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Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)
SACs in Scotland are designated by Scottish Ministers under the EC Habitats Directive ( https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/nature-and-biodiversity/habitats-directive_en). They are areas which have been identified as best representing the range and variety within the European Union of habitats and (non-bird) species listed on Annexes I and II to the Directive. SACs in terrestrial areas and marine areas out to 12 nautical miles are afforded protection through the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended).
Possible Special Areas of Conservation (pSAC) may be subject to change prior to submission.
Form more information visit https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/international-designations/european-sites/special-areas-conservation-sacs
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2007-10-05
- Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
- 2023-08-29
- Identifier
- SAC
- Presentation form
- Digital map
01463 725067
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Continual
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Government Category List
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Nature conservation
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Protected sites
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Available under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 Note that this data is available to view or download on SNH website see: www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/snhi-information-service
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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no limitation
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Distance
- 5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Topic category
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- Environment
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 1997
- End
- 2011
Temporal extent
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700 / 7.4
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
ESRI File geodatabase
GeoJSON
Geopackage
GML
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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Description
There are specific obligations on Member States under the EC Habitats Directive to avoid the deterioration of natural habitats, the habitats of species and significant disturbance of the species for which SACs have been designated. These obligations are implemented through domestic legislation in the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994, as amended.
238 Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in Scotland were formally designated by Scottish Ministers on 17 March 2005.
Designating Authority In Scotland: Scottish Ministers
Role of NatureScot
NatureScot acts as the advisor to Government in proposing selected sites for Ministerial approval as possible SACs. NatureScot then undertakes consultation over proposed sites with owners, occupiers, planning authorities and other interested parties on behalf of the Scottish Ministers.
Metadata
- File identifier
- B0D1377C-F580-4FC2-B068-5758541B79E2 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2025-03-05T17:41:24.108Z
- Metadata standard name
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UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Organisation name
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NatureScot
- Position name
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Data Support Officer
- Electronic mail address
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data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot
- Role
- Point of contact
