The main objectives of the NEFIS project were a) to maximise the value of existing data and databases by coordinating ongoing efforts to create forest information systems and services; b) to support data providers at the country and international level by developing harmonised standards and procedures for data provision; c) to develop unified and operable methods for communication between different Internet-based forest information services (metadata standards and controlled vocabularies/keyword lists, on-line data processing toolkit) and d) to provide national and international data sets for use through the service.
The objectives were to be achieved by establishing a network including important players and stakeholders in the field of forestry and information technology development, thus improving the dissemination and processing of different types of forest information in Europe for the purpose of sustainable forest management.
The results of this project have been published in EFI Research Report 20.
NEFIS is carried out in accompanying measures in the Commission of European Communities, DG Research - Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources Programme under the contract number QLAM-2001-00638.