Nature30 Site Boundaries

Nature30 sites are a form of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measure (OECM), and are a non-statutory, bottom-up approach to conserving land to benefit biodiversity. These sites contribute to Scotland's 30 by 30 efforts, to reach 30% of land and sea protected by 2030. More information about OECMs can be found here: https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/30-30-and-nature-networks-2/developing-oecms-other-effective-area-based-conservation-measures

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Download Shapefile (EPSG:27700) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	ZIP	10 October 2025	Not available
Download Geopackage (EPSG:27700) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	ZIP	10 October 2025	Not available
Download GML (EPSG:4258) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	ZIP	10 October 2025	Not available
Download GeoJSON (EPSG:4326) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	ZIP	10 October 2025	Not available
Download File Geodatabase (EPSG:27700) , Format: ZIP, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	ZIP	10 October 2025	Not available
Download NatureScot GIS Data Viewer , Format: N/A, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	N/A	10 October 2025	Not available
Download Resource locator , Format: N/A, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	N/A	10 October 2025	Not available
Download protectedareas:nature30 , Format: N/A, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	N/A	10 October 2025	Not available
Download nature30 , Format: N/A, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	N/A	10 October 2025	Not available
Download NatureScot Open Data Hub , Format: N/A, Dataset: Nature30 Site Boundaries	N/A	10 October 2025	Not available

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Added to data.gov.uk: 2025-10-10
Access contraints: Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Harvest GUID: b27cab08-bec2-4f25-b70c-fc64e9d30033
Extent: Latitude: 65.1719° to °; Longitude: -28.172° to 15.2277°
Spatial reference system: EPSG:27700
Dataset reference date: 2025-08-20 (publication)
Frequency of update: asNeeded
Responsible party: NatureScot (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
Metadata language: eng
Source Metadata: XML; HTML