HabMoS: 128 Mountain Woodland Restoration Sites in Scotland

128 mountain woodland restoration sites across Scotland, covering a total gross area of 10,844 hectares. NatureScot commissioned this polygon dataset to inform landscape-scale restoration, 30x30 goals, and UK/European reporting. The dataset includes fields for project status, management actions, and intended habitat classifications.

Use Cases

• Mapping restoration project boundaries for landscape-scale planning based on the polygon data.
• Analyzing the prevalence of specific target habitats like Annex 1 H4080 and H5130 based on the classification fields.
• Assessing management interventions like fencing and planting across sites based on the MANAGEMENT and FENCED columns.
• Using site locations and details as training data for automated habitat mapping models.

Strengths

• Contains 128 distinct restoration sites with a total gross area of 10,844 hectares.
• Specifies target habitats for 57 sites targeting Annex 1 Habitat H4080 and 4 sites targeting H5130.
• Includes detailed fields for project status, fencing, management actions, and multiple habitat classification systems.

Limitations

• The dataset is compiled from voluntary contributions and is not an absolute list of all restoration work.
• Row count and last update date are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation for some fields like INFO_PLANT and NOTES_MAN is incomplete in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

NatureScot (commissioned), with contributions from other organisations.

Collection Method

Compiled from voluntary contributions by participating organisations.

Time Range

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Freshness

The description recommends updates every three to five years, but the last update date is unknown.

Geography

Scotland