Nature Management Boundaries for Zeeland, Netherlands, 2013

Nature management boundaries for the Dutch province of Zeeland, based on the Netherlands Nature Network (NNN). The data was prepared for the Nature Management Plan Zeeland, adopted in September 2012 and intended for subsidy year 2013. The dataset originates from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and is available under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark license.

Use Cases

• Analyze protected area connectivity based on the Netherlands Nature Network (NNN) boundaries.
• Plan conservation subsidies based on the 2013 Nature Management Plan for Zeeland.
• Map historical ecological structures based on the former Ecological Main Structure (EHS) framework.
• Conduct regional environmental assessments based on the defined nature management boundaries.

Strengths

• Data is based on an official national framework, the Netherlands Nature Network (NNN).
• Has a clear temporal context, being prepared for the subsidy year 2013.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (WFS, PNG, WMS) for different applications.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Prepared for the official Nature Management Plan Zeeland.

Time Range

Historical, representing the plan as valid from September 2012 for the 2013 subsidy year.

Freshness

Data is historical, representing the plan as valid from September 2012 for the 2013 subsidy year.

Geography

Zeeland, a province in the Netherlands.