown copyright [2002]. All rights reserved. Natural Resources Wales, AC0000849444. Third parties seeking to re-use this data require a Licence issued by NRW. It allows re-use, reproduction and dissemination in any format or medium but only for non-commercial purposes, according to the terms and conditions of the Licence. Those seeking commercial re-use require a commercial licence available from the OS. |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Geographic Information System |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2002-05-31 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-03-03 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |