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CDDA data collection 2005
Released on 2005-03-07To:
EIONET PCPs on for Nature protection and Biodiversity
Cc: EIONET NRCs for Nature Protection
Cc: EIONET National Focal Points
How EEA uses the data
An indicator on designated areas was adopted as one of the EEA core set of indicators in 2004 (http://www.eea.eu.int/coreset) to support work towards the target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010. EEA calculates this indicator by using the data collected from EIONET on nationally designated areas together with other information on areas designated under European Community legislation and under international conventions. The reliability of the indicator depends directly on the quality and consistency of these datasets. EEA, with the support of ETC Biological Diversity, is preparing a proposal on how information on designated areas needs to be improved in the next few years in order to show what proportion of Europe's ecosystems are being protected by this type of instrument and how successful are the results. This proposal will be sent for wide consultation, starting from April in order to develop a common view.
EEA makes the EIONET data on nationally designated areas available to the public and other international institutions as a European data set in the EEA Data Service (http://dataservice.eea.eu.int/dataservice/metadetails.asp?id=742&i=1) and through EUNIS: the European Nature Information System (http://eunis.eea.eu.int).
2005 data collection
A technical workshop is planned for late April in order to provide practical assistance to countries in raising the quality of data of reported data. The invitation for data suppliers will be sent to National Focal Points in March. The 2005 data request remains unchanged from the request in 2003, when altitude, habitats and relationships to other sites information were introduced.
A download file has been prepared in the required MS Access 2000 format for each country containing the data from the current published CDDA data set. This data should be verified and updated. You are asked to pay particular attention to the points raised in the report on your previous deliveries.
Guidance and background information about the data flow are provided in the technical guidelines document for 2005. Some slight changes have been introduced to the format of the MS Access database in 2005. File definitions and descriptions are also described in the document: Definition of Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA) dataset generated from the Reportnet Data Dictionary. All documents and country files are available now from EIONET Nature Protection and Biodiversity Interest Group on CIRCA. No password is required. The shortcut to the documents is:
http://eea.eionet.eu.int/Public/irc/eionet-circle/etcnpbcoop/library?l=/eionet_data/database_designated/cdda_collection_1/downloaded_countries
2005 delivery
Your quality controlled data files should be uploaded, after consultation with the National Focal Point, either to the Central Data Repository (http://cdr.eionet.eu.int) or to your national EIONET server, depending on the choice of your country for delivering EIONET priority data (http://www.eionet.eu.int/Data/vote2002_result) by the deadline of: 15 May 2004.
2005 post delivery
ETC BD will apply standard quality checks to the delivered data. In some cases countries will be asked if they can quickly clarify some aspects of their delivery. ETC BD will merge the data from all countries to create the new version of the European CDDA dataset. It is planned to publish the new version in EEA Data Service during October 2005. ETC BD will prepare an updated quality report for the data from each country.
Help
If you require any technical assistance during the 2005 data collection please contact the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD):
Lauri Klein (klein@ic.envir.ee) or Marc Roekaerts (marc.roekaerts@eureko.be).
In case of any difficulties with accessing documents on CIRCA please contact the EIONET Helpdesk (helpdesk@eionet.eu.int) or Sheila Cryan at EEA (Sheila.Cryan@eea.eu.int).
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and look forward to another successful CDDA annual data flow.
Rania Spyropoulou
Project Manager for Nature Protection and Biodiversity
European Environment Agency
E-mail: Rania.Spyropoulou@eea.eu.int
Cc: EIONET NRCs for Nature Protection
Cc: EIONET National Focal Points
From: Rania Spyropoulou, EEA
Date: 4 March 2005
EIONET Priority Data Flows 2005
Nationally designated areas for the Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA)
I am writing to inform you of the detailed plans for the CDDA annual data collection that is, as you know, one of the agreed EIONET Priority Data Flows (http://www.eionet.eu.int/dataflows/pdf2004). We hope that this letter will be useful as you organise a programme of work with your network in order to validate the existing data published by EEA and to provide any new information available by the deadline for deliveries 15 May 2005.How EEA uses the data
An indicator on designated areas was adopted as one of the EEA core set of indicators in 2004 (http://www.eea.eu.int/coreset) to support work towards the target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010. EEA calculates this indicator by using the data collected from EIONET on nationally designated areas together with other information on areas designated under European Community legislation and under international conventions. The reliability of the indicator depends directly on the quality and consistency of these datasets. EEA, with the support of ETC Biological Diversity, is preparing a proposal on how information on designated areas needs to be improved in the next few years in order to show what proportion of Europe's ecosystems are being protected by this type of instrument and how successful are the results. This proposal will be sent for wide consultation, starting from April in order to develop a common view.
EEA makes the EIONET data on nationally designated areas available to the public and other international institutions as a European data set in the EEA Data Service (http://dataservice.eea.eu.int/dataservice/metadetails.asp?id=742&i=1) and through EUNIS: the European Nature Information System (http://eunis.eea.eu.int).
2005 data collection
A technical workshop is planned for late April in order to provide practical assistance to countries in raising the quality of data of reported data. The invitation for data suppliers will be sent to National Focal Points in March. The 2005 data request remains unchanged from the request in 2003, when altitude, habitats and relationships to other sites information were introduced.
A download file has been prepared in the required MS Access 2000 format for each country containing the data from the current published CDDA data set. This data should be verified and updated. You are asked to pay particular attention to the points raised in the report on your previous deliveries.
Guidance and background information about the data flow are provided in the technical guidelines document for 2005. Some slight changes have been introduced to the format of the MS Access database in 2005. File definitions and descriptions are also described in the document: Definition of Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA) dataset generated from the Reportnet Data Dictionary. All documents and country files are available now from EIONET Nature Protection and Biodiversity Interest Group on CIRCA. No password is required. The shortcut to the documents is:
http://eea.eionet.eu.int/Public/irc/eionet-circle/etcnpbcoop/library?l=/eionet_data/database_designated/cdda_collection_1/downloaded_countries
2005 delivery
Your quality controlled data files should be uploaded, after consultation with the National Focal Point, either to the Central Data Repository (http://cdr.eionet.eu.int) or to your national EIONET server, depending on the choice of your country for delivering EIONET priority data (http://www.eionet.eu.int/Data/vote2002_result) by the deadline of: 15 May 2004.
2005 post delivery
ETC BD will apply standard quality checks to the delivered data. In some cases countries will be asked if they can quickly clarify some aspects of their delivery. ETC BD will merge the data from all countries to create the new version of the European CDDA dataset. It is planned to publish the new version in EEA Data Service during October 2005. ETC BD will prepare an updated quality report for the data from each country.
Help
If you require any technical assistance during the 2005 data collection please contact the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD):
Lauri Klein (klein@ic.envir.ee) or Marc Roekaerts (marc.roekaerts@eureko.be).
In case of any difficulties with accessing documents on CIRCA please contact the EIONET Helpdesk (helpdesk@eionet.eu.int) or Sheila Cryan at EEA (Sheila.Cryan@eea.eu.int).
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and look forward to another successful CDDA annual data flow.
Rania Spyropoulou
Project Manager for Nature Protection and Biodiversity
European Environment Agency
E-mail: Rania.Spyropoulou@eea.eu.int
