Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS) Archived Action Data

An archive of NRWs (and legacy bodies) actions, boundaries and project data, downloaded December 2016, following the closure of the Biodiversity Action Reporting System. Biodiversity actions are recorded as GIS point and polygon data with related information held in spreadsheets. BARS was originally created to support the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP) and allowed organisations, companies and partnerships to manage and share their own Biodiversity Action Plans. The UKBAP closed in 2011 and the last version of BARS was launched in April 2012 to collate biodiversity actions in a standardised form and capture geographic locations, enabling spatial analysis and reporting of activity. The UK BARS partnership (DEFRA, Natural England, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage, Wales Biodiversity Partnership, and Joint Nature Conservation Committee) took the difficult decision to discontinue support for BARS in November 2016.

Identifier: NRW_DS116847

Alternative Title

System Adrodd ar Weithredu Bioamrywiaeth (BARS) – Data Gweithredu a Archifwyd
BARS_Orgs_Actions_Polygon.shp
BARS_Orgs_Actions_Point.shp

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: The actions were recorded by the various BARS project officers in an online map viewer. In many cases, there are multiple actions per polygon (hence duplicated polygon data). The GIS data should be rated as poor quality and needs cleaning. Data Repatriation: Data supplied to BARS is archived securely by JNCC. All organisations were offered an extract of their own action and project data (including spatial locations) to download and reuse in their own systems. From March 2017, this data will be downloadable by all interested parties direct from the JNCC website.

Additional Information: Archived material includes GIS datasets (BARS_Orgs_Actions_Point.shp, BARS_Orgs_Actions_Polygon.shp), spreadsheets (ActionList.csv, ActionProgresList.csv, CandidateActionList.csv, ProjectActionList, ProjectCandidateActionList.csv, ProjectList.csv, ProjectProgresList.csv), 2 2 Case study PDFs and an Explanatory Word document / Readme.txt

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2016-11-30

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 2012-04-01

End date: 2016-11-30

Topic category

Boundaries

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

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

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

Originator

Various

Enquiries Unit, Maes y Fynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Originator

Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)

Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Originator

Environment Agency Wales (EA Wales)

Cambria House, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0TP, Wales

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Originator

Forestry Commission Wales

Forestry Commission Wales, 6 Victoria Terrace, Aberystwyth, SY23 2DQ

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/wales

Originator

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

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

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

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Format Type and Description

Delimited ()

Specification

[A] Action sheets in csv format [B] ESRI feature class spatial data [C] Documents in PDF format

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

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
Explanation
Degree: false

Lineage: The actions were recorded by the various BARS project officers in an online map viewer. In many cases, there are multiple actions per polygon (hence duplicated polygon data). The GIS data should be rated as poor quality and needs cleaning. Data Repatriation: Data supplied to BARS is archived securely by JNCC. All organisations were offered an extract of their own action and project data (including spatial locations) to download and reuse in their own systems. From March 2017, this data will be downloadable by all interested parties direct from the JNCC website.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)
actions

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations: no limitations

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints: There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

Other constraints: © CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313136383437 XML

Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-05-31T09:32:10.96Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

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

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

Publishing Body

Access the portal

Full access to the portal and metadata.

Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS) Archived Action Data

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Quality

Data quality

Keywords

Keywords

Citation

Keywords

Citation

Spatial Reference System

Content

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Access Constraints Directive

Access Constraints Text

Use Constraints

Metadata

Metadata

Publishing Body