Online access to Nature Directives information

The UK perspective

Dave ChambersBiodiversity Data Officer

Nature Directives in the UK – online content

• The JNCC website has a portal to information on each and every UK Natura 2000 site (over 900)

• However this is primarily the information presented on the Standard Data Forms together with GIS data.

• Other information, eg conservation objectives and management measures is available at the Country level (ie England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

• For offshore sites we are building site information centres, as a “one-stop shop” to these 20 Natura sites via a mapping portal.

Offshore MPA Site Information Centres

Technical advice and information

Survey data and interactive map

Site Information Centre

High level accessible information

Other UK wide information• All of our Article 17 and Article 12 data is available via

the European Reporting pages on JNCC website. • The National Biodiversity Network Gateway provides

species data for each site.• We have a UK online portal to surveillance and

monitoring initiatives http://www.ukeof.org.uk/catalogue. • We have recently published a catalogue of case law

relating to the Nature Directives.

Country specific online information

Can drill into the detail eg for Hermaness

The future challenges...• All UK Countries are striving to improve their on-line

delivery.– improved guidance for stakeholders– updated Standard Data Forms by end of 2015

• It will be a challenge to join this up at the UK level.• Protected Areas are just one of many tools used to

achieve Nature Conservation goals. – Our “Nature Directives” information needs to be part of a wider

picture.