Coillte Biodiversity Areas
The full name of this spatial dataset is Biodiversity Areas (BioClass). The dataset is designed, owned and managed by Coillte. Biodiversity areas are Coillte sites managed primarily for nature. Coillte first began mapping biodiversity areas on its estate in 2001, when freelance ecologists began…
This spatial dataset, officially named Biodiversity Areas (BioClass), is designed, owned and managed by Coillte, Ireland's state forestry company. It maps biodiversity areas across the Coillte estate, defined as sites managed primarily for nature rather than timber production. Coillte began systematically mapping these areas in 2001, when freelance ecologists were commissioned to survey and classify sites of ecological value on its landholdings. The dataset provides a national-level geospatial record of these designated biodiversity zones, offering free, unauthenticated access to information on the location and extent of forest land managed for conservation purposes across Ireland.
geospatial
environment