Draft programme
Official languages of the conference
are Italian and English. Simultaneous translation will be provided
During the conference participants will be allowed to expose posters. If interested, please contact the technical secretariat at the address: nature-gis@gisig.it
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
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
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
(Cemagref , FR; Regione Piemonte, IT) - 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) - The role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Ligurian coastal management
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
15h00 - Excursion to “La Mandria” Regional Park