Nature Management Boundaries for Zeeland, Netherlands, 2015

A 2015 geospatial dataset delineating nature areas in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is based on the boundaries of the Netherlands Nature Network (NNN), formerly the Ecological Main Structure (EHS), as prepared for the provincial Nature Management Plan. The data was published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a public domain license.

Use Cases

• Analyze protected area connectivity based on the Ecological Main Structure framework.
• Plan land-use and conservation subsidies based on the official 2015 nature management boundaries.
• Map historical ecological networks for the province of Zeeland.
• Integrate with other spatial datasets using the provided geospatial boundaries.

Strengths

• Based on the official Netherlands Nature Network (NNN) framework.
• Specifically prepared for the provincial Nature Management Plan and subsidy year 2015.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (WFS, WMS, PNG).
• Released under a public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Prepared for the Nature Management Plan Zeeland, based on the Netherlands Nature Network (NNN).

Time Range

Valid from adoption in September 2014, intended for 2015.

Freshness

Intended for subsidy year 2015; last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Zeeland, Netherlands.