ARCAN

Description

Organisation:

Agriculture Research Council (CRA) working group for managment, updating and mantaining the national soil dtatabase of Italy

Acronym:

ARCAN

Details

Mission and Objectives:

Collecting semantic, analitical and geographic soil data all over the Italy, armonize the soil different dataset, build the national soil units catalogue, gathering of soil thematic associated data on soil quality, fertility, hydraulic and hydrological properties

Formal Mandate:

National Government

Mandate:

National project of maintenance of soil nationa database supporting the Agricultural and Forestry Policies Italian Ministry (MIPAAF)

Activities:

working group and thematic workshop and reports production

Membership:

CRA-Reserch Centre for Agrobiology and Pedology, National Agency for Environmental Research (ISPRA-MATTM), Rural Network Office of MIPAAF

Typology:

Regional

Thematic

PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT

Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development

submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams

yes

allocate experts to Drafting Teams

yes

participate in the review process

yes

implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules

yes

collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies

yes

contribute to awareness raising and training

yes

be kept informed

yes

Geographic Domain

National

Italy

Societal Sector

Research

Specific Expertise

Specific Expertise:

Metadata

Monitoring and Reporting

Data Specifications

Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development

participant to SIAS national project (INSPIRE pilot methodology) for determination of soil carbon stock and soil erosion in some italian administrative regions

Environmental application domains

soil salinization risk, soils idnicators development and geographicalapplication for determination of PAC standards effectiveness

Primary Business

land evaluation at national level based on soil, land use and climatic databases

INSPIRE Data Themes
Producer	Soil, Agricultural and aquaculture facilities, Natural risk zones
User	Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems, Geographical names, Hydrography, Elevation, Land cover, Orthoimagery, Geology, Land use, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units, Meteorological geographical features, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes

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