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- This report details the CORINE Land cover methodology as applied for the first Euopean wide inventory of land cover information at scale 1:100,000 since 1985. The report describes the structure of the CORINE land cover nomenclature. For each item of the nomenclature the guide includes a satellite image, delineation of a unit on the image, an example of a document (ancillary or additional documentation) which will help delineate and identify the unit, and a short commentary on the three illustrations. The illustrations used here have been provided by the various national teams taking part in the project. |
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- The rational management of land resources represents one of the most important and challenging policy issues in the European Community. lt is an issue which is relevant at both the national and international level. lt is an issue, also, which cuts across many different policy interests - environment, agriculture, rural and regional development - each of which both influences and is affected by the nature and problem of land resources. lt is an issue of which the importance has been stressed on a number of occasions by the European Parliament.Given the increasing threat to land resources, and especially the growing problem of soil erosion in Mediterranean regions, an urgent need thus exists to provide information which can help to target policy actions to the areas of greatest need. |
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- For each item of the nomenclature, Part II of the guide includes a satellite image, delineation of a unit on the image and an example of a document (ancilliary or additional documentation) that will help delineate and identify the unit, and a short commentary on the three illustrations. |
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- This report describes CORINE Land Cover project. It consists of two parts: the first describing the framework, objectives and methodology; and the second specifying the nomenclature used in the project. For each item of the nomenclature, Part II of the guide includes a satellite image, delineation of a unit on the image and an example of a document (ancilliary or additional documentation) that will help delineate and identify the unit, and a short commentary on the three illustrations. |
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- The biotopes project forms part of the CORINE experimental work programme of the Commission of the European Communities, concerned with 'gathering, coordinating and ensuring the consistency of information on the state of the environment and natural resources in the Community'. The first task for the biotopes project was to establish a Community network of sources of information and expertise on all aspects of nature conservation. Within this network, agreed procedures were then developed and implemented: These procedures (in particular, the selection criteria and the various standard nomenclatures developed in the biotopes project) are now also accepted as a basic standard by many international, national and regional agencies responsible for nature protection. A database describing some 6 000 sites of Community importance for nature conservation has been created and represents the most comprehensive European source of such information. |
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