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Lake Water Bodies
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) required Northern Ireland to define both surface and groundwaters as a coherent set of hydrological units. These units would then be... -
Historical Landuse Dataset
About this layer The Land Use Database held by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)... -
Northern Ireland Groundwater Bodies
Groundwater bodies are defined under the Water Framework Directive for Northern Ireland -
WFD River Water Bodies 2nd Cycle
The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ensures that the Water... -
WFD River and Lake Monitoring Sites 2nd Cycle
River and lake monitoring sites used for The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 classification purposes. The Water (Amendment)... -
River Basin Districts
Northern Ireland River Basin District's (RBD)'s defined for the implementation of the Water Framework 2nd cycle. Each RBD contains all waterbodies within a specific region, both... -
Aquaculture Licences - Open Data
Marine aquaculture sites licensed by The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development under the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 and or authorised under The Aquatic... -
Groundwater Drinking Water Protected Areas (DWPA's)
Groundwater Drinking Water Protected Areas (DWPA's) submitted as part of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2nd cycle reporting in 2016. The extent of each protected area was... -
Surface Drinking Water Protected Areas
The European Water Framework Directive was transposed to national legislation through the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. The... -
Farm Census District Electoral Area 2019
About this layer The data covers all farm business in Northern Ireland. Data is collected directly from farm business through a survey and supplemented with... -
Lower Bann Network Contribution
About this layer Network contribution area scores were exported from the SciMAP application outputs within SAGA GIS. The scores were based on inputs from CEH Land cover 2007,... -
Lakes of Northern Ireland
Map of all of Northern Ireland's lakes for which data was available to NIEA during 2013. -
Water Framework Directive 2nd Cycle Interim Status
This file contains the 2018 overall surface water body status, reported to Europe as a 2nd Cycle interim classification for Water Framework Directive in 2018. It contains the... -
Coastal Interbasins
Water Framework Directive (WFD) legislation requires the definition of both surface and groundwaters as a coherent set of hydrological units which could be monitored and... -
Farm Census District Electoral Area 2016
About this layer The data covers all farm business in Northern Ireland. Data is collected directly from farm business through a survey and supplemented with... -
DWPA abstraction point hydrological catchments
This layer shows the Drinking Water Protected Areas (DWPA) which have been identified and designated in accordance with Article 8 of The Water Environment (Water Framework... -
Farm Census District Electoral Area 2015
About this layer The data covers all farm business in Northern Ireland. Data is collected directly from farm business through a survey and supplemented with... -
Rivers Strahler Ranking
The first segment of a stream is a 1st order stream. When two 1st order streams merge the next segment becomes a 2nd order stream. When two 2nd order streams merge it becomes a... -
Urban Waste Water Sensitive Areas 2nd Cycle
This is an amalgamated copy of the sensitive areas and catchment sensitve areas reported as the spatial data requirements under Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive Article15... -
Agricultural Critical Risk Areas
The agricultural risk map is based on activity classed as arable horticulture or improved grassland by the CEH land cover map 2007, which is carried out on land parcels scored... -
Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems
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Priority Habitats - Fens
About this layer This data represents NIEA surveys and may not represent the entire extent of habitat or species across Northern Ireland. The Fen, swamp and flush Inventory...Priority Habitats - Heathland
About this layer This data represents NIEA surveys and may not represent the entire extent of habitat or species across Northern Ireland The heathland database was mapped using...Priority Habitats - Grassland
About this layer The Grassland Inventory incorporates evidence collected from a series of research contracts let to identify and survey areas of grassland of high nature...EFS Agreements
The Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) is a voluntary agri-environment scheme that supports farmers and land managers to carry out environmentally beneficial farming practices...