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Identification

Title
EBSA - Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas
Abstract

The EBSAs are special areas in the ocean that serve important purposes to support the healthy functioning of oceans and the many services that it provides. Scientific criteria for identifying EBSAs where defined in the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9): (1) Uniqueness or Rarity, (2) Special importance for life history stages of species, (3) Importance for threatened, endangered or declining species and/or habitats (4) Vulnerability, Fragility, Sensitivity, or Slow recovery, (5) Biological Productivity, (6) Biological Diversity (7) Naturalness.
Please cite the dataset as follows: MAPAMED, the database on Sites of interest for the conservation of marine environment in the Mediterranean Sea. MedPAN, UNEP/MAP/RAC-SPA. May 2016 release.

License
License not specified (Not specified)
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Publication Date
Dec. 3, 2019, 11:47 a.m.
Type
Vector Data
Category
Nature and species conservation sites & protected areas
Nature and species conservation sites & protected areas
Sub Category
International Protected Areas (marine and coastal)
International Protected Areas (marine and coastal)
Regions
Europe
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Owner

Name
MEDPAN
email
supportGAIR@regione.emilia-romagna.it
Position
None
Organization
None
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None
Information

Identification Image
Spatial Extent
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Projection System
EPSG:4326
Extension x0
12.298212861677500
Extension x1
19.494964264047400
Extension y0
39.092036191385400
Extension y1
45.771677705137600
Features

Language
English
Supplemental Information

The data was provided by MAPAMED (Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean). A GIS database that gathers information on marine protected areas of the Medi...

Spatial Representation Type
vector mixed
Contact Points

Name
MEDPAN
email
supportGAIR@regione.emilia-romagna.it
Position
None
Organization
None
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None

References

Link Online
/layers_ext/geonode:ebsa_ecologically_or_bio_jzfnz
Metadata Page
/layers_ext/geonode:ebsa_ecologically_or_bio_jzfnz/metadata_detail

OGC WMS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WMS
OGC WFS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WFS
Metadata Author

Name
MEDPAN
email
supportGAIR@regione.emilia-romagna.it
Position
None
Organization
None
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None
Other Information

Domain areas
Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea
Data portal
Adriplan data Portal
Data accessibility
Unless otherwise indicated, re-use of MAPAMED data for non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is clearly and fully acknowledged. For more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I344OfaomhwA62jn7URqvoPQks6JDlGY/view