UK Habitats Directive Site Condition Summary Data for 2013

Summary site condition data for UK terrestrial and marine habitats reported under the EU Habitats Directive in 2013. The dataset was used to inform conclusions on habitat structure and function and was compiled by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. It excludes data for Gibraltar.

Use Cases

• Assess habitat conservation status based on reported site condition data.
• Analyze trends in structure and function for UK terrestrial and marine habitats.
• Support policy evaluation and reporting for EU Habitats Directive compliance.

Strengths

• Data originates from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, a statutory nature conservation adviser.
• Covers both terrestrial and marine habitats across the UK for a specific reporting cycle.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Reported site condition monitoring data compiled for the EU Habitats Directive Article 17 report.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:27.234914; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (terrestrial and marine), excluding Gibraltar.