1. Cambridge CDDA/European Protected Areas Technical Meeting
CoE - EEA - UNEP WCMC Coordination
Cambridge
11 August 2016

2. Items of interest European Diploma Emerald Update on the sites DB
Designation types
Emerald Web app development
Reporting under Emerald

4. European Diploma for Protected Areas
See ppt last years meeting

5. Emerald Sites Candidate sites (only on CoE webpage)
Adopted Sites (full database and GIS)
Designation types at National level (ENP + …)
(distribution maps on species and habitats)
Etc …

6. N2000 and Emerald Implementation

8. Emerald data overview 2016/02
EU/CoE JP Emerald Network II
Emerald data overview 2016/02
Table name AM AZ BY GE MD RU UA
Total 2015
Total 2014
Total 2011
Total
2010
2009
Sites 21 16
119 49 36
1584
194
2019
1588
959
249
143
Amph./Rept. 28 46 79
104 68
344
439
1108
915
795
370
250
Birds
796
873
2171
809
426
8468
9525
23068
28171
16450
8770
5234
Fishes 29 43
186 6
443
830
1566
1330
1174
603
348
Habitats
204
1081
154 90
3751
2731
8054
4990
3849
1224
850
Invertebrates 34 26
126
276 51
663
1247
2423
1928
1254
670
357
Mammals 74
305
623 37
1293
664
3150
2501
1714
851
591
Plants 31 19
144 96
1442
417
2165
1716
1379
298
185

9. Area coverage/Number of sites per Country32 34 32 14 25
633 14 26 61
1267 64
169 29 37

11. Biogeographical Seminars
Subject
Coverage
Year
Nr. Geogr.
Evaluation units
Approx.
period 1
All but birds
Caucasus (all bio-regions, AM, AZ, GE )
+ Marine Black Sea (GE)
+ Marine Caspian (AZ)
2015
8 + 2 (*)
27-29
May 2
Arctic and Boreal Region (BY, RU)
+ Alpine Urals
+ Marine Baltic and Marine Arctic
4 + 2 (*)
28-30
September 3
Birds
BY, MD, RU, UA 4
23-27 Nov.
Caucasus (AM, AZ, GE)
2016
1-2 Dec. 5
Continental Region (BY, MD, RU, UA)
+ Pannonian and Alpine Carpathians (UA) 6
11-13 May
All
Second seminar Norway
(Alpine, Arctic, Atlantic, Boreal)
4 + 1 (*)
14-15 June 7
Steppic Region (MD, RU, UA)
+ Black Sea (RU)
+ Alpine Caucasus (RU)
+ Marine Black Sea (RU, UA)
+ Marine Caspian (RU)
5 + 3 (*)
6-8 Sept.
(*) Terrestrial + Marine

12. Designation (protection) Types at National Level
List for 7 ENP countries + Balkan, CH, NO and IS
How to integrate in CDDA, WDPA and EUNIS ?
EEA countries (CH, NO, IS, AL, BA, ME, MK, RS)
Non EEA: AM, AZ, BY, GE, MD, RU, UA

13. Emerald Web App development
Mirror of the N2000 Web app, with same functionalties and outputs

15. Emerald Reporting with reference to Recommendation Nr
Emerald Reporting with reference to Recommendation Nr. 157 (2012) and Resolution Nr. 8 (2012)
Mirror of the N2000 Art. 17 and Art. 12 reporting
Same reporting cycle (2013 – 2018)
Draft Reporting format (2015) will be adapted according to the latest changes in N2000

16. Emerald Reporting with reference to Recommendation Nr
Emerald Reporting with reference to Recommendation Nr. 157 (2012) and Resolution Nr. 8 (2012)
Ad Hoc working group on Reporting: Strasbourg 19/9/16
For the first cycle, selection of species and habitats according to a set of agreed criteria
For data collection, the UNEP-WCMC ORS will be used
For distribution map: decision on the cartographic parameters for the ETRS 10x10 grid is needed

17. Questions ??

18. Towards an Emerald Information System
Data Layers to be considered: internal and external
Naming Conventions
Physical place of source data bases
Data Management system …
Etc …

19. Internal Data Layers Sites: delivered in xml but merged to MSAccess
Site boundaries: delivered in shp-files and MapInfo but merged in shp
Country Reference Data Base: delivered and merged in MSAccess
Distribution maps on species and habitats: delivered in a variety of formats but all integrated in shp (?)
Electronic Library: MSAccess ( + Excel ?)
Draft Conclusions and Conclusions Database: MSAccess
Reference List: MSAccess (as resulting from biogeo process)
Emerald Data Management System: data delivery versioning and QA/QC ??

20. External Data Layers Biogeographical Regions Map:
N2000 sites data layer
Administrative Regions map(s) for countries
Country borders: EuroGeographics, EEA or ?
Natural Vegetation Map (“Bohn map”)
Potential Natural Vegetation Map (Council of Europe)
Soil Map ?
Reference Grids (EEA, CGRS 50x50 or UTM 10x10km or ?)
Distribution maps from other sources ?
Marine zones ?
CAFF definition of the Arctic boundary ? ??

21. Sites
Country Sites Databases: As exported from the new Emerald Software: “exportSitesToXML”
Renamed as “exportSitesToXML-XX-YYYYMM”
At international level: All countries merged back in the software and exported to MSAccess: - “exportSitesToXML-ENP-YYYYMM” (only ENP countries) - “exportSitesToXML-CoE-YYYYMM” (ALL Emerald countries)
Data definition and Relational Table Structure for the database is missing
…..

22. Site Boundaries layer (GIS)
As requested in the data delivery note: “site-boundaries-XX-YYYYMM”
At international level: merged into: “site-boundaries-ENP-YYYYMM” (7 ENP countries) “site-boundaries-CoE-YYYYMM” (ALL Emerald countries)
…..

23. Country Reference Data Base
As requested in the data delivery note: “ReferenceYYYYMM-XX”
At international level: merged into: “ReferenceDatabase-ENP-YYYYMM” (7 ENP countries) “ReferenceDatabase-CoE-YYYYMM” (ALL Emerald countries)
Who ?
…..

24. Distribution Maps for Species and Habitats
As requested in the data delivery note: The name of the layers for species should start with the species number, followed by a “-“, species name, “-XX” and “-YYYY” (e.g. “1307-Myotis blythii-XX-YYYY”). (YYYY = year, XX = country ISO code).
The name of the layers for habitats should start with the EUNIS code, followed by a “-“, habitat name as indicated in Res. 4, “-XX” and “-YYYY”. (YYYY = year, XX = country ISO code)
At international level: merged into: ? …..

25. Draft Conclusions and Conclusions Database and Reference Lists
No fixed format yet (ex preparatory seminars.mdb)
First experience within Emerald based on N2000 formats
Experienced in seminars: Balkan, CH and NO, ENP preparatory seminars
Data structure and fields: overview and final agreement
Naming convention ? :
Who will do which parts ? (e.g. preparation of the final conclusions files and Reference Lists)
…..

26. Emerald Data Management System
mirror N2000 IntraNet to manage data deliveries and QA/QC tools
Planned to be based on the N2000 system in place
Bern Convention secretariat needs directly be involved at operational level, as it is mainly the secretariat which should benefit from the system, but also being the authority to follow deliveries
…..