# CODE_LIST_DO_NOT_MODIFY

lu_Definition:
Democratic People's Republic of Korea


lu_ShortDescription:
it is not official ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code


lu_Definition:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


lu_Definition:
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China


lu_Definition:
Macao Special Administrative Region of China


lu_Definition:
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia


lu_Definition:
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


lu_Definition:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha


lu_Definition:
Designation types used with the intention to protect fauna, flora, habitats and landscapes (the latter as far as relevant for fauna, flora and for habitat protection)


lu_Definition:
Statutes under sectorial, particularly forestry, legislative and administrative acts providing an adequate protection relevant for fauna, flora and habitat conservation


lu_Definition:
Private statute providing durable protection for fauna, flora or habitats


lu_ShortDescription:
Designation do not create sites (for example protected habitat where it ever appears)


lu_ShortDescription:
Designation creates sites (is measurable and will be also recorded in sites table even if not yet then in future)


lu_ShortDescription:
Designation record is valid and should not be deleted


lu_ShortDescription:
Designation record is not valid anymore and should be deleted


lu_Definition:
Boundaries not relevant for analysis at European scale. Point or line feature.


lu_Definition:
Use resolution information provided in metadata for the spatial dataset


lu_Definition:
Yes, public dissemination by EEA allowed


lu_Definition:
No dissemination, except to UNEP-WCMC for internal use


lu_Definition:
No dissemination, only for EEA internal use


lu_Definition:
Marine and terrestrial (incl. freshwater)


lu_Definition:
Strictly protected areas set aside to protect biodiversity and also possibly geological/geomorphologic features, where human visitation, use and impacts are strictly controlled and limited to ensure protection of the conservation values. Such protected areas can serve as indispensable reference areas for scientific research and monitoring.


lu_Definition:
Usually large unmodified or slightly modified areas, retaining their natural character and influence without permanent or significant human habitation, which are protected and managed so as to preserve their natural condition.


lu_Definition:
Large natural or near natural areas set aside to protect large-scale ecological processes, along with the complement of species and ecosystems characteristic of the area, which also provide a foundation for environmentally and culturally compatible, spiritual, scientific, educational, recreational, and visitor opportunities.


lu_Definition:
Protected areas set aside to protect a specific natural monument, which can be a landform, sea mount, submarine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or even a living feature such as an ancient grove. They are generally quite small protected areas and often have high visitor value.


lu_Definition:
Protected areas aiming to protect particular species or habitats, their management reflects this priority. Many Category IV protected areas will need regular, active interventions to address the requirements of particular species or to maintain habitats, but this is not a requirement of the category.


lu_Definition:
The IUCN management categories are not applicable to a specific designation type.


lu_Definition:
A protected area whereby the data provider has chosen not to use the IUCN management categories.


lu_Definition:
The IUCN management category has not been reported.


lu_Definition:
Protected areas that conserve ecosystems and habitats together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. They are generally large, with most of the area in a natural condition, where a proportion is under sustainable natural resource management and where low-level non-industrial use of natural resources compatible with nature conservation is seen as one of the main aims of the area.

lu_ShortDescription:
Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources


lu_Definition:
Site designation changed – included elsewhere


lu_Definition:
Site designation ended – area no longer protected


lu_Definition:
Change of the legal act, site remains unchanged otherwise


lu_Definition:
EEA to calculate from reported boundary data


lu_ShortDescription:
A field was updated to a more recent value or text


lu_ShortDescription:
Site record is valid and should not be deleted


lu_ShortDescription:
Site record is not valid anymore and should be deleted


lu_Definition:
Statutes under sectorial, particularly forestry, legislative and administrative acts providing an adequate protection relevant for fauna, flora and habitat conservation or Private statutes providing durable protection for fauna, flora or habitats.


# DEFINITIONS_DATASET_DO_NOT_MODIFY

ds_Name:
Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA)

ds_Definition:
The definition of a protected area adopted by IUCN is:

A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.

Definitions and details are basing on IUCN publication: "Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories" that can be found in pdf format at url: 

http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/iucn_assignment_1.pdf


The definition of a "designated area" within the CDDA is very similar. The "designation types" are grouped according to 3 categories, which clearly reflects the IUCN note above by also identifying designation types in other sectors "or other effective means".

As some of the designation types do not refer to the creation of individual site networks, the definition of the CDDA also includes "area covering" designations such as the protection of the complete distribution of certain habitats. This is an addition to the IUCN "protected area" definition.

The CDDA is the official source of protected area information from European countries to the World Database of Protected Areas.

ds_Methodology:
The available CDDA data provided earlier to EEA are loaded into an MS-Access file for each country generated according to the Data Dictionary format. A feedback report on the quality of the available data is also provided for each country. These are uploaded by EEA to the respective national CDR folder together with the most recent digital boundary data and additional instructions and documents that are there to help the national reporters to update the CDDA dataset.

National experts are asked to review and correct/update the information (both tabular and digital boundary data) and deliver it back to the agreed national data repository. 

A range of automated quality checks are provided to help countries deliver high quality data.


# DEFINITIONS_ELEMENTS_DO_NOT_MODIFY

e_Definition:
ISO 3 character code for the reporting country


e_Definition:
ISO 3 character code for the reporting entity, being country, autonomous or overseas region or community, or other territory (e.g. overseas entities as Outermost Regions or Overseas Countries and Territories).


e_Definition:
The designation type code list is a sequential list of the relevant nature conservation designation types which have statutory protection with their definition from the national/regional level.

The codes are used in the Natura 2000 Standard Data Form, in the Emerald Standard Data Form and in the CDDA reporting.

e_Methodology:
The designation type codes are maintained by the countries (the respective Eionet NRCs). The designation type code consists of ISO2 character country code + 2 numbers starting with ‘00’ (indicating designation type "No protection status" and ending with ‘99’ indicating "Others")

A new code is to be given by countries in case another designation type, than those already provided, is to be added to the list.


e_Definition:
The designation type category (A, B or C) is a categorisation of national designation types deriving from CDDA reporting. 

The categories are also mentioned in the Natura 2000 Standard Data Form Explanatory notes and in the Emerald Standard Data Form Explanatory notes.


e_Methodology:
To avoid all misunderstandings with translations of titles, each designation type must be identified with its correct title in original language referenced to an official source (Law, decree,….). 

This should guarantee the best link to the real situation in your country. In the case of other character sets you should transliterate the titles (e.g. Greek, Cyrillic).


e_Definition:
English translation of the official title of the designation.

e_Methodology:
For a better understanding in an international context, the official title should be translated into English. 

Please correct or add the necessary translation as you think reflects best the title in original language.


e_Definition:
Flag to indicate whether the designation does or does not create sites (is measurable by area).

e_Methodology:
A "Yes" in this field indicates that the CDDA should contain sites data for this designation, even if no sites are yet recorded in the Sites table.

As explained in the description of the Designations table, some of the designation do not create sites in the classical sense, such as the protection of the complete distribution of a particular habitat or zoning systems in other sectors.

In the case you indicate "No", you are asked to fill an estimate or exact figure of the area covered within the country by this designation in the "Total Area Reference" field. You are also asked to provide digital boundary data for the areas protected by this kind of designation.


e_Methodology:
Please enter the full reference to the law (including paragraph number(s)) covering the designation type concerned. 

For type C designations this field can be left blank.


e_Definition:
Reference to the publication in Official Journal

e_Methodology:
Please enter the full reference to the Official Journal in which the law was published.

For type C designations this field can be left blank.


e_Definition:
Full address of the administrative authority

e_Methodology:
Enter the full address of the administrative authority responsible for this designation


e_Definition:
Number of Sites for this designation within the present version of the CDDA sites table.

e_Methodology:
The number of sites shown in this field is provided by EEA just for your information to help you to check the data more easily. 

You should NOT correct the figures in this field. 

It will be updated subsequently by EEA from the corrections and additions that you make to the Sites table.


e_Definition:
Total area in hectares covered within the present version of the CDDA sites table.

e_Methodology:
The total surface area coverage (ha) shown in this field together with number of sites shown in the "Number" is given by EEA just for your information to help you to check the data more easily. 
You should NOT correct the figures in these fields. 
The fields will be updated subsequently by EEA from the corrections and additions that you make to the Sites table.


e_Definition:
Number of Sites for this designation as indicated by an official source.

e_Methodology:
The value in this field has been taken from an official information source (Environmental reports, biodiversity reports, official websites, etc.). 
This information is a way of evaluating the completeness and quality of the site data in the CDDA. 
The values in these fields should NOT be changed, unless more recent official statistics are available. Please indicate in this case the sources used in the field "Data Source".


e_Definition:
The total surface area coverage (hectares) as indicated by an official source for non-site based designation types .
It should be filled if the field "CDDA sites" is "No".

e_Methodology:
The statistic for the total surface area covered has been taken from an official information source (Environmental reports, biodiversity reports, official websites, etc.). 
The value should NOT be changed, unless more recent official statistics are available. Please indicate in this case the sources used in the field "Data Source".


e_Definition:
Official source (Environmental report, biodiversity report, official website, etc.) of the statistics for the designation.

e_Methodology:
Enter the reference to the documents or other information sources.


e_Definition:
Reference date for the official statistics for the designation.

e_Methodology:
The date mentioned in the official source shown in the field  "Data Source".


e_Methodology:
Any useful remark to understand what this designation is about may be entered in this field.

If the designation is to be deleted from the CDDA, the reason should be explained here.


e_Definition:
Reference to source of information for the remarks


e_Definition:
Flag to indicate that the designation should be deleted.

e_Methodology:
To be able to maintain the central data base, designation types which are not valid any more can be marked for deletion in this field. The reason for deletion should be added in the remarks field.

As long as existing linked data still use those codes they are kept alive in the central data base. As soon as all tables are compatible with this deletion, the record will be actually deleted from the data base. 

As an example we can mention some of the designations from the first version of the NATURA2000 Standard Data Form (appendix D) which are now marked for deletion. But, the present NATURA2000 data base is still using the code and needs updating according to the new list.


e_Definition:
Codes for spatial resolution of dataset from which geographical data for this feature (boundaries, coordinates) has been derived.


e_Definition:
Code for instructions to EEA regarding dissemination of geographical data (boundaries or coordinates).

e_Methodology:
In Sites table the code gives instruction regarding dissemination of coordinates.

In Designation_boundaries and Site_boundaries the code gives instruction regarding dissemination of GIS boundaries data.


e_Definition:
Unique record identifier within the CDDA data base for nationally designated areas.

e_Methodology:
This field may NOT be changed as it forms the link to the source data base.

For newly created sites, free site codes must be requested by an appointed Reportnet user (NFP, NRC for biodiversity) from site code distribution web service at http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/services/siteCodes.

If sites are to be merged or a site needs to be split in to more different parts, ETC/BD should be consulted on how to proceed with the site codes.


e_Definition:
The unique record identifier for the site in the national database on designated areas.

e_Methodology:
More and more countries are building up national databases on designated areas, which should be used as the source database for the CDDA.
If links between the unique record identifiers for sites are established, the future updates will be much easier to perform.


e_Methodology:
Some countries still have site names translated in English. They should be corrected to the name in local language! For languages with other than Latin characters, a transliteration should be used (e.g. Greek, Cyrillic)


e_Methodology:
A "0" area value may be given to point objects, like trees, caves or steep cliffs etc. 
This field should contain the latest surface area figure. 
Changes in surface area for a particular site are not recorded.


e_Definition:
Percentage of the total area of marine ecosystems in the site.

e_Methodology:
It needs to be filled only if the site includes both Marine and Terrestrial ecosystems (Major ecosystem type = MT). The value can be estimated.


e_Definition:
IUCN protected area management categories (2008) classify protected areas according to their management objectives. The categories are recognised by international bodies such as the United Nations and by many national governments as the global standard for defining and recording protected areas and as such are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_quality/gpap_pacategories/

e_Methodology:
There are three options available for informing why a site is not or cannot be assigned with an IUCN category:

- not reported: The IUCN management category has not been reported. It is currently not available for the reporting but it may become available in the future.

- not assigned: A protected area whereby the data provider has chosen not to use the IUCN management categories. This option addresses when IUCN categories are not meaningful at the site level.

- not applicable: The IUCN management categories are not applicable to a specific national designation type. Examples of such designation types from the international level are Natura 2000 sites or World Heritage Sites.

It is possible in the NOTES field to describe the reasoning for not assigning or not applying the IUCN code at the site or the designation type level, respectively.


e_Definition:
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is defined only for the Member States of the European Union.
For the candidate countries awaiting accession to the EU, for the other European Economic Area (EEA) countries and for Switzerland, a coding of Statistical Regions has been defined by Eurostat in agreement with the countries concerned.

e_Methodology:
This field is of particular interest for countries with regionalised administrative structure. It enables the splitting of the database in to different regions.

The latest version can be found at:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/introduction


e_Definition:
Year of establishment. The year the site was first time designated.

e_Methodology:
Subsequent revisions of the site should not be mentioned here, only the year the site was designated. 

If a site was designated previously under another designation type or site name, but not longer valid, a comment should be made in the NOTES field in the Sites table.


e_Definition:
Geographical Co-ordinate in decimal degrees.

e_Methodology:
Degrees south should be indicated with a minus sign.

EEA will calculate coordinates where a country requests this service by using code "02" in the field 'CDDA_Coordinates_code'. It however requires that the site digital boundaries have been provided by the country.


e_Methodology:
Degrees west should be indicated with a minus sign.

EEA will calculate coordinates where a country requests this service by using code "02" in the field 'CDDA_Coordinates_code'. It however requires that the site digital boundaries have been provided by the country.


e_Definition:
Code for derivation of tabular coordinates of sites.


e_Methodology:
If some fields in the site record are corrected and some are updated, you may choose the most important change type, according to your expert judgement.


e_Definition:
The name of the person who did the actual editing of the data.


e_Definition:
The abbreviation of the institution responsible for editing of the record.


e_Methodology:
Any remark, which is useful to understand the data entered in the other fields of the site record, can be added here.

The reason for flagging a site record for deletion should be given here.


e_Definition:
To be able to maintain the central data base, sites which are not valid any more can be marked for deletion in this field.

e_Methodology:
When a site has been marked for deletion, the NOTES field in the Sites table should be used to indicate the reason for doing so.


e_Definition:
Total area protected by designation category.

e_Methodology:
Areas protected within specified boundaries and areas protected by the designation of a particular habitat should be included if relevant in the national context. Overlapping areas should be excluded from total.


e_Definition:
Document or indicator where total area was published if available.


e_Definition:
Documentation of methodology used if available.


# DEFINITIONS_TABLES_DO_NOT_MODIFY

tbl_Definition:
List of designations types for the country.

tbl_Methodology:
In the table 'Designations', you will find a list of designations for your country.

The complete list is built from the annual CDDA deliveries and maintained by the countries (respective Eionet NRCs). It should be verified and corrected according to the actual national situation.

The national designation types are classified according to three categories:

Category A: Designation types used with the intention to protect fauna, flora, habitats and landscapes (the latter as far as relevant for fauna, flora and for habitat protection).
Category B: Statutes under sectorial, particularly forestry, legislative and administrative acts providing an adequate protection relevant for fauna, flora and habitat conservation.
Category C: Private statute providing durable protection for fauna, flora or habitats

This list also contains statutes under sectorial, particularly forestry, legislative and administrative acts, many of them do not result in a specific list of sites, but they may be used as a designation within individual areas, identified under other legislation.

In 2008, national reference centres for biodiversity were asked to review and harmonise the CDDA list of national designations and the list used for Natura 2000 and Emerald networks.

tbl_ShortDescription:
Table contains the list of designations and references to laws


tbl_Name:
Spatial coverage of protected areas not defined as sites

tbl_Definition:
Indicates whether digital boundaries have been reported for areas protected by a designation which does not create a network of sites; for example Danish heathlands are protected where ever they occur.
Provides information on resolution of source material from which the boundary has been derived. Instructs EEA regarding dissemination of boundaries.


tbl_Definition:
Information on the site records for each designation type creating "sites" (the field "CDDA sites" in the Designations table must be set to "Yes")

tbl_Methodology:
An appointed national Reportnet user (NFP, NRC for biodiversity) can allocate codes for new sites on site code distribution web page (http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/services/siteCodes/view).

The digital boundaries for sites larger than 1 hectare should also be delivered. The site code is the unique key for the tabular and the polygons in the spatial data set.

tbl_ShortDescription:
The table contains the information on individual designated sites at national level.


tbl_Definition:
Indicates whether digital boundaries have been reported for a site reported as tabular data. Provides information on resolution of source material from which the boundary has been derived. Instructs EEA regarding dissemination of boundaries.


tbl_Definition:
National indicators for amount of national territory that is protected.

tbl_Methodology:
EEA is particularly interested in national calculations of marine and terrestrial territory area protected under Category A designations. It is sufficient to aggregate as "Other" all areas that are protected by national designations which are not covered by Category A (i.e. Category B and C).

NOTE: The totals should only count a protected area once even if it is protected under more than one national designation types.


