Nature-GIS Third Conference

" Accessing Geographical Information for Protected Areas:
make it in practice"

Turin, 10th - 11th March  2005
Unione Industriale di Torino Congress Centre - Via Fanti, 17



 

Conference Outlines

Conference WEB site Conference Proceedings

 

Thursday 10th March

Friday 11th March

 

Thursday 10th March

 

9:00h – Registration of participants

 

9h30 – Opening session

Welcome by Regione Piemonte Councillor for environment and parks

Conference opening (GISIG)

  • A. Annoni (JRC/IES, EC) - Towards a Directive establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) as a contribution to sustainable development

  • E. De Biaggi (Regione Piemonte, Director of Protected Area Planning Department) - Protected Areas System in Piemonte Region

  • M. Déjeant-Pons (Council of Europe, Head of the Spatial Planning and Landscape Division) - The Council of Europe and the Protected Areas

  • P. Cavalchini  (Federparchi, Regional Co-ordinator) - Federparchi: a situation of co-ordination and exchange for Italian parks

  • M. Vasone (CSI Piemonte, Water Resources and Mapping Responsible) - Geographical Information: Intesa GIS National Core

  • P. Rossi (Europarc Federeation) - Nature without borders: a network of protected areas and people for the biodiversity conservation in Europe

11h00 - Coffee break

11h15 – Nature-GIS introductory session

  • E. Roccatagliata (GISIG, IT) - Presentation of the Nature-GIS thematic network

  • D.R. Green (Aberdeen University, UK) - Nature-GIS survey on user needs

  • I. Kanellopoulos (JRC/IES, EC): Presentation of "Guidelines for Geo-Information in protected areas"

  • N. Vanraes (Ionic Software, BE) - The Nature-GIS portal prototype

13h00 - Lunch break

14h15 – Session “Use of geo-data for Protected Area management: European and Italian experiences”

Invited organisation:

  • R. Zink (Hohe Tauern National Park, AT) - International Bearded Vulture Monitoring

  • P. Vaschetto (Gran Paradiso National Park) - Digital maps  for the monitoring and the planning of a protected area

  • R. Bionda (Veglia Devero Regional Park) - Geographical Information System of Veglia and Devero Alps Natural Park:potentiality and limits

  • M. Viviani (Adamello-Brenta Regional Park and Provincia di Trento) - The GIS-Parks Project

  • A. Aluigi (Beigua Regional Park): The role of GIS in the planning and management of natural heritage in the Beigua Natural Regional Park

  • G. Menetto (CSI Piemonte and Parco Po) - GIS for Protected Areas: experiences of Geographical Inforamtion System diffusion in Piemonte Region

  • D.R. Green (University of Aberdeen, UK) - The activity of the European Union for Coastal Conservation

  • P. Dumolard (J. Fourier University, FR) - Protected Areas in France

  • M.B. Araujo (University of Evora, PT) - Using GI to set conservation priorities for protected areas in the Iberian Peninsula

  • P. Fabian (University of Zilina, SK) - Environmental Protection in Slovakia

 

Coffee break during the session

 

 

Friday 11th March

 

9h00 - Nature-GIS technical session: pilot cases presentation, selected among:

  • M. Ferrando (GISIG, IT) - A new page on the Nature-GIS portal: use cases and the Beigua Park

  • L. Borgniet (Cemagref , FR) - Olympic Winter Games Turin 2006: a transnational use case

  • A. Guszlev (West Hungary University, HU) - Invasive species monitoring at the Velence lake

  • K. Popova (Ursit, BG) - Hiking and nature observation on Vitosha mountain and the Bulgarian protected areas in Internet

  • K. Stenseth (Estonian Environment Information Centre, EE) - Protected areas and nature monuments in Estonia

  • (VUGTK - Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography, CZ) - Protected areas in Czech Republic

  • A. Ostman (Lulea University of Technology, SE) - Investment in real estate

  • A. Spangenberg (Euronatur, DE) - Regional Development Concept for the Bojana/Buna Delta Albania/Montenegro

  • M. Troll (Jagiellonian University, PL) - Landscape and biodiversity protection in the Chornohora: Carpathian National Park and Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine

  • N. Vanraes (Ionic Software, BE) - To handle complaints on protected areas

  • N. Vanraes (Ionic Software, BE); M. Ferrando (GISIG, IT) - Set up a use case, how to do

10h45 - Coffee break

11h15 – Session “European initiatives and actions for nature conservation”

  • D. Vanderbroucke (SADL/K.U.Leuven R&D) - GIS for Natura 2000: Implementation of the INSPIRE Principles

  • K. Lazarova (“Green Balkans” Federation, BG) - Preparation of the Bulgarian Natura 2000 Network: National Natura 2000 GIS and Database

  • G. Diviacco (Regione Liguria, IT), L. Tunesi (ICRAM, IT) - The role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Ligurian coastal management

  • M. Stoeckel (Alpine Network for Protected Areas) - Information System ALPARC

  • A. Spangenberg (Euronatur) - Nature knows no boundaries

Conclusion: G. Saio (GISIG) - The Nature-GIS network development and a call for a wider co-operation

13h30 - Lunch break

 

16h00 - Excursion to “La Mandria” Regional Park