Identification

Title

England Peat Status GHG and C storage

Alternative title(s)

England Peat Status Green House Gas and Carbon storage

Abstract

The Peat Layer was produced by Natural England (ARM team) during June-October 2008, with the aim of identifying the extent of three classes of peaty soils for the purposes of the Partnership Project to Protect and Enhance Peat Soils (aka. The Peat Project). The Peat Project is a joint initiative of Defra, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Welsh Assembly Government, Countryside Council for Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Cadw and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and aims to improve coordination between these partners in our efforts to understand, manage and restore peaty soils.BGS, Cranfield University (NSRI) and OS must be acknowledged in any reports or documents produced as a result of using the Peat layer. Derived from 1:50 000 scale BGS Digital Data under Licence 2006/072 British Geological Survey. © NERC.National Soils map © Cranfield University (NSRI) © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. © Natural England copyright [Year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, https://www.gov.uk/help/terms-conditions © Crown Copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey licence number 100022021./.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/30021

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

description: Natural England Access to Evidence Catalogue

https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/Defra::england-peat-status-ghg-and-c-storage/about

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

description:

https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/england-peat-status-greenhouse-gas-and-carbon-storage/wms

protocol: OGC:WMS

description:

https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/england-peat-status-greenhouse-gas-and-carbon-storage/wfs

protocol: OGC:WFS

description:

https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?mapService=NE/EnglandPeatStatusGreenhouseGasandCarbonStorage&mode=spatial

protocol: DSP:ESRI

description: Download

https://environment.data.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/NE/EnglandPeatStatusGreenhouseGasandCarbonStorage/MapServer

protocol: null

description: REST URL

https://environment.data.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/NE/EnglandPeatStatusGreenhouseGasandCarbonStorage/FeatureServer

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

description: England Peat Status GHG and C storage ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint

Unique resource identifier

code

f7932e02-0396-41dc-8106-f7dcd5e539d3

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Peat Status

Keyword set

keyword value

Soil

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2018-07-25

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.05

East bounding longitude

2.07

North bounding latitude

55.81

South bounding latitude

49.86

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2008-10-22

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2008-10-22

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-01

date type

revision

effective date

2021-07-23

Frequency of update

unknown

Quality and validity

Lineage

There are three main types of peatland, distinguished by the vegetation that forms them: fen, blanket bog and raised bogs. Natural England has collated a map showing the extent of peatlands in England. A number of data layers from different sources were geo-processed to produce this layer. The main source layer was the National Soils map (digital version) © Cranfield University (NSRI).For the purposes of this project, peatlands have been classified into three types based on the source of the information but assumed to have the following general characteristics:• Deep peaty soils: Areas covered with a majority of peat >40cm deep.• Shallow peaty soils: Areas with a majority of soils with peat 10–40cm deep.• Soils with peaty pockets: Areas of mostly non-peat soils, supporting smaller pockets of deep peat (such as flushes or exposures of buried peat) too small to map at a national scale. More information on England’s peatlands Carbon storage and greenhouse gases can be found in the published report NE257 England’s peatlands Carbon storage and greenhouse gases on Natural England’s Access to Evidence site http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/. Mapping derived from;1:50,000 scale (Superficial Geology) - BGS; National Soils map - Cranfield University (NSRI); 2008/09 Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitat Inventory mapping - NE; SSSI Units - NE; Moorland Line - RPA

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Portable Document Format - Standardized (PDF)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural England

email address

enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

description: Natural England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural England

email address

enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-07-23

Metadata language

eng