Identification

Title

UK Ramsar site qualification criteria

Abstract

Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. This dataset contains a list of the qualifying criteria for all designated Ramsar sites within the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. Columns are : sitecode, site name, country, criterion and criterion description.

Resource type

nonGeographicDataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/f03018f6-d6a6-40ee-97c7-7742db6b9c04-UK-Ramsar-basic-site-data-201510.csv

name: UK-Ramsar-basic-site-data-201510.csv

Unique resource identifier

code

f03018f6-d6a6-40ee-97c7-7742db6b9c04

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-161

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Freshwater

Marine

Terrestrial

Protected Areas

Wetlands

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1976-01-01

End position

2015-10-17

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-04-27

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

This information has been extracted from the Ramsar Information Sheets compiled by the Statutory Nature Conservation Body.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Comma Separated Values

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement: "Contains public sector data © JNCC/NE/NRW/SNH/DOENI. Licence: OGL"

Limitations on public access

no limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language