A paradigm shift for soil scientists and public institutions is nowadays crucial to overcome current disciplinary and policy fragmentation over soil issues. It has been proved that decision support systems can offer operational and integrated soil functions knowledge which can be used directly and freely by any end-user. The LANDSUPPORT H2020 project aims at building a web-based smart geoSpatial Decision Support System (S-DSS) which shall provide a powerful set of tools devoted to (i) support sustainable agriculture and forestry, (ii) evaluate trade-off between land uses and (iii) contribute to the implementation, impact and delivery of about 20 European land policies and selected 2030 UN SDGs. One specific tool is under development to support sustainable forestry as required by EU Forestry Strategy by adopting best forest practices with a strong focus on soil management. LANDSUPPORT will use EO data and simulation modelling to: a) map forest productivity; b) identify forest best practices to increase climate change resilience; c) assess the impact of selected forest best practices indicators and criteria with modelling applications; d) quantify forest and soil- related ecosystem services. The above-mentioned objectives will be achieved through the integration of existing databases and the development of high-performance modelling chains. The forestry tool will work at different geographic scales including: 1) European scale; 2) Member States scale (Austria, Italy, Hungary); 3) Regional scale (Campania Region, Keszthely and Marchfeld); 4) local scale (Telesina Valley, Keszthely Mountain). LANDSUPPORT aims so far at supporting and fostering decision-making process in forest planning and land management.
The operational implementation of soil functions and sustainable forest management through LANDSUPPORT Web-Based Land Decision Support System
A Collalti;G Matteucci;
2019
Abstract
A paradigm shift for soil scientists and public institutions is nowadays crucial to overcome current disciplinary and policy fragmentation over soil issues. It has been proved that decision support systems can offer operational and integrated soil functions knowledge which can be used directly and freely by any end-user. The LANDSUPPORT H2020 project aims at building a web-based smart geoSpatial Decision Support System (S-DSS) which shall provide a powerful set of tools devoted to (i) support sustainable agriculture and forestry, (ii) evaluate trade-off between land uses and (iii) contribute to the implementation, impact and delivery of about 20 European land policies and selected 2030 UN SDGs. One specific tool is under development to support sustainable forestry as required by EU Forestry Strategy by adopting best forest practices with a strong focus on soil management. LANDSUPPORT will use EO data and simulation modelling to: a) map forest productivity; b) identify forest best practices to increase climate change resilience; c) assess the impact of selected forest best practices indicators and criteria with modelling applications; d) quantify forest and soil- related ecosystem services. The above-mentioned objectives will be achieved through the integration of existing databases and the development of high-performance modelling chains. The forestry tool will work at different geographic scales including: 1) European scale; 2) Member States scale (Austria, Italy, Hungary); 3) Regional scale (Campania Region, Keszthely and Marchfeld); 4) local scale (Telesina Valley, Keszthely Mountain). LANDSUPPORT aims so far at supporting and fostering decision-making process in forest planning and land management.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
