The European Forest Information System-an Internet based interface between information providers and the user community

Authors:
A. Schuck;G. Andrienko;N. Andrienko;S. Folving;M. Köhl;S. Miina;R. Päivinen;T. Richards;H. Voss
Affiliations:
European Forest Institute, Torikate 34, 80100 Joensuu, Finland;Fraunhofer Institut Autonome Intelligente Systeme, 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany;Fraunhofer Institut Autonome Intelligente Systeme, 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany;Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Land Management Unit, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 2100 Ispra, Italy;Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Forest Biometrics and Computer Sciences, 01737 Tharandt, Germany;European Forest Institute, Torikate 34, 80100 Joensuu, Finland;European Forest Institute, Torikate 34, 80100 Joensuu, Finland;European Forest Institute, Torikate 34, 80100 Joensuu, Finland and Conservation Technology Limited, Somerset BS39 4EA, UK;Fraunhofer Institut Autonome Intelligente Systeme, 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany
Venue:
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Improving access to forestry information is an important component in addressing the implementation of national and international commitments towards sustainable forest management, climate change and biological diversity. A demonstrator of a European Forest Information System (EFIS) has been developed within the framework of the EU regulation (EEC) No. 1615/89 on establishing a European Forest Information and Communication System (EFICS). EFIS includes elements that allow: (a) searching of metadata catalogues (Resource Discovery), and (b) importing of identified data for exploratory data analysis (Visualisation Toolkit). The authors describe the set-up of EFIS and its functionality by presenting two examples of possible uses of the system. They also discuss the steps necessary for the development of the demonstrator into an operational component within an EFICS.