Network for a European Forest Information Service (NEFIS)

The NEFIS project is carried out as an accompanying measure in the Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources Programme of the European Commission (contract number QLK5-CT-2002-30638). Metla is principal contractor no. 6 in this project.

The main objectives of NEFIS are to maximise the value of existing data and databases by:

• coordinating ongoing efforts to create forest information systems and services, and
• supporting data provides at the regional, country and international level to develop harmonised standards and procedures for data provision
• increasing the usability of available data and databases by the European citizens

Partner 6 (Metla) will ensure expert input both to the development of NEFIS metadata and controlled vocabularies standards and prepare relevant metadata records accompanied by actual datasets ready for linkage to the visualisation tool. In the course of these activities it will also elaborate valuable information for the evaluation of the prototype information system.

Partner 6 has extensive experience in the development of the GFIS prototype. It will share its in depth experience within WP3 for building the NEFIS and GIFS KnowledgeBase.