Provincial Environmental Ordinance 2018: Netherlands Nature Network (NNN) Boundaries

Provincial Environmental Ordinance Drenthe 2018 includes the Netherlands Nature Network (NNN), a national network of nature and agricultural areas with special nature quality. The map layer is updated annually and includes ecological connections. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC-PDM-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping protected nature and agricultural areas based on the established NNN boundaries.
• Analyzing ecological connectivity and corridors within the national network.
• Monitoring changes in designated nature areas based on the annual update cycle.
• Supporting provincial environmental ordinance compliance and planning decisions.

Strengths

• Data is established by provincial ordinance, suggesting an official legal basis.
• Includes ecological connections as part of the network definition.
• Update frequency is specified as annual.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely derived from official provincial environmental planning documents.

Time Range

Adopted on 3 October 2018, with annual updates.

Freshness

Updated annually.

Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands, as part of a national network.