Inspire Protected Areas in North Rhine-Westphalia

The data set INSPIRE Protected Areas in North Rhine-Westphalia contains regional spatial data on protected areas within the meaning of the INSPIRE Annex I topic “protected areas”. The data shows the delimitations of different protected area categories from federal and state laws. The object metadata contains all the details of the “simple profile” from the data specification for “INSPIRE Protected Sites”. The data show the boundaries of the protected areas for North Rhine-Westphalia. The data is freely accessible. The data must be collected in North Rhine-Westphalia on the basis of § 3 of the Land Nature Protection Act. The data has been digitised for regulations and landscape plans. The data must be made public on the Internet in North Rhine-Westphalia on the basis of § 3 of the Land Nature Protection Act.