Assessing Sensitivity of Welsh Marine Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) Features to Unregulated and Partially Regulated Activities

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This dataset is associated with the outputs from 'Assessing Sensitivity of Welsh Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA) Features to Unregulated and Partially Regulated Activities' contract which is a pilot project part of a wider programme of work. The data outputs are a series of spreadsheets which accompany a report and are split to mirror the outputs of 3 Work Packages. The data which constitutes these spreadsheets is composed of work by consultants ABPmer alongside existing data obtained from a Natural England led contract and the Marine Biological Association. WP1_Activity_Pressure matrix_070318: Contains definitions of activities used in the study, whether there is evidence to support a link between each activity and pressure, whether the pressures associated with an activity and a level that needs to be considered further, a review of the current pressure benchmarks and an assessment of the activity-pressure against the benchmarks to determine the likelihood of an activity exceeding the benchmark pressure. WP2_Benthic_Activity_Pressure_Feature_070318: Contains the pressure-feature relationship for each activity (for biotopes) and the accompanying sensitivity scores. WP2_Benthic_Sensitivity_Summary_070318: Gives the maximum sensitivity of the activity - feature (biotope) combination. WP2_Mobile_Activity_Pressure_Feature_070318: Contains the pressure-feature relationship for each activity (for mobile species) and the accompanying sensitivity scores. WP2_Mobile_Sensitivity_Summary_070318: Gives the maximum sensitivity of the activity - feature (mobile species) combination. WP3_All_Sites_Features_Max_Sensitivity_070318: Contains the sensitivity scores for each activity vs annex 1 habitat / mobile species (within each relevant Welsh SAC /SPA)

Identification

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Identifier
NRW_DS121391
Teitl Amgen
Alternative Title
  • Asesu Sensitifrwydd Ardaloedd Cadwraeth Arbennig (ACA) Morol Cymru ac Ardaloedd Gwarchodaeth Arbennig (AGA) i Weithgareddau Anrheoledig a Rhai Rhannol Reoledig
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Metadata Language
English
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The approach to defining feature sensitivity to unregulated or partially regulated activities was divided into a number of key tasks: - Definition of activities: A total of 41 unregulated or partially regulated activities have been considered within this project. - Establishing the evidence base for activity – pressure relationship: A fixed list of pressures has been derived within OSPAR to ensure consistency in the way pressures are assessed and their impact on biodiversity evaluated. A list of 39 pressures were considered as part of this project. - Assessing the suitability of the pressure benchmarks which underpin existing feature-pressure sensitivity assessments: The aim of this task was to assess whether the activities included in this study were likely to result in a particular pressure at the specified benchmark. - Assessing sensitivities of SAC and SPA features to the pressures arising from each activity; The next stage in the process involved determining which marine habitat and mobile features are considered sensitive to pressures that may occur at a level of concern from each activity. - Populating sensitivity matrices from Welsh Marine Protected Areas based on component designated features: The sensitivity information complied for each activity was the applied to the features within each of the Welsh Marine Protected Areas.
Additional Information

This contract was run by Natural Resources Wales and carried out by ABPmer (appointed consultants). This contract is the first stage in a programme of work to assess and where necessary manage ‘unregulated’ or ‘partially unregulated’ activities where they impact on the condition of Welsh MPAs. This contract focusses on determining the sensitivities of features of SACs and SPAs to certain activities determined as ‘Unregulated’ or ‘Partially regulated’.
Dyddiad cyfeirnod y set ddata (Cyhoeddiad)
Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
2018-03-16
Perchennog
Owner
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
Cychwynnwr
Originator
  ABPmer
ABPmer, Quayside Suite, Medina Chambers, Southampton, SO14 2AQ, United Kingdom
http://www.abpmer.co.uk/
 

Extent

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Vertical Extent

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Distribution

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Format Type and Description
  • Delimited ()

    Specification

    [A] Digital versions of the contract report: Adobe Portable Document Format version. [B] Excel spreadsheets which contain the contract outputs.

 

Quality

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Data quality

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Quality Scope
Dataset
Dataset
Cydymffurfiad
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 approach to defining feature sensitivity to unregulated or partially regulated activities was divided into a number of key tasks: - Definition of activities: A total of 41 unregulated or partially regulated activities have been considered within this project. - Establishing the evidence base for activity – pressure relationship: A fixed list of pressures has been derived within OSPAR to ensure consistency in the way pressures are assessed and their impact on biodiversity evaluated. A list of 39 pressures were considered as part of this project. - Assessing the suitability of the pressure benchmarks which underpin existing feature-pressure sensitivity assessments: The aim of this task was to assess whether the activities included in this study were likely to result in a particular pressure at the specified benchmark. - Assessing sensitivities of SAC and SPA features to the pressures arising from each activity; The next stage in the process involved determining which marine habitat and mobile features are considered sensitive to pressures that may occur at a level of concern from each activity. - Populating sensitivity matrices from Welsh Marine Protected Areas based on component designated features: The sensitivity information complied for each activity was the applied to the features within each of the Welsh Marine Protected Areas.
 

Keywords

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Keywords

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Citation

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Date (Publication)
2008-06-01
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Allweddair
Keywords

NRW Thesaurus
  • marine conservation (see also specific geographical areas or sites eg Skomer-marine protected areas,marine nature reserves)
  • marine protected areas(marine consultation areas)(sensitive marine areas)seealso marine conservation&marine nature reserve
  • Special Protection Areas (SPAs) (see also proposed Special Protection Area pSPA)
  • Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) (see also Candidate Special Areas of Conservation cSAC)
  • marine management (marine planning)
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Date (Publication)
2023-12-31
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Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Industrial activity
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2021-01-06
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Spatial Reference System

Code
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Content

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Content Information

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NRW Profile

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Constraints

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Limitations on Public Access and Use

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Access Constraints Directive

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no limitations
 

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints

Access to this data may be restricted under relevant legislation. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate the data. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer.
 

Use Constraints

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Other restrictions
Other restrictions
Other constraints

© CNC/NRW NRW does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate this dataset.
 
 
 

Metadata

Metadata

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File Identifier
4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313231333931 XML
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Metadata Language
English
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Metadata Date
2024-05-31T09:32:09.589Z
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Metadata Standard Name
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Fersiwn Metadata
Metadata Standard Version

1.0

Pwynt Cyswllt
pointOfContact
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
 
 

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