Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)

Published by:: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Last updated:: 06 March 2025
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Summary

SACs in Scotland are designated by Scottish Ministers under the EC Habitats Directive (https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/nature-and-biodiversity/habitats-directive_en). 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.

Form more information visit https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/international-designations/european-sites/special-areas-conservation-sacs

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Download NatureScot Map Viewer , Format: N/A, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	N/A	06 March 2025	Not available
Download NatureScot OpenData Hub , Format: N/A, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	N/A	06 March 2025	Not available
Download GeoJSON (EPSG:4326) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	ZIP	06 March 2025	Not available
Download GML (EPSG:4258) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	ZIP	06 March 2025	Not available
Download Geopackage (EPSG:27700) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	ZIP	06 March 2025	Not available
Download ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	ZIP	06 March 2025	Not available
Download ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	ZIP	06 March 2025	Not available
Download protectedareas:sac , Format: N/A, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	N/A	06 March 2025	Not available
Download sac , Format: N/A, Dataset: Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)	N/A	06 March 2025	Not available

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Added to data.gov.uk: 2025-03-05
Access contraints: Available under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 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
Harvest GUID: B0D1377C-F580-4FC2-B068-5758541B79E2
Extent: Latitude: 61.4533° to °; Longitude: -9.1462° to -0.0056°
Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Dataset reference date: 2007-10-05 (creation); 2023-08-29 (revision)
Frequency of update: continual
Responsible party: NatureScot (custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
Metadata language: eng
Source Metadata: XML; HTML

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