Nature Management Plan Zeeland: Ecological Network Boundaries for 2023 Subsidy Year

A 2023 nature management plan for the Dutch province of Zeeland, based on the boundaries of the Netherlands Nature Network (NNN). The dataset was prepared by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations for subsidy applications, valid from its adoption on 5 July 2022.

Use Cases

• Assessing land eligibility for nature conservation subsidies based on the Netherlands Nature Network boundaries.
• Planning regional ecological corridors and protected areas in Zeeland.
• Monitoring changes in designated nature areas over time based on the plan's validity date.
• Integrating nature management boundaries with other geospatial data for land-use analysis.

Strengths

• Based on the official Netherlands Nature Network (NNN), a standardized national ecological framework.
• Has a defined legal validity date starting 5 July 2022.
• Intended for a specific, practical application (subsidy year 2023).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Prepared for the Nature Management Plan Zeeland, likely derived from official NNN boundaries.

Time Range

Plan valid from 5 July 2022, intended for subsidy year 2023.

Freshness

Valid from 5 July 2022 for the 2023 subsidy year, but last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Zeeland, a province in the Netherlands.