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Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN). Counties and Aran, and areas

Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN). Counties and areas Catalonia (àmbit terrestre)
Surface area PEIN Total surface area % of area PEIN land
2022 1,025,825 3,210,518 32.0
2021 1,025,828 3,210,518 32.0
2020 1,023,862 3,210,506 31.9
2019 1,023,862 3,210,507 31.9
Units: Hectares.
Source:
2019: Ministry of Territory and Sustainability.
2020-2022: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda.
Notes:
PEIN surface: calculations made from the superposition, using GIS methods, of the 1:5,000 municipal base of the ICGC and the cartographic base of spaces included in the Plan of Areas of Natural Interest (PEIN) at scales 1:50,000 and 1: 5,000 from the Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Therefore, the values that appear in this table are not exact and are only indicative.
Total surface (as of 2019): municipal base 1:5,000 of the ICGC (version 06/01/2020).
(1) Càlculs realitzats de la superposició, mitjançant mètodes SIG, de la base municipal 1:5.000 de l'ICGC (versió 01/01/2018) i la base cartogràfica del Pla d'Espais d'Interés Natural 1:50.000 del Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Per aquesta raó, els valors que apareixen en aquesta taula no són exactes i tenen caràcter orientatiu.
(2) Base muncipal 1:5.000 de l'ICGC (versió 01/01/2020).

Last update: November 9, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Natural place of national interest
Natural space or element of medium or small size with unique characteristics of scientific, scenic or educational interest, as declared by a law to guarantee its protection. In these places activities are limited to traditional agricultural, livestock and forestry activities that are compatible with the specific objectives of protecting the space and other activities that are appropriate for such management.
Natural park
Spaces with qualified natural values. The reason for protecting them is for their conservation to be compatible with the organised exploitation of resources and its inhabitants' activities. The declaration is made by decree.

Methodological aspects

All specially protected natural spaces are included in the Plan for spaces of natural interest. Date on 31, December.

The Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN - Pla d'Espais d'Interès Natural) delimits and stablishes the required guidelines for the basic protection of the natural spaces which conservation must be guaranteed according to their scientific, ecological, scenic, cultural, social, educational and recreational values.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".