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SIB-Meta: An approach in managing the meta information in a research environment. Kai Blauberg. Overall objectives of the study. Assess Siberia’s forest resources, forest industry, and infrastructure Examine the forest’s economic, social, and biospheric functions
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SIB-Meta: An approach in managing the meta information in a research environment Kai Blauberg
Overall objectives of the study • Assess Siberia’s forest resources, forest industry, and infrastructure • Examine the forest’s economic, social, and biospheric functions • Identify possible pathways for the sustainable development of the Siberian forest sector • Formulate policy options for Russian and international agencies
Forestry Enterprises of the Federal Forest Service of Russia Summary: • 1900 Forestry Enterprises • 14 Tables • 200 Parameters
Forest State Account Description FORESTRY AREA AND LANDUSE STOCK CHANGE TRANSPORT FACILITY SPECIES FOREST DISTRIBUTION RESTORATION FOREST EXPLORATION FUNCTIONAL FORESTRY FOREST FIRE LANDUSE ENTERPRISE PROTECTION THINNING AND SANITATION STAND DENSITY RESTOCKING AND SITE INDEX CHANGE DRAINAGE GROWING STOCK TAPPING
Database in Figures Note: Not taking into account possible missing entries.
SIB-Meta • A set of indexed html-documents derived from the meta-database • Each data theme contains a background document and data definions by • Data table • Data column • Code entries • Search currently possible by • Table code • Table title • Database name • GIS-meta currently implemented as background document
WWW-Links • IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/ • Sustainable Boreal Forest Resources Project: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/ • SIB-META: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/~blauberg/DBDOC/ (only for the time of the congress)