The main environmental datasets of datos.gob.es

Care for the environment is an aspect that has been of concern to a large part of society for several years now. It is clear that we have reached a turning point that makes us see the need to act as soon as possible to avoid further damaging our planet. Therefore, we citizens must change our habits if we want to see a real change in this situation.

Recently we have seen how the new generations are the ones who are most aware of the need to take proper care of the environment at a global level. At this point, change becomes more than necessary and new technologies can play a fundamental role in helping us to take care of our planet.

Did you know that open data is very useful in overcoming environmental challenges? In addition to providing us with accurate information to understand the problem and to be able to search for effective solutions, open data allows us to implement solutions that raise awareness in society and make it easier for us to protect the environment.

Currently, in our portal you can find diverse content on applications related to the environment, cases of use of open data to fight climate change, in addition to 6,000 datasets related to this field.

Below, we highlight some of the environmental datasets that you can find in our catalogue to reuse and develop new applications and services that can drive improvements in this field.

These are the types of environment-related data you can find at datos.gob.es

In our portal you can find a wide catalogue of data classified by different sectors. The Environment category has different datasets that can help in the fight against climate change, deforestation or environmental degradation, threats faced by the whole world.

Of these datasets, the following are the most important ones, together with the format in which you can consult them:

1. At the state level

• Centre for Sociological Research (CIS). Ecology and environment. ASCII. 
• Ministry of the Interior. Nature conservation: environment-related offences. XLSX. 
• National Parks Autonomous Agency. Natural systems in national parks. SHP, HTML. 
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir. Distribution of invasive species in the Guadalquivir river basin. HTML, WFS, WMS, SHP, KMZ. 
• Renfe – Operator. Main sustainability indicators. XML, JSON, CSV, TURTLE, RDF. 
• INE. Statistics on Waste Collection and Treatment. CSV, XLSX. 

2. At Autonomous Community level

• Xunta of Galicia.  Air quality data. XLS, JSON, RSS. 
• Basque Government. Cartography of the Open Catalogue of Relevant Natural Spaces. SHP, WMS. 
• Castilla y Leon Government. Camping area in natural spaces. GML, SHP, KML, CSV. 
• Government of Aragon. Special Conservation Areas de Especial. JSON, CSV, KMZ, SHP, GML, XML-APP. 
• Autonomous Community of Madrid. Reforestation. JSON, CSV.  

3. A the local level

• Santander City Council. Environmental News. RDF-XML, XML-APP, JSON, RDF, CSV, Atom, RDF-Turtle, HTML, RSS. 
• Cáceres City Council. Cáceres rubbish collection points. SPARQL, RDF-Turtle, CSV, XLS, JSON.
• Valencia City Council. Location of domestic oil containers. WMS, KML, GML, WFS, KMZ, OCTET-STREAM, JSON, CSV. 
• Vigo City Council. Forest Parks (Points of Tourist Interest). CSV, JSON, KML, ZIP, XLS, CSV. 
• Alcobendas City Council. Environment. Waste collection. ODS, XLS, XML, CSV, JSON. 
• Madrid City Council. Clean Proximity Points. RSS, XLS, CSV. 

Some examples of environmental data reuse

The power of datasets related to this field is of tremendous value. Thanks to them, it is possible to create new tools that facilitate aspects such as the care of the environment or the fight against climate change. An example of this is the National Air Quality Index, which makes it possible to check, in real time and in a simple way, the state of the air quality marked by the 506 measurement stations of the national monitoring network. Or Förecast, an application with real-time data on forest stocks that allows spatial-temporal analysis and thus optimises forest management.

Do you know of any company that uses this type of data or an application that relies on it to help care for the environment? Then do not hesitate to leave us a comment with all the information or send us an email to contacto@datos.gob.es. We will be happy to read you!