The “Ecopedological project of The “Ecopedological project of the Alps”: general descriptionthe Alps”: general description

Harmonization of Soil Information in the AlpsHarmonization of Soil Information in the AlpsJRC, IspraJRC, Ispra 1 – 2 July 20041 – 2 July 2004

Francesca Ferraro, Earth Sciences Dept., Milano University 

Alpine Convention - Soil Alpine Convention - Soil ProtocolProtocol

Italian Ministry of Environment

APAT(Environment Protection Agency and Technical

Services) Eco-pedological Map

for the Alpine Territory 1:250.000

APATAPAT

Earth Sciences Department (Milano University)

IDPA (Institute for Environmental Processes Dynamics) - National Research Council (CNR)

Centro Studi Val d’Ossola(Catholic University, Milan)

CRASL (Research Centre for Env. and sustainable Development of Lombardy)

(Catholic University, Milan)

Project leader Adalberto Notarpietro(IDPA, Brescia Catholic University)

Bolzano(EURAC)

Domodossola

(Centro Studi)

ARPAVARPAVAPAT (Environment Protection Agency and Technical Services)

exchange format for data

(Pilot areas)

ARPAV (agro-environmental Centre of ARPA Veneto)

JRC/JRC/IESIES

Ecopedological Map of Italy 1:

250.000 European Soil Bureau (ESB)Soil and Waste UnitSoil and Waste Unit

Harmonisation…Harmonisation…

ProposalsProposals

Prototypal Prototypal ecopedological ecopedological map 1:250.000map 1:250.000

Exchange formatExchange format Pilot areasPilot areas Network creation Network creation Census of soil Census of soil

institutionsinstitutions

European Perspectiv

e

Prototypal mapPrototypal map•boundaries ratified by the Alpine boundaries ratified by the Alpine

ConventionConvention

•existing dataexisting data

•database derived from soil map of database derived from soil map of EuropeEurope

•applicative parameters (erosion applicative parameters (erosion organic C)organic C)

•Pixel (Pixel (10x10 km10x10 km))

•INSPIRE gridINSPIRE grid

Exchange format &Exchange format &Pilot areasPilot areas

Exchange format Exchange format ARPAV ARPAV Pilot areas – boundary areasPilot areas – boundary areas Pilot areas – representative of Pilot areas – representative of

different Alpine regionsdifferent Alpine regions 1 1 x 1 kmx 1 km fitting the fitting the INSPIRE gridINSPIRE grid Pilot areas = test of Pilot areas = test of exchange formatexchange format

Network creationNetwork creation

network among European partners network among European partners working on soilsworking on soils

definition of common protocols, for definition of common protocols, for the elaboration of the reference soil the elaboration of the reference soil databasedatabase

no modification of data ownershipno modification of data ownership

census of institutions involved in census of institutions involved in alpine soil study and protectionalpine soil study and protection

ConclusionsConclusions Exchange format & Pilot areasExchange format & Pilot areas

NetworkNetwork

Short timesShort times

Enlargement of 1 x 1 km areasEnlargement of 1 x 1 km areas

This is only the first step……………….This is only the first step……………….