The NATURE–SDIplus projectBest Practice Network for SDI in Nature Conservation

Co-funded by the Community Programme eContentplusECP-2007-GEO-317007

Co-funded by the eContentplus Programme

Project number: ECP-2007-GEO-317007

Project Coordinator: GISIG Starting date: 1 October, 2008 Project duration: 34 months (July

2011) Project web site: www.nature-sdi.eu

The INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC) The Natura 2000 Network (Habitat Dir. 92/43/EEC) New EU approach for nature management Necessity to link nature conservation and geoinformation Need for interoperable, accessible and harmonised datasets

for nature conservation Support to environmental policies

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The project wanted to contribute to the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive with targeted reference to the following cluster of data themes of the INSPIRE Annexes: Protected Sites (Annex I) Biogeographical regions (Annex III) Habitats and biotopes (Annex III) Species distribution (Annex III)

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INSPIRE DATASET THEMES

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OBJECTIVES To establish a Network on Geographical Information for

nature conservation

To share experiences and good practices

To stimulate the community of nature conservation stakeholders at improving the harmonisation, the exploitation, and the access to their datasets

To evaluate and demonstrate common metadata profile and data model for the addressed data themes

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Schematisation of the NATURE-SDIplus approach

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WORK BREAKDOWN SCHEMA

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COGNITIVE PHASE (State of the art of data and user needs)

Users characterization and their needs analysis

Survey on accessibility and usability of datasets on nature conservation

Analysis of the NATURE-SDIplus datasets (contributed by the Data Providers) with regards to the INSPIRE provisions

Good Practices identification

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DEVELOPMENT PHASE (1):European metadata profile and data model

for datasets on nature conservation NATURE-SDIplus Metadata Profiles

5 metadata profiles, in 3-level structure, were developed following the normative foundations, i.e. Protected Sites, Biogeographical Regions, Habitats and Biotopes, Species Distribution, and one for Spatial services

NATURE-SDIplus Data Models The INSPIRE data model for protected sites has been adopted,

also contributing to its final review

Three data models for three Annex III themes of INSPIRE (BR, HB,SD), encoded into a corresponding GML application schema has been developed and used in the project

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DEVELOPMENT PHASE (2) Development of a Common Thesaurus Framework,

as a Multilingual and multicultural tool for a simpler and standardised access to spatial data

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DEVELOPMENT PHASE (3):

Solutions for metadata and data harmonisation

A Data Harmonisation Technical Working Group (DH-TWG) was established for coordinating the NATURE-SDIplus data transformation tasks, with the development of procedures for metadata profiles and data models implementation and remodelling

Different harmonisation tools were selected and made available for the data providers

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DEVELOPMENT PHASE (4):The NATURE-SDIplus Infrastructure

A demonstration of the Geoportal, that: is compliant

with the INSPIRE principles and supported by web services,

provides the data accessibility as main gateway to available datasets and services

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VALIDATION PHASE

Validation Methodology (NATURE-SDIplus Validation Briefcase), that offers guidelines for validation, useful also for other INSPIRE Data themes

Testing focused on: Compliance of outcomes to INSPIRE and International

standards Data ussability and accessibility Quality evaluation and datasets generalisation

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Pre-kickoff meeting at JRC to align NATURE-SDIplus with the INSPIRE Implementation Roadmap

JRC representative in the Advisory Board

NATURE-SDIplus initial phase coincided with the INSPIRE DS testing for Annex I Protected Sites (23 data providers were involved)

NATURE-SDIplus representatives within the INSPIRE Thematic Working Group for Data Specification for ANNEX III nature conservation data themes

Registered INSPIRE SDIC (NATURE-GIS)

Participation in INSPIRE Annex I DS Testing (Protected Sites)

Development of candidate Data Specification for Annex III data themes (BR, HB, SD)

Participation in INSPIRE Annex II/III DS Testing (BR, HB, SD)

LINKS WITH INSPIRE

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NETWORKING

NATURE-SDIplus, as an open Network of stakeholders dealing with geoinformation for nature conservation

Training Frameworkto tranfer knowledge

Good Practices Catalogueto share experiences

Liaison with other initiatives to crossfertilize European lessons

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PARTNERSHIP (30 partners in the project consortium)

Regione Liguria

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NATURE-SDIplus Network Members (2011)20 countries61 members

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The NATURE-SDIplus Network is a community of stakeholders, intended to be active at European and National level, interested and involved in INSPIRE and SDI implementation, to facilitate the approach to the Directive and related guidelines and the exchange of opinions and experiences

The NATURE-SDIplus Network is continuing after the conclusion of the project, to support the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive for the nature conservation aspects

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Any stakeholder interested to join the NATURE-SDIplus Community is more than welcome

 

You are welcome to see more about the NATURE-SDIplus results

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