Nature30 Site Boundaries: Other Effective Conservation Measures in Scotland

Nature30 sites are a non-statutory, bottom-up approach to conserving land for biodiversity as Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs). These sites contribute to Scotland's goal of protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. The dataset is provided by the Scottish Government via SpatialData.gov.scot and was last updated on 2026-07-10.

Use Cases

• Map conservation contributions based on OECM site boundaries mentioned in the description
• Analyze spatial coverage for biodiversity targets based on the 30 by 30 framework
• Assess non-statutory conservation approaches based on the bottom-up, community-led model

Strengths

• Spatial boundaries are explicitly defined for Nature30 sites
• Data supports a specific policy goal (Scotland's 30 by 2030 target)

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-10 21:07:02.768891

Geography

Scotland