Proportion of large sites for terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity which are part of protected areas, by type of ecosystem

Scope

Biodiversity

Action line

Environmental and climate pressures related to EU production and consumption

Type of indicator (global, European, national)

Global
European (sdg_15_20 (s))
National
s: similar

Correlation with other sets of indicators

SDG: 15.1.2

Description

This indicator describes the trends observed in the percentage of crop land, forest, grassland, other land areas, settlements and wetlands found in protected spaces that are included in the Spanish Inventory of the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity.

Calculation method

La ocupación del suelo se determina a partir de la clasificación UNFCCC incorporada al Mapa Forestal de España. Identifica el grupo de los cultivos, se incluyen dentro de los bosques las clases "arbolado" y "arbolado ralo", se incluyen dentro de los pastizales las clases "arbolado disperso" y "desarbolado", se considera como “otras tierras” la clase "monte sin vegetación superior", se corresponden los asentamientos con la clase “artificial”, y se incluyen dentro de los humedales las clases “agua” y “humedales desarbolado".

Se combina esta información con la cartografía digital de los espacios protegidos incluidos en el Inventario Español del Patrimonio Natural y la Biodiversidad (Espacios Naturales Protegidos, Red Natura 2000 o Áreas protegidas por instrumentos internacionales).

Unit of measure

Percentage

Source

MTED together with Consejerías/Departamentos con competencia en la materia de todas las comunidades autónomas

Periodicity

Triennial

Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)

By type of ecosystem

Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)

Yes

Statistical operation

Espacios Naturales o de Interés (ISO code: 23031)

Responsible institution

MTED together with Consejerías/Departamentos con competencia en la materia de todas las comunidades autónomas

Link to Eurostat metadata

Surface of the terrestrial protected areas (sdg_15_20)

Date of the last metadata update

05/06/2024

Observations

Data referring to December.
This file reflects the current methodology for calculating the indicator. This indicator is under review and its methodology will be modified in the next data update. The disaggregation by autonomous community may not be compatible with the disaggregation by type of ecosystem, so it would be appropriate to do it only for the total ecosystems, in a new sub-indicator.