Biosphere Reserves (Scotland)

Biosphere Reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems promoting the conservation of biodiversity with sustainable use. Biosphere reserves serve to demonstrate integrated management of land, water and biodiversity.


For more information visit https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/international-designations/biosphere-reserve

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Identification info

Metadata Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
2007-10-05
Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
2024-01-15
Identifier
BIOSPH
Presentation form
Digital map
Distributor
  NatureScot - ( Geographic Systems & Data Officer )
Great Glen House, Leachkin Road , INVERNESS , IV3 8NW , United Kingdom
01463 725000
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Government Category List

  • Nature conservation

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Protected sites
Limitations on Public Access
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Available under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

You must always use the following attribution statement to acknowledge the source of the information: © NatureScot (Scottish Natural Heritage). Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (year of download)
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

no limitation
Spatial representation type
Vector
Distance
5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Topic category
  • Environment
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Temporal reference

Temporal extent
Begin
1994
End
2011
 
Temporal extent
 
 
Code
EPSG:4258
Code
EPSG:4326
Code
EPSG:27700

Distribution Information

Data format

Data format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

ESRI File Geodatabase

KML

GeoJSON
 

Transfer options

Resource Locator
Protocol Resource Locator Name

OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

 		https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/ows?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

biosph

OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities

 		https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protectedareas:biosph

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip

ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip

ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip

GML (EPSG:4258)

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip

Geopackage (EPSG:27700)

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

 		https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip

GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/biosphere-reserves/explore

NatureScot OpenData Hub
 
 

Data quality info

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
Statement

There has been only one batch of UK Biosphere Reserves which were nominated by the UK MAB Committee in 1976/7 and accepted by UNESCO.


UNESCO approved the designation of Wester Ross Biosphere Reserve (BR) on 19/03/16. See UNESCO press release at https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/eu-na/wester-ross


2024-01-15 - Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Reserve boundary updated
 

Metadata

File identifier
3DCF8D17-0057-4D5F-9DAA-67E66D3980E9 XML
Metadata Language
English
Resource type
Dataset
Metadata Date
2024-01-15T21:17:58
Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Point of contact

Organisation name

NatureScot
Position name

Geographic Systems & Data Officer
Voice

01463 725000
Delivery point

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road
City

INVERNESS
Postal code

IV3 8NW
Country

United Kingdom
Electronic mail address

data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot

Role
Point of contact
Point of contact
  NatureScot - ( Geographic Systems & Data Officer )
Great Glen House, Leachkin Road , INVERNESS , IV3 8NW , United Kingdom
01463 725000
 
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Protected sites

Publishing Body

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Associated resources (if any)

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