Assessing the Vulnerability of Marine Habitats in Wales to the Impacts of Climate Changes (2011)

Climate change is recognised as a major environmental issue and the process of global change and climate will impact upon many aspects of everyday life, presenting a serious threat to the natural environment. In response to the scientific and political consensus of a need to tackle climate change the UK government bought into law the climate change act 2008. This requires a Strategic Climate Change Risk Assessment (SCCRA) to be carried out every five years, the first of which will need to be completed by November 2011. This project was carried out to develop a methodology to assess the vulnerability of Welsh marine habitats to the impact of climate change and to use this method to undertake an assessment of welsh marine habitats. This assessment helped enable the identification of those habitats most at risk from climate change and it is envisaged that this information will be used to inform management plans and government policy and decision making.

Identifier: NRW_DS114713

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Asesu pa mor fregus yw cynefinoedd y mor yng Nghymru i effeithiau newid hinsawdd

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) ran a workshop to scope how to assess the vulnerability of marine habitats to climate change in March 2010. Three main issues were discussed: 1) The concept and methodologies for vulnerability assessment 2) Potential parameters that might be used in any vulnerability assessment of marine biodiversity around Wales 3) Potential receptors that might be used in any vulnerability assessment of marine biodiversity around Wales The final session focused in next steps for CCW in taking forward its vulnerability assessment work. 84 habitats were screened at a broad level to identify 15 that would be assessed further. The 15 habitats were as follows; Horse mussel beds, Littoral mussel beds, Sabellaria Reef, Peat and clay exposures, Kelp with cushion fauna, Fucoids on sheltered marine shores, Kelp and red seaweeds, Echinoderms and crustose communities, Circalittoral mixed sediments, Coastal Saltmarsh, Intertidal mudflats, Littoral seagrass beds, Oyster beds, Sublittoral seagrass beds and Saline lagoons. The distribution and extent of these habitats were collated and an evaluation was then undertaken to assess vulnerability of two criteria (habitat distribution/extent and habitat quality and/or ecosystem function) to climate change Details of the methodology are describe in CCW Contract Science Report 969. Confidence in this dataset is high as surveys were undertaken by experienced staff members. Vulnerability assessment was carried out 2010 / 2011 and vulnerability data; layers finalised in February 2011.

Additional Information: Information about the workshop and habitat work are available in CCW Science Report 934 and 969.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2011-06-01

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Begin date: 2011-02-24

End date: 2011-02-24

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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HR Wallingford

HR Wallingford, Howberry Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA

http://www.hrwallingford.com

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Conformity: 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
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Lineage: Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) ran a workshop to scope how to assess the vulnerability of marine habitats to climate change in March 2010. Three main issues were discussed: 1) The concept and methodologies for vulnerability assessment 2) Potential parameters that might be used in any vulnerability assessment of marine biodiversity around Wales 3) Potential receptors that might be used in any vulnerability assessment of marine biodiversity around Wales The final session focused in next steps for CCW in taking forward its vulnerability assessment work. 84 habitats were screened at a broad level to identify 15 that would be assessed further. The 15 habitats were as follows; Horse mussel beds, Littoral mussel beds, Sabellaria Reef, Peat and clay exposures, Kelp with cushion fauna, Fucoids on sheltered marine shores, Kelp and red seaweeds, Echinoderms and crustose communities, Circalittoral mixed sediments, Coastal Saltmarsh, Intertidal mudflats, Littoral seagrass beds, Oyster beds, Sublittoral seagrass beds and Saline lagoons. The distribution and extent of these habitats were collated and an evaluation was then undertaken to assess vulnerability of two criteria (habitat distribution/extent and habitat quality and/or ecosystem function) to climate change Details of the methodology are describe in CCW Contract Science Report 969. Confidence in this dataset is high as surveys were undertaken by experienced staff members. Vulnerability assessment was carried out 2010 / 2011 and vulnerability data; layers finalised in February 2011.

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Habitats and biotopes

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Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

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climate change (climatic change)
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Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

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Habitat characterisation

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Date (Revision): 2021-01-06

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NRW Related Title: Assessing the vulnerability of marine biodiversity in Wales to the impacts of climate change : workshop report

NRW Related Title: Assessing the vulnerability of marine habitats in Wales to the impacts of climate change

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Other constraints: Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data includes the location of oyster habitats. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. Sensitive data may only be released under an appropriate NRW Licence. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. Data may be released freely if the sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale.

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Other constraints: © CNC/NRW, 2011. Recipients may only re-use sensitive data in strict confidence under the terms of an appropriate NRW Licence. No publication or dissemination is permitted, except if sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale.

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Metadata Language: English

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Metadata Date: 2024-12-09T12:37:23.489Z

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Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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