Unesco Sites

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Unesco Sites

File:Layer Unesco Sites.png
Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Protected areas

Description

"Unesco Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Biosphere reserves in the Baltic Sea area (in 1998) and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Biosphere Reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems promoting solutions to reconcile the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use. They are internationally recognized, nominated by national governments and remain under sovereign jurisdiction of the states where they are located. Biosphere reserves serve in some ways as 'living laboratories' for testing out and demonstrating integrated management of land, water and biodiversity."

Retrieved from HELCOM's metadata page for this resource (2021-08-26).

MSP Challenge

Unesco Sites is a static layer for information purposes only.

Back to protected areas.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

Types

None

Metadata

Data Source

'Baltic Pipeline System: Environmental Impact on the Baltic Sea' by Tacis services DG IA, European Commission. The dataset has later been amended with UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Retrieved from HELCOM on 2017 December.

Original Title

UNESCO sites (in HELCOM map and data service).

Description

"Dataset contains the Unesco Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Biosphere reserves in the Baltic Sea area (in 1998)."

Retrieved from HELCOM's metadata page for this resource (2021-08-26).

Creation Date

Creation date not available. Revision date: 2003-11-01

Methodology

Geometry simplification to speed up rendering, very small areas were deleted.

Western Baltic Sea

The UNESCO Sites layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Eastern Mediterranean Sea Edition.