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Sítios Ramsar — Açores
What this layer shows
The 13 Ramsar sites of the Azores (wetlands of international importance, such as the lakes of Furnas, Sete Cidades and Fogo, the calderas of Faial and Graciosa, the Paúl da Praia da Vitória and the Formigas islets), as mapped by the Regional Government. The ICNF's national service does not cover the islands; this layer fills that gap in the Azores.
Publisher and licence
Governo dos Açores — Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ação Climática · CC BY 4.0
© Governo dos Açores — Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ação Climática, CC BY 4.0
Where the data comes from
WFS · wssig3.azores.gov.pt
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Date designated
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Constraints
The designations a professional checks first: the Natura 2000 sites (ZEC and ZPE: the basis of the Avaliação de Incidências Ambientais), the mainland protected areas with their legal classification, the national inventory of classified areas (which covers Madeira and the Azores), the Ramsar sites, the water-domain servitudes (ARPSI flood extents, adjacent zones, abstraction protection perimeters and classified reservoirs) and the POOC and POAAP zoning. Does NOT include REN, RAN or PDM zoning: for a complete constraints plan, consult the municipality.
Madeira and the Azores
The set for working on the islands. ICNF's and APA's national layers cover the mainland only: these are the ones that answer on the islands: Natura 2000 and the national inventory of classified areas, on Madeira, Porto Santo, the Selvagens and the nine islands of the Azores. On Madeira come the regional layers: areas of potentially significant flood risk, sea cliffs, the land cadastre (still partial), the geological map, PDM zoning, landslide and fire susceptibility, coastal risks and the Santana and Porto Santo biosphere reserves. On the Azores, the Regional Government's layers: Ramsar sites, biosphere reserves, flood-risk zones, water-abstraction protection and vulnerable zones.
Nature and habitats
Natura 2000, habitats and the protected areas of the whole country, islands included through the national inventory, with the Ramsar sites and biosphere reserves of the mainland and the Azores.