Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)

• Published by: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
• Last updated: 08 September 2023
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• Licence: Other Licence ; View licence information

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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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
NatureScot OpenData Hub	N/A	08 September 2023	Not available
GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)	ZIP	08 September 2023	Not available
GML (EPSG:4258)	ZIP	08 September 2023	Not available
Geopackage (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	08 September 2023	Not available
ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	08 September 2023	Not available
ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)	ZIP	08 September 2023	Not available
protectedareas:sac	N/A	08 September 2023	Not available
sac	N/A	08 September 2023	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2023-08-29T08:27:52
• Access contraints: 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
• Harvest GUID: B0D1377C-F580-4FC2-B068-5758541B79E2
• Extent: Latitude: 61.453343° to 54.24631175°
• Extent: Longitude: -9.146247° to -0.0056219999999989°
• Spatial reference system: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
• Dataset reference date: 2007-10-05 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2023-08-29 (revision)
• Frequency of update: continual
• Responsible party: NatureScot (custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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