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Presence of reefs (habitat type 1170) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

This dataset describes the extents and location of Reefs in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS) as required for article 17 of the Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. The Council Directive seeks to contribute to ensuring biodiversity in the European Union by the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora species.

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Date (Creation)
2021-11-18
Date (Revision)
2021-11-22
Date (Publication)
2025-12-12
Title

Digital Object Identifier

Date (Creation)
2016-05-19
Code
https://doi.org/10.24417/69a40ea3-868e-4f56-a6b2-b313e625ee22
Citation identifier
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / 69a40ea3-868e-4f56-a6b2-b313e625ee22

Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details

This dataset is composed of the following sources: Report on the presence of reefs (habitat type 1170) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea.

Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

Custodian

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

info@naturalsciences.be

Owner

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

info@naturalsciences.be

Publisher

Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Marine Ecology and Management (MARECO)

odnature@naturalsciences.be

Author
Theme
  • Federal government

  • Reporting INSPIRE

  • Marine essentials

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Habitats and biotopes
Marine Regions
  • Belgian part of the North Sea
  • Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
Belgian Federal Thesaurus
  • Environmental data
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
  • National
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
  • Habitat types distribution (Habitats Directive)
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
  • Environment
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No conditions apply to access and use
Other constraints
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access.
Use limitation

No conditions apply to use.

Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Vector
Language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans
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Extent type code
Yes
Title

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)

Date
Code
North Sea
gml32:beginPosition
2014-01-01
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Distribution format
Name Version

application/xml

Unknown

Distributor

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

Custodian
Distributor format
Name Version

application/xml

Unknown

Transfer size
0.22797
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WMS

https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/od_nature/ows?version=1.3.0&service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities

od_nature:Habitat_BPNS_1170

Distributor

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

Custodian
Distributor format
Name Version

application/xml

Unknown

Transfer size
0.110439
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WFS

https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/od_nature/ows?version=2.0.0&service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities

od_nature:Habitat_BPNS_1170

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

DOI

https://doi.org/10.24417/69a40ea3-868e-4f56-a6b2-b313e625ee22

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
Yes
Statement

The dataset was published in "Degraer, S., U. Braeckman, J. Haelters, K. Hostens, T. Jacques, F. Kerckhof, B. Merckx, M. Rabaut, E. Stienen, G. Van Hoey, V. Van Lancker and M. Vincx (2009). Studie betreffende het opstellen van een lijst met potentiële Habitatrichtlijn gebieden in het Belgische deel van de Noordzee. Eindrapport in opdracht van de Federale Overheidsdienst Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu, Directoraat-generaal Leefmilieu. Brussel, België. 93 pp.". The shapefile originaly projected in Belgian Lambert 72 was reprojected in ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA.

Metadata

File identifier
69a40ea3-868e-4f56-a6b2-b313e625ee22 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-12-12T16:13:06.336Z
Metadata standard name

Geographic information -- Metadata

Metadata standard version

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)

bmdc@naturalsciences.be

Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
Dutch; Flemish
French
English
German
 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

Federal government Marine essentials Reporting INSPIRE
Belgian Federal Thesaurus

Environmental data
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets

Habitat types distribution (Habitats Directive)
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope

National
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium

Environment


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