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Workshop on environmental information in Europe

• verview and introduction on

Environmental Information Systems in Germany

Markus Meinert

• 1. Introduction
• considering the federal structure EIS are run

by local, regional and national authorities

Where to find EIS in Germany ?

• considering the users interest they offer

statistical and spatial data as well as pictures or alphanumerical information like fact sheets, description, legal acts and agreements

What kind of data do they cover ?

• considering rising interests on the state of

the environment they are adressed to GIS- /data professionals as well as to citizens, scientists or policy makers and others

Who is adressed by the EIS ?

administrative boundaries (Germany)

• considering a broad environmental

approach it is about …

What content is covered by the EIS ?

• 1. Introduction
• focus on the EIS on national level (e.g. summarizing reporting data)

Which EIS did we put to the EU-questionnaire ?

• German Environment Agency

Ø Geographical Information System on the Environment (GISU)

• Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

Ø database and data collections on nature and biodiversity

• German Federal Institute of Hydrologie

Ø communication and reporting platform „WasserBlick“

• Federal Office for Radiation Protection
• Federal Institute for Research on Building, urban Affairs and spatial Development
• Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany
• Federal Office of Statistics
• Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy

Which agencies provide the main EIS on national level ?

2. 3.

• a central interdisciplinary Geoportal run by the German Environment Agency (UBA)
• a tool connecting geospatial services, metadata and catalogues
• an important node of the german spatial data infrastructure
• an instrument to fulfil european INSPIRE-obligations
• an instrument mainly adressed to GIS- and data-professionals

What is GISU ?

• granting access to interdisciplinary and heterogeneous environmental data
• satisfying rising interest in spatial data on the state & development of the environment
• link to the INSPIRE-GeoPortal and the National GeoPortal

What is offered by GISU ?

• 2. Geographical Information System
• n the Environment (GISU)
• a GISU-catalogue as a central metadata-catalogue on spatial data, spatial services

datasets and applications run in accordance with the INSPIRE metadata-regulation

• a GISU-map service offering visual access to datasets searched in the catalogue and

connecting interoperable services of other providers

What are the components of GISU ?

• 2. Geographical Information System
• n the Environment (GISU)

services next to GISU

semantic webservices

• environmental thesaurus
• spatial thesaurus
• environmental chronology

environmental research database

• descriptions & results of

more than 100.000 scientific environmental projects in the german language area

linked environment data

• pilot project on connecting

all open environmental data based on W3C standards

• 2. Geographical Information System
• n the Environment (GISU)

simple search

• keywords
• fulltext search
• access availibility
• SNS-connection

extended search categorized search

• thematical approach

European pollutant release & transfer register – 166/2006/EC air quality data – 2008/50/EC locations of urban waste water treatments plants (UWWT) – 91/271/EEC

• 2. Geographical Information System
• n the Environment (GISU)

locations of urban waste water treatments plants (UWWT) – 91/271/EEC air quality data – 2008/50/EC European pollutant release & transfer register – 166/2006/EC

download data metadata pdf linked services

INSPIRE view services of UWWT plants INSPIRE download services of UWWT plants

• pen a map

• 2. Geographical Information System
• n the Environment (GISU)

urban waste water treatments plant „Ruhleben“ in Berlin

• spatial location

attributes/ further information

• name
• nuts identifier
• data interval
• coordinates
• treatable volume
• methods
• etc.

• 2. Geographical Information System
• n the Environment (GISU)

locations of urban waste water treatments plants (UWWT) – 91/271/EEC

metadata pdf

• an information system run by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
• a tool informing about the state of the nature
• an instrument adressed to citizens and policy makers for rising interest on the state of the

nature and biodiversity

What is the database on nature and biodiversity ?

• access to maps, descriptions, fact sheets, literature, legal acts, CITES-information etc.a
• distribution, development & description of species
• locations, extensions & characteristics of protected sites of national/international interest

What is offered by the database on nature and biodiversity ?

• 3. database & data collections
• n nature and biodiversity
• media-center, library, register of legal acts, contracts and agreements,

brochures, map server, …

What are the components of the database on nature and biodiversity ?

fact sheets

• n landcapes

register of landscape plans

• 3. database & data collections
• n nature and biodiversity

maps/map viewer biosphere reserve protected sites

characterisation

• common landscape
• mostly covering requirements of natural

protected sites or a nature preserve

• serving for conservation, development
• r recreation of landscape and species

international background (UNESCO)

• promotion of a balanced relationship

between humans and biosphere

function

• conservation of landscapes, ecosystems,

species and genetic diversity

• promotion of sustainable socio-cultural

and ecological development

spatial information – map service biosphere reserve

• 3. database & data collections
• n nature and biodiversity

basic information

• birds directive
• kind of protected area
• name
• size
• codes

fact sheet

• detailed

information

fact sheet

• detailed

information

basic information

• habitat directive
• kind of protected area
• name
• size
• codes

basic information

• biosphere reserve
• kind of protected area
• name
• size
• UNESCO affirmation

basic information

• natural protected site
• kind of protected area
• name
• size
• codes (CDDA)
• year of affirmation
• 3. database & data collections
• n nature and biodiversity

fact sheet – bird directive

• species
• description

fact sheet – habitat directive

• habitat types
• description

description of habitat types

• based on natura 2000
• 3. database & data collections
• n nature and biodiversity

source: EEA-reporting

https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/nachhaltigkeit-strategien- internationales/information-als-instrument/geografisches-informationssystem-umwelt-gisu https://gis.uba.de/GISUcatalog/Start.do;jsessionid=0F1D8AB3A9E6D34B7F00E150281E3B03 https://www.bfn.de/infothek/datenbanken-informationssysteme.html https://www.bfn.de/infothek/karten.html

• 4. summary/for a closer look

Ø different, user-driven approaches in design and functionality Ø based on or including environmental reporting data

• Geographical Information System on the Environment (GISU)
• data base and data collection on biodiversity and nature
• water data
• marine data
• statistical environmental data
• radiaton data

https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/GesamtwirtschaftUmwelt/Umwelt/Umwelt.html http://www.bafg.de/DE/05_Wissen/01_InfoSys/WasserBLicK/WasserBLicK.html https://www.geoseaportal.de/mapapps/?lang=en&stateId=1694aeb2-c390-45ef-94ae-b2c39035ef69 https://www.imis.bfs.de/geoportal/<<<

Thanks for your attention !