Transcript INFOREST – Forest Focus & EFICN

INFOREST
INFOREST
Information and monitoring of the forest environment
Action 2141
ISA: 2.1.4 Land resources
INFOREST action leader G. Schmuck
: Forest Activities
Forest strategy of the EU
Sustainable Management of Forests
Afforestation
Support to EFICS
European Forest
Information &
Communic. System
Protection of Forests
against fire
Agenda 2000 EEC Regulations
• Rural
Development
Policy
• EEC 1615/89 (EFICS)
Support to Forest
Protection against
Atmospheric
Pollution
Conservation of
Forest Biodiversity
Climate Change and
Carbon Balance
EEC Regulations Specific Items relating to Forestry
• EEC 3528/86
(Protection against Atmos.
Pollution).
• EEC 2158/92
(Protection against fire :
infrastructure).
Reference framework
for SFM in context of
Rural Development - EFICN
DG AGRI
• EEC 804/94
(Forest fire info. System)
DG ENV
INFOREST – Forest Focus & EFICN
DG AGRI
EUROSTAT
DG ENV
EEA
National
Focal point
Scientific and Technical
Coordination Center
for Forest Focus
JRC- IES
USERS
National
Focal point
European Forest Fire
Information System
National
Focal point
National
Focal point
National
Focal point
New monitoring
modules
Biodiversity
Carbon Sinks
Rural Development
National
Focal
point
Forest
Pollution
Data Platform
European Forest
Information and
Communication
network
EFICN
FOREST FOCUS
1. Management & Co-ordination
FRAMEWORK AND COMMUNITY
REGULATIONS FOREST FOCUS
DG ENVIRONMENT
2. Establishing a data platform
3. Data preparation and evaluation
4. Proposal for Commission studies
5: Research and Development
Internal JRC Research Network linking to activities on:
Soils, Carbon balance – Climate Change
(JRC/CC; JRC/GVM; JRC/S&W, JRC/E&H))
External
contractors
External Network linking JRC activities with the MS, other services
of the Commission e.g., DG AGRI, International organizations and
NGOs
JRC- European Focal Centre for data management and
support
Scientific
Advisory
Group
(SAG)
JRC- European Focal Centre for data management and support
1. Management and Coordination
2. Scientific and Technical Support
3. Data Preparation and Evaluation
4. Proposals for Commission Studies
5. Research and Development
1. Management and Coordination
• Scientific and technical supervision of Commission studies and technical aspects of contracts
• Scientific and technical supervision of Nat. Programmes submitted to the Commission.
• Interface for technical issues for MS and third parties
• To establish a communication network for the exchange of technical information / data
• Proposals for establishing ad hoc advisory groups to the SAG
• Interface with DG ENV + DG AGRI and inter-services of the Commission
• SAG secretariat
2. Scientific and Technical Support
• Design, establish and maintain an up-date database of all FF collected data + studies
• Develop and implement standards for data handling and data transmission.
• Develop and implement standards for metadata.
• Up-dating of FF Technical manuals in collaboration with MS.
• Maintain a FF Scientific Library with all the technical reports and accompanying information
3. Data Preparation and Evaluation
• Data screening and validation
• Data quality assurance; organization of workshops and inter-calibration courses.
• Data evaluation and reporting for the different levels (0,I,II).
• Yearly evaluation and reporting to DG ENV and EEA.
• Data access dissemination according to data dissemination policies.
4. Proposals for Commission Studies
• Preparation of proposals and technical annexes for
 studies under articles 6 & 7
 ITTs for JRC proposals
 ITTs for DG ENV proposals
• Technical supervision of technical annexes for MS proposals
5. Research and Development
• Support to FF through internal JRC research in all the thematic topics
 Forest fires (EFFIS)
 Pollution
 Level 0 applications (e.g. Image2000)
 Statistical analysis of survey grids/ data validity
 Biodiversity
 Studies and research form other JRC Units
(Soils, Climate Change – Carbon sinks, Air quality)
Forest Focus
Activity on Data Handling (JRC)
Increment
5 Year
Level I Foliar
Level I Crown Condition
Crown Condition
1 Year
Deposition
Continuous
Soil Inventory
10 Year
Level II Database
Meteorological
Continuous
Vegetation
5 Year
Level I Soil
Soil Solution
Continuous
Common EU
Forest Data Platform
Foliage
2 Year
1. DATABASE INTEGRATION
Create a flexible, integrated
database bringing together
elements previously managed
in separate institutes.
Forest Focus
Activity on Data Handling (JRC)
2. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
•Maintain existing procedures for data submission
•Registration,
•Documentation,
•Inventory,
•Integrity / validation checks,
•Feedback to NFC’s
•Retain and enhance database integrity checking
•Plausibility of combinations of parameters
•Consistency over time
•Incorporate information on assessment methods in database
•Basis for creation of formal metadata
•Using Data Accompanying Report Questionnaires (DARQ’s)
Forest Focus
Activity on Data Handling (JRC)
Commission Services
Intranet
Dedicated Access
Scientific Community
Extranet
General Public
Internet
Registration,
Username/Password
Common EU Forest Data Platform
Public Access to
aggregated data
3. DATA DISSEMINATION
Provide controlled, secure
access to different user
communities
EFICN
European Forest Information and Communication network
DG AGRI
Multipurpose of
forestry in
rural areas
Assisting in
Implementing
EU-Forestry Strategy
Member States
&SFC
Statistical / geographical / descriptive
data and information
EUROSTAT
JRC
EFI
Forest Sector
The public
EFICN: European Forest Information and Communication Network
Concept in relation to INSPIRE
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
User-1
EU DATA
PORTAL
metadata
catalogue
NSDI-n
…
GFIS
EFICN
Providing access to forestry
data from European sources.
EFICN
metadata
catalogue
National Spatial Data Portals
Providing access to other
types of data from European
sources.
User-n
EU Geo Portal
Single point of access to
European spatial data
metadata
catalogue
NSDI-1
…
EUROSTAT
data
INDUSTRY
data
metadata
catalogue
PROVIDER-1
data
metadata
catalogue
MEMBER
STATES
data
Global Forest Info System
Providing access to data
from global sources.
Forest
Focus
data
PROVIDER-n
…
data
The Network shall contribute :
To improve the co-ordination, communication and co-operation between
the Commission and the Member States and between the Member States
themselves, under the terms of Article 2(f) of the Council Resolution of 15
December 1998 on a Forestry Strategy for the European Union;
 To characterise the role and impact of the forestry sector in the rural
development policy and to emphasise, in particular, the contribution of the
forestry measures to the fulfilment of the undertakings given by the
European Community and the Member States at international level as well
as to the fulfilment of the commitments made in the Ministerial
Conferences on the Protection of the Forests in Europe, under the terms
of Article 29.4 of Council Regulation (CE) n° 1257/99;
 To enhance the availability and quality of statistical information and
facilitate the access of all interested parties to information about the
forestry sector.
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The Network shall rely on statistical, geographical and descriptive information that
are linked to the forest sector, and which are available at the international and the
European Community level as well as at the level of Member States.
2 The principal task of the Network shall be :

to serve as a forest information and communication tool by providing, on a
voluntary basis, a description in the form of metadata about available relevant
information sources and data sets on the forest sector and in particular on the
forest measures within the rural development programmes under Council
Regulation (EC) n° 1257/99.
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to contribute to awareness - raising of the general public and forest practitioners
as regards the implementation of the EU Forestry Strategy by stimulating the
information flow in disseminating available descriptive information, such as
reports, analysis and studies undertaken in Member States on targeted subject
areas;
3
The Network shall be designed to allow users to locate and select data and
information from different locations using the Internet, to evaluate the information
and to select and to use relevant and suitable data for their specific purposes. The
Network will require the data and information holders to fill in metadata for each
data set in line with agreed.
4 The information that shall be made available by the Network must be conform with
the Community and national rules concerning the distribution of information, in
particular in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) nº 322/97.
EFICS
EFIS
GFIS
NEFIS
EFICN
NEFIS
Why WP 6?
• Promote awareness, gain and maintain motivation and confidence of
the the data providers and user community beyond the lifetime of
the project (too many results from research projects remain on the
shelf – there is a need to look beyond the lifetime of the project)
• Success and continuation of the work is strongly correlated to
feedback from the user community (needed for up-dating,
improvements etc.,)
• JRC, together with partners of the NEFIS should encourage the
presentation and demonstration of the results in political fora e.g.,
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Standing Forestry Committee
ToS of the UN-ECE/FAO
IUFRO
DG AGRI
MCPFE
NEFIS - WP 6
Objectives
 To promote awareness amongst forest community and
other data users
 To continually inform DG AGRI, DG ENV and DG RTD of
NEFIS developments and to ensure that NEFIS evolves
in accordance with the needs of on-going and future
forest and forest-related policies.
 To ensure that NEFIS will evolve in an integrated manner
with other Community networks in this field.
 To act as the S&T link between the Commission services
and NEFIS.
 To demonstrate the system/service for the
forestry/forestry related branches and user communities
NEFIS - WP 6
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Ensure active link to the DG AGRI, DG ENV and DG RTD
Act as S&T link to the Commission
Promote and present the result of NEFIS to appropriate
European fora (Standing Forestry Committee) high level
scientific conferences and individuals (EC officers)
Co-ordinate the preparation of final publication
2
Contribution to symposium organisation and final publication
preparation (input to D12)
JRC
EFI
IUFRO
DUT
UG-SCMC
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Contribution to symposium organisation by promoting the
event to IUFRO members. Partner 3 will partake in preparing
the final publication in particular regarding WP 2 and WP
3(input to D16)
Contribution to final publication preparation in particular
concerning WP 4 results of which Partner 4 is WP leader
(input to D16)
Organisation of seminars and conferences which link NEFIS
to on-going UG activity on the Forest Model Archive (FMA).
NEFIS - WP 6
Deliverables
Milestones
Preparation of demonstration
package including user guide
month 29
Organisation of a symposium☺ month 29
Final publication
month 30
Why the Symposium in WP6?
• The symposium aims to bring together the data providers and the
information users, but in a wider community than that of the NEFIS
partners i.e., also to the the Public domain
• The symposium is the venue at which working groups are
established to ensure the continuation and improvement of the
system and to ensure that the NEFIS is well-linked with other
relevant initiatives to prevent duplication of work.
• Document necessary follow-up activities.