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Geographic Systems & Data Officer
01463 725000
Great Glen House, Leachkin Road
INVERNESS
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2024-01-15T21:17:58
UK GEMINI
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Biosphere Reserves (Scotland)
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2024-01-15
BIOSPH
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
NatureScot
Geographic Systems & Data Officer
01463 725000
Great Glen House, Leachkin Road
INVERNESS
IV3 8NW
United Kingdom
data_supply@nature.scot
Nature conservation
Government Category List
2004-07-15
Protected sites
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme
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)
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Biosphere Reserves
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)
https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)
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GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)
https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/biosphere-reserves/explore
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NatureScot OpenData Hub
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
2010-12-08
false
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