Obiettivo This project is a one-year feasibility study for a full-scale project to develop a telematics system for environmental management (STEM) in remote and ecologically sensitive regions of Europe. Current decision support tools provide isolated support for environmental management sub-tasks but there is a lack of telematics applications which access relevant information resources for integration into existing sustainable resource management regimes. The STEM project aims to fill this gap.The project will assess the feasibility of creating a telematics application for environmental managers, to improve their access to information which is relevant to their decision-making and to help them integrate and exploit that information. It is being driven by two user groups: a community of small farmers in north-west Scotland and a group of forest managers in Valencia, Spain. Both groups are responsible for environmental management decisions in Objective 1 areas of Europe of great natural heritage value. Their information and software needs will be assessed to produce an analysis of the user requirements, and an outline specification for a system to meet those user requirements will be produced. The factors affecting the implementation of such a system will be identified, and the feasibility of certain key tasks will be assessed, using demonstration and prototype software.For the feasibility study, the Scottish users' focus is on the siting of a potential small hydro-electric power generation plant on a loch system, and related land-change decisions such as reforestation in the area. The Spanish users' focus is on restoration of vegetation on land which has been burnt by wildfires, which implies decisions about natural regeneration, and planting of appropriate tree species. Major Validation SitesAssynt Crofters Trust, ASSYNT, GBCEAM, Centro des Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo, Valencia, ES UsersTwo partners in the consortium are user groups: the Assynt Crofters Trust (ACT), a community of Scottish small farmers who collectively own and manage their land, and the Centro de Estudios Ambintales del Mediterraneo (CEAM), a forest management group in Valencia. ApproachThe project will assess the feasibility of accessing, combining and presenting remote and local datasets and knowledge sources using network protocols (e.g. WWW), data-and-knowledge integration by mediators, automated reasoning and multimedia interface tools.Expected Benefits- new opportunities for the user groups (including schools and tourists) to use and learn about state-of-the-art technology- better-informed environmental management and benefits arising from that- opportunity to assess and apply a variety of tools for manipulating, combining and distributing information concerning decisions made- access to a broader and more up-to-date range of information resources- ability through SAGE and Implex Environmental Systems to assess the potential of the environmental management market for their network and information system products.Contribution to EU PoliciesBoth user group sites are in Objective 1 areas of Europe, where economic opportunities are currently limited and the natural resources are sensitive. The project will assess the usefulness of telematics applications to support sustainable natural resource development. Campo scientifico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilvicultureengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydroelectricity Programma(i) FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998 Argomento(i) C.9 - Telematics Applications for the Environment Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (6) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto Assynt Crofters Trust Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Implex Environmental Systems Ltd Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Software AG España Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Universität Fridericana Karlsruhe (Technische Hochschule) Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Kaiserstraße 12 76128 Karlsruhe Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato