Regional Sites (Polygons)
This map layer of polygon data contains all sites that fall under regional conventions and agreements for which there is boundary data. These include the Barcelona and Helsinki Conventions, the European Bird and Habitat Directive, Biogenetic Reserves, European Diplomas A, B and C Sites and Asean Heritage Sites.
| Name | Description | |
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| GISNAME | Character field used to store the name of a protected area taken from the source material | |
| AREANAME |
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| COUNTRY | Country name | |
| ISO3 | 3-character international country code denomination based on the ISO 3166 norm. | |
| CONV_CODE | Regional Convention / Agreement code the site is registered under | |
| LON | Longitude of site in decimal degrees | |
| LAT | Latitude of site in decimal degrees | |
| SITE_CODE | Unique identifier of the Protected Area assigned by UNEP-WCMC | |
| AREA_HA | Total area of Protected Area in hectares from official or published source | |
| CONV_FULL | Regional Convention / Agreement name in full | |
| CRITERIA | Applies only to World Heritage Sites | |
| EST_DATE | Date of establishment of Protected Area | |
| NOTES | Additional information about the Protected Area | |
| SOURCE | Agency or Organization that contributed the data. Contains the name of the creator (editor) or creating organization. This may differ from publisher where a published map has been drawn upon. In this case, publisher holds details on the published map, while source contains details on the source data added/drawn onto the published map. | |
| MARINE | Whether a Protected Area is marine (y/n) | |
| TITLE | Title of the data set / map / report that the information was taken from. Unpublished information may not have a title. | |
| ORIGIN_ID | Origin of data: | |
| AT | Atlas | |
| DD | Digital dataset | |
| PM | Paper map, non tourist | |
| RP | Report | |
| TM | Tourist map | |
| UD | Partial update to previous source referenced in audit field | |
| UP | Unpublished map or report | |
| YM | Dyeline map | |
| CONDITION | Conditional information concerning the Protected Area | |
| PUBLISHER | Contains information for the publisher of the map or the data | |
| YEAR | Year Protected Area was designated | |
| APPROX_YEA | Approximate year Protected Area was designated if official year is unknown | |
| SCALE | Map scale in the form of 1: the value of the record | |
| PROJECTION | The original projection of the source | |
| DATUM | The original datum of the source | |
| DETAILS | Additional information about the Protected Area | |
| COMMENT | Additional information about the Protected Area | |
| GIS_HA | Calculated surface of the protected area (in Hectares) estimated by GIS software from the boundary data files. | |