dataset · Europe
CLMS Protected Areas Land Cover Land Use 3-yearly 2021 (0.5ha MMU) - Europe
Protected Areas 2021 provides reliable, high-resolution land use and land cover data for 25,011 terrestrial Natura 2000 and Emerald sites for the 2021 reference year in EEA32 countries (EU, EFTA) and the United Kingdom, covering a total of 821,000 km2 of land surface across Europe.
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Licence: proprietary
Evidence quality: 40.6
Listed in cdse-stac public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- land cover · land use · 59 thematic classes · vector data for Natura 2000 and Emerald sites
- Coverage docs-verified
- 25,011 terrestrial Natura 2000 and Emerald sites in EEA32 countries (EU, EFTA) and the United Kingdom · 2021 reference year
- Resolution docs-verified
- Minimum mapping unit 0.5 ha; minimum mapping width 10 m
- Update frequency llm-inferred
- Every 3 years (inferred from the product name '3-yearly'; reference year 2021)
- Formats docs-verified
- vector
- Access docs-verified
- Proprietary licence under the CLMS Data Policy. Copernicus Data Space identity (OpenID Connect) and S3 access schemes are listed. Pricing and free-use terms are not stated.
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Habitat constraint screening for a development site near Natura 2000 or Emerald sites (EIA/planning screening) · Baseline land cover on protected sites for biodiversity net gain or ecological impact assessment · Land use class inputs for runoff assumptions in a drainage or catchment strategy within protected areas
- Audience llm-inferred
- ecologists · planners · GIS analysts · environmental consultants · drainage engineers
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Covers only Natura 2000 and Emerald sites, not the wider land surface · Single 2021 reference year; the 'static' collection gives no time series in the docs · Proprietary licence and Copernicus Data Space authentication required; the entry's auth field is null although the docs list auth schemes · CREODIAS S3 storage is marked requester-pays · No MCP tools listed
Evidence
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.