Identification

Title
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove
Abstract

The Peatlands of Wales map series provides an updated distribution of Welsh Peatlands (to 2022) based on current evidence sources. The data layers were created on a 50m grid whereby the presence and thickness of peat are elucidated from a range of sources for each 50m grid cell across Wales. A peatland evidence score defines the level of confidence in the presence of peat in any given grid cell, with those cells scoring more than 2 on this scale of 1-10, captured in the ‘Peatlands of Wales’ peat distribution map.

This dataset shows the peatland evidence score for all 50m sites with a peatland value of 1 or greater.  These scores, ranging from 2 to 10 in this map, indicate the confidence in peat being present at a given location, based on the quality of available evidence. Full details of the data sources, and their combined ranking, used to produce this peatland evidence index are provided in the report on the methodology used to derive this suite of peatland data maps 

Full details of the sources of data used to build this map as well as the methodologies used to define the level of evidence for the presence of peat and derivation of the peat evidence score as well as estimates of peat thickness (depth), carbon stock estimates and greenhouse gas emissions are presented in the Peatlands of Wales mapping methodology report 

Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Publication date
Type
Spatial data
Keywords
deunydd organig, mawn, organic matter, peat, pridd, soil
Category:
Environment

Environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Welsh Government

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
172250.0
Extension x1
352100.03125
Extension y0
170700.0
Extension y1
395000.03125

Features

Restrictions

© Crown copyright. Mapping derived from soils data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2022 © Crown copyright 2022. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2022. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. Contains data from BGS © UKRI. All rights Reserved. 

Edition
1
Purpose

For effective targeting and monitoring of peatland restoration, a baseline of the peatland area is required. The evidence map can be used to target areas that potentially have peat but that require additional survey work to confirm it's presence.

Data quality

Full details of the sources of data used to build this map as well as the methodologies used to define the level of evidence for the presence of peat and derivation of the peat evidence score as well as estimates of peat thickness (depth), carbon stock estimates and greenhouse gas emissions are presented in the Peatlands of Wales mapping methodology report.

Supplemental information

The Peatland of Wales Evidence map represents a compilation of existing data sources that map the Peatland areas in Wales giving a scored indication of the level of evidence that contributed to the sites inclusion in the Peatland of Wales map. The Evidence map also includes areas that had some evidence of peat from national soil, geology or landscape mapping but that were not included in the final peatland of wales map.

Spatial Representation Type
Vector data is used to represent geographic data

Contact

Email
data@gov.wales
Organisation
Welsh Government

References

Link online
/layers/geonode:evidence
Metadata page
/layers/geonode:evidence/metadata_detail

OGC Geopackage
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove.gpkg
DXF
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove.dxf
CSV
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove.csv
Zipped Shapefile
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove.zip
GML 2.0
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove.gml
GML 3.1.1
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove.gml
Excel
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove.excel
GeoJSON
Peatlands of Wales Evidence - to remove.json

OWS endpoints

WMS
/capabilities/layer/2714/?ows_service=wms
WFS
/capabilities/layer/2714/?ows_service=wfs