Goose Foraging Areas: Spatial Plan Under Dutch Environmental Regulation NH2020

Spatial data delineating goose foraging areas as part of the Dutch Environmental Regulation NH2020, adopted on 16 November 2020. The plan is published by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and can be consulted via the spatialplans.nl platform. The dataset is available in geospatial formats including WFS, WMS, and PNG.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze protected goose habitats based on the spatial plan referenced in the description.
• Assess land-use compliance with the NH2020 regulation based on the defined scope.
• Integrate foraging area boundaries into environmental impact assessments based on the geospatial formats.
• Visualize conservation zones for public consultation based on the link to spatialplans.nl.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific legal framework (Environmental Regulation NH2020, Decision No: 1477251/1478383).
• Published by an authoritative government organization (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties).
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (WFS, WMS, PNG) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size 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 created as part of the formal spatial planning process for the NH2020 regulation.

Time Range

Regulation adopted on 16-11-2020; dataset temporal coverage is unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Likely covers areas within the Netherlands relevant to the NH2020 regulation.