The NATURE

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The NATURESDIplus projectBest Practice Network
for SDI in Nature Conservation

• 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

Co-funded by the Community Programme
eContentplus ECP-2007-GEO-317007
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PROJECT BACKGROUND

• 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

• 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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Links with INSPIRE

• 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)

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Networking

• NATURE-SDIplus, as an open Network of
  stakeholders dealing with geoinformation for
  nature conservation
• Training Framework
• to tranfer knowledge
• Good Practices Catalogue
• to 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 NOW

• NATURE-SDIplus Network Members (2011)
• 20 countries
• 60 members

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NATURE-SDIplus NOW

• 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

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