Article 17 Habitats Range

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This WFS API provides spatial data on species range under Article 17 of the EU Habitats Directive, which requires Member States to report every six years on implementation progress. The directive focuses on maintaining or restoring favourable conservation status for habitat types and species of Community interest. Published by the Planning Authority of Malta, the service offers geographic range data for relevant species at national scale, supporting Malta's periodic reporting obligations and enabling integration with GIS tools for conservation monitoring and spatial analysis of habitat and species distribution.Article 17 of the Habitats Directive requires Member States to report every six years about the progress made with the implementation of the Habitats Directive. As the main focus of the directive is on maintaining and/or restoring a favourable conservation status for habitat types & species of comm…

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Field	Type	Description
inspireIdInspire id	IdentifierPropertyType	Unique INSPIRE identifier for the spatial object.Unique INSPIRE identifier for the spatial object.
geometryGeometry	geometry	Spatial geometry representing the habitat range extent.Spatial geometry representing the habitat range extent.
habitat	HabitatTypeCoverTypePropertyType	Habitat type covered by this range feature.Habitat type covered by this range feature.

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Record 1habitat: {"HabitatTypeCoverType":{"areaCovered":{ · inspireId: {"Identifier":{"localId":"1170","namespa

{
  "habitat": {
    "HabitatTypeCoverType": {
      "areaCovered": {
        "uom": "sqm",
        "value": 170000000
      },
      "referenceHabitatTypeId": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/HabitatsDirectiveCodeValue/1170"
      },
      "referenceHabitatTypeName": "Reefs",
      "referenceHabitatTypeScheme": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/ReferenceHabitatTypeSchemeValue/habitatsDirective"
      }
    }
  },
  "inspireId": {
    "Identifier": {
      "localId": "1170",
      "namespace": "Article17HabitatsRange"
    }
  },
  "identifier": {
    "value": "https://msdi.data.gov.mt/so/hb/Habitat/Article17HabitatsRange/1170",
    "codeSpace": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ids"
  }
}

Record 2habitat: {"HabitatTypeCoverType":{"areaCovered":{ · inspireId: {"Identifier":{"localId":"1150","namespa

{
  "habitat": {
    "HabitatTypeCoverType": {
      "areaCovered": {
        "uom": "sqm",
        "value": 7000000
      },
      "referenceHabitatTypeId": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/HabitatsDirectiveCodeValue/1150"
      },
      "referenceHabitatTypeName": "Coastal lagoons",
      "referenceHabitatTypeScheme": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/ReferenceHabitatTypeSchemeValue/habitatsDirective"
      }
    }
  },
  "inspireId": {
    "Identifier": {
      "localId": "1150",
      "namespace": "Article17HabitatsRange"
    }
  },
  "identifier": {
    "value": "https://msdi.data.gov.mt/so/hb/Habitat/Article17HabitatsRange/1150",
    "codeSpace": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ids"
  }
}

Record 3habitat: {"HabitatTypeCoverType":{"areaCovered":{ · inspireId: {"Identifier":{"localId":"1210","namespa

{
  "habitat": {
    "HabitatTypeCoverType": {
      "areaCovered": {
        "uom": "sqm",
        "value": 18000000
      },
      "referenceHabitatTypeId": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/HabitatsDirectiveCodeValue/1210"
      },
      "referenceHabitatTypeName": "Annual vegetation of drift lines",
      "referenceHabitatTypeScheme": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/ReferenceHabitatTypeSchemeValue/habitatsDirective"
      }
    }
  },
  "inspireId": {
    "Identifier": {
      "localId": "1210",
      "namespace": "Article17HabitatsRange"
    }
  },
  "identifier": {
    "value": "https://msdi.data.gov.mt/so/hb/Habitat/Article17HabitatsRange/1210",
    "codeSpace": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ids"
  }
}

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