12 datasets found

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, according to the biogeographical region. Malta has only one biogeographical region, this being a Mediterranean one, as represented in this dataset.

The Seveso Directive obliges Member States to ensure that operators have a policy in place to prevent major accidents. Operators handling dangerous substances above certain thresholds must regularly inform the public likely to be affected by an accident, providing safety reports, a safety management system and an internal emergency plan. Twelve COMAH establishments have been identified in Malta, eight of which are upper tier sites. The establishments are all designated as COMAH sites due to the type and quantity of fuels stored at the facilities.

Major Area Place Names

The Geographical Sub-Areas (GSAs) were established under the RES-GFCM/33/2009/2 - Establishment of Geographical Sub-Areas in the GFCM area amending the resolution GFCM/31/2007/2. The dataset only shows the GSA15 which is the GSA in which the Maltese Islands are found. For all the GSAs, one must refer to the legislation mentioned above or the following website: http://www.fao.org/gfcm/data/map-geographical-subareas/en/

Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. Bedrock geology describes the main mass of solid rocks forming the earth's crust. Bedrock is present everywhere, whether exposed at surface in outcrops or concealed beneath superficial deposits or water bodies. The data includes attribution to identify each rock type (in varying levels of detail). The bedrock has formed over long periods of geological time during the Oligocene, Miocene and Pleistocene epochs. The age of the rocks is identified in the data through their lithostratigraphic name. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles.

Data identifying observation locations (shown as points) describing the bedding orientation of bedrock units. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. Bedrock measurements describe the orientation of bedding in terms of dip and dip-azimuth. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles.

Faults are depicted as linear features (shown as polylines) representing a structural contact between geological units; Faults are typically associated with the bedrock theme and identify a plane of movement or failure where a body of bedrock has been fractured and displaced relative to another, by a large-scale process affecting the earth's crust. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles.

Data identifying boundaries (shown as polylines) describing the contact between geological units at the margins of karstic dolines and sinkholes. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. The data includes attribution to identify the local names, and postulated age of formation of the features (in varying levels of detail). Several modes of failure are represented by the doline/sinkholes, The boundaries therefore represent planes of structural failure or flexure. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles.

Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and deposit descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Superficial deposits are the youngest geological deposits formed during the most recent period of geological time, the Quaternary, which extends back approximately 2.588million years from the present. They lie on top of older deposits or rocks referred to as bedrock. Superficial deposits were laid down by various natural processes such as action by water, wind, and weathering. These superficial deposits are unconsolidated sediments such as gravel, sand, silt and clay. The digital data includes attribution to identify each deposit type.

An object oriented geospatial database of the Maltese Islands. This dataset reflects structures and other features which sit upon the earth, such as buildings.

The main functions and responsibilities of the Land Registry emanate from the Land Registration Act (Chapter 296 of the Laws of Malta) primarily in receiving applications for the registration of immovable property within registration areas.

WFD coastal water bodies used for the purposes of the MSFD Reporting