Nature conservation areas in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

The Royal Decree of 22 May 2019 establishing a marine spatial plan defines 5 nature conservation areas: Special area for conservation 'The Flemish Banks' (Art. 7§1), Special area for conservation 'Vlakte van de Raan' (Art. 7§3), Special protection area for birds - SPA 1 (Art. 7§5.1°), Special protection area for birds - SPA 2 (Art. 7§5.2°), Special protection area for birds - SPA 3 (Art. 7§5.3°). It replaces the 2014 Marine Spatial Plan, which is included for completeness. The Royal Decree of 20 March 2014 establishing a marine spatial plan defines in its Art. 7., six nature conservation sites: two special areas for conservation (Art. 7. §1, Special area for conservation 'Vlaamse Banken' and Art. 7. §3, Special area for conservation 'Trapegeer stroombank'), three special protection zones for birds (Art7§4.1°, SBZ1, Art7§4.2°, SBZ2, Art7§4.3°, SBZ3), and one marine reserve (Art7§8, Marine reserve 'Baai van Heist'). These zones are made available digitally in the resource described by this metadata document. Please refer to the Belgian official gazette (\"Moniteur belge/Belgisch Staatsblad\") for official reference information.

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Date (Creation)
2021-11-18
Date (Revision)
2021-11-22
Date (Publication)
2025-04-15
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http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / 9f4131b6-7895-403a-a17e-6bb33befaf16

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Please cite as follows: 1) MSP 2014-2020 Nature conservation areas in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. 2) MSP 2020-2026 Nature conservation areas in the Belgian Part of the North Sea.3) SWAP (n.d.). MarineAtlas website.MarineAtlas website.4) Nature conservation areas in the Belgian Part of the North Sea.
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  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), GeoCell
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
Author
  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/
Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Keywords
European Legislation Identifier
Marine Regions
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
Belgian Federal Thesaurus
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Metadata language
English
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  • Environment
  • Oceans
  • Planning cadastre
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North Sea
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2014-01-01
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
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  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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imsp:bmsp_conservation_zone ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map of: MSP 2014-2020 Nature conservation areas in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

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Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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imsp:bmsp_conservation_zone ( OGC:WFS )

A WFS service to download: MSP 2014-2020 Nature conservation areas in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

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Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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imsp19:bmsp_conservation_zone ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map of: MSP 2020-2026 Nature conservation areas in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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application/xml
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imsp19:bmsp_conservation_zone ( OGC:WFS )

A WFS service to download: MSP 2020-2026 Nature conservation areas in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
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Unknown
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OnLine resource
MarineAtlas website. SWAP ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information on: MarineAtlas website. SWAP

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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Yes
Statement
Dataset is quality assured. Dataset corresponds to a digitized version of the information published in the Belgian official gazette ("Belgisch staatsblad/Moniteur belge"). Only the information published in the official gazette has legal validity.
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Metadata language
English
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Dataset
Date stamp
2025-04-15T15:12:55.811Z
Metadata standard name
Geographic information -- Metadata
Metadata standard version
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Point of contact
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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Belgian Federal Thesaurus
Land and natural area cover and use
European Legislation Identifier
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
development planning economic planning environmental planning marine conservation area
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INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
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Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
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