Metadata catalogue
Special Area of Conservation (Scotland)
SACs in Scotland are designated by Scottish Ministers under the EC Habitats Directive. They are areas which have been identified as best representing the range and variety within the European Union of habitats and (non-bird) species listed on Annexes I and II to the Directive. SACs in terrestrial areas and marine areas out to 12 nautical miles are afforded protection through the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended).
Possible Special Areas of Conservation (pSAC) may be subject to change prior to submission.
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Citation proposal
Scottish Natural Heritage. Special Area of Conservation (Scotland). https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/B0D1377C-F580-4FC2-B068-5758541B79E2 |
Simple
- Date ( Creation )
- 2007-10-05
- Date ( Revision )
- 2010-11-11
- Date ( Revision )
- 2019-07-01
- Identifier
- SAC
- Presentation form
- mapDigital Digital map
Custodian
- Maintenance and update frequency
- continual Continual
- Name
- ESRI Shapefile
- Version
- 1.0
- Government Category List
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- Nature conservation
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
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- Protected sites
- Use limitation
- You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: (Copyright Scottish Natural Heritage) Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (year)
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Available under an OS Open Data licence www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendata/licence, Note that this data is available to view or download on SNH website see: www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/snhi-information-service
- Use limitation
- no limitation
- Spatial representation type
- vector Vector
- Distance
- 5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Metadata language
- eng English
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700 / 7.4
- Distribution format
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- ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )
Distributor
- Name
- GML
- Version
- 3.2.1
- OnLine resource
- ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)
- OnLine resource
- Google Earth KML 2.1 (EPSG:4326, simplified geometry)
- OnLine resource
- GML 3.1.1 (zipped, EPSG:4258)
- OnLine resource
- MapInfo MIF (EPSG:27700)
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Statement
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Description
There are specific obligations on Member States under the EC Habitats Directive to avoid the deterioration of natural habitats, the habitats of species and significant disturbance of the species for which SACs have been designated. These obligations are implemented through domestic legislation in the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994, as amended.
238 Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in Scotland were formally designated by Scottish Ministers on 17 March 2005.
Designating Authority In Scotland
Scottish Ministers
Role of SNH
SNH acts as the advisor to Government in proposing selected sites for Ministerial approval as possible SACs. SNH then undertakes consultation over proposed sites with owners, occupiers, planning authorities and other interested parties on behalf of the Scottish Ministers.
Metadata
- File identifier
- B0D1377C-F580-4FC2-B068-5758541B79E2 XML
- Metadata language
- eng English
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2019-12-03
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
