Natura 2000 Management Bodies for UK Protected Sites, 2015 Submission

Management bodies for each Natura 2000 site (SAC and SPA) in the UK, derived from data submitted to the EU Commission on 22 December 2015. The dataset is provided by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and contains one row for each combination of individual site and management body. Prior to December 2015, these data had not been collated for any sites in the UK apart from Gibraltar.

Use Cases

• Mapping conservation governance structures based on listed management bodies (Scottish Natural Heritage, Natural Resources Wales, etc.)
• Analyzing site management coverage for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA)
• Studying the administrative framework for offshore sites based on the provided contact statement

Strengths

• Explicitly lists four specific UK management bodies and a contact procedure for offshore sites.
• Derived from a specific, documented submission (Tranche 50) to the EU Commission on 22 December 2015.
• Covers both Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2015 submission snapshot.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Derived from UK-wide data submitted to the EU Commission as part of the Standard Data Form updating exercise.

Time Range

Submission snapshot from 22 December 2015 (Tranche 50).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:34.881085; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (including offshore sites).