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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Biosphere Reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems promoting the conservation of biodiversity with sustainable use. Biosphere reserves serve to demonstrate integrated management of land, water and biodiversity.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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5
Meters
Meters = 1 m
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Nature conservation
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Geographic Information Group
Scottish Natural Heritage
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01T00:00:00
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/inspire_themes
Land use
Geology
Protected sites
Nature conservation
GB-SCT
GB-SCT
There has been only one batch of UK Biosphere Reserves which were nominated by the UK MAB Committee in 1976/7 and accepted by UNESCO.
UNESCO approved the designation of Wester Ross Biosphere Reserve (BR) on 19/03/16. See UNESCO press release at http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/20_sites_added_to_unescos_world_network_of_biosphere_reserve/#.VvPADk3FaM8 .
2024-01-15 - Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Reserve boundary updated
30/01/2026 Area figures for PA Code 10382 Wester Ross were found to be calculated in Hectares instead of square meters. This has now been corrected and the FEATURE_HA values are now correct.
Corrections:
FEATURE_HA
9.45 m transition to 94510.564
41.63 Transition to 416344.08
1.37 Buffer to 13737.802
0.54 Core to 5432.647
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ESRI shapfile (EPSG:27700)
https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip
GML (EPSG:4258)
https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip
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https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/BIOSPH_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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