| Deliverable
No. |
Deliverable
title |
Delivery date |
Nature |
Dissemin-ation
level |
| From Part
1: Identification of indicators by stakeholders at all scales |
| 1.1a |
A review and
evaluation of different indicator concepts for DESERTLINKS |
Month 10 |
Re |
RE |
| |
1.1a(i)
Indicator concepts for desertification policy [download]
1.1a(ii)
Review of other indicator systems [download]
|
| 1.1b |
Description
and underpinning of procedures used to measure candidate indicators
for monitoring changes in functions |
Month 18 |
Re |
RE |
| |
1.1b(i)
Functional indicators for monitoring desertification [download]
1.1b(ii)
Problems and main issues associated with, and strategies to
combat, desertification [download]
1.1b(iii)
Development of DIS4ME [download]
|
| 1.1c |
Digital data
base structure |
Month 16 |
Re/Da |
RE |
| |
1.1c(i)
Framework for defining and characterising desertification
indicators [download]
1.1c(ii)
Classification framework for desertification indicators [download]
1.1c(iii)
Desertification indicators and participatory approach [download]
|
| 1.1d |
Preliminary
data base of DESERTLINKS indicators |
Month 36 |
Re/Da |
RE |
| |
http://nrd.uniss.it/dis4me/ |
| 1.1e |
Report describing
how DESERTLINKS indicators might contribute to other action
plans |
Month 24 |
Re |
PU |
| |
1.1e(i)
How DESERTLINKS might contribute to the work of the UNCCD
Annexes [download]
1.1e(ii)
Introduction (from DIS4ME) for Indicators and National Action
Plans [download]
|
| 1.2a |
A report on
the stakeholders perception of land degradation, desertification
and global change and their needs for scientific information,
in all four target areas. (Edited by Partner 09). |
Month 8 |
Re |
PU |
| |
1.2a
A report on the stakeholders' perception on land degradation
and desertification in the Mediterranean - DESERTLINKS Target
Areas |
| 1.2b |
An illustrative
information booklet, written in a non-technical language addressing
the causes and consequences of desertification. |
Month 8 |
Re |
PU |
| |
What
is desertification? [en] [download]
What
is desertification? [gr] [download]
What
is desertification? [it] [download]
What
is desertification? [pt] [download]
What
is desertification? Poster based on booklet [en] [download]
|
| 1.3a |
A report on:
(a) the main processes and factors affecting types of land use,
land use change, and management practices, and (b) the appropriate
strategies for making effective policy decisions for sustainable
land management of areas threatened by desertification. (Edited
by Partner 05) |
Month 26 |
Re |
PU |
| |
1.3a
Driving forces and pressure indicators: decision-making by local
stakeholders [download] |
| 1.4a |
Electronic
Database (CD-ROM) of current, past and potential land use management
practices in each target area (Compiled by Partner 07) |
Month 19 |
Da |
PU |
| |
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/indicator_system/mandata/mandata.htm |
| 1.4b |
Multi-language
Review of environmental impacts of common types of land management
in each target area (Edited by Partner 07) |
Month 36 |
Re/Da |
PU |
| |
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/indicator_system/manpras15Apr05/home.htm |
| From Part
2: Development of composite indicators |
| 2.1a |
ESAIS |
Month 26 |
|
|
| |
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/indicator_system/esi_jan_05/esi.htm |
| 2.1b |
The ESA data
set for all target areas plus the independent layers of parameters
and indices from the GIS (edited by partners 02 and 05) |
Month 9 |
Da |
RE |
| |
2.1b
(Agri data set) [download] |
| |
2.1b
(Alentejo data set) [download] |
| |
2.1b
(Lesvos data set) [download]
|
| 2.2a |
GIS (ARC) maps
of land cover, vegetation, soil erosion and salinisation risk
by month and for annual averages, for both present conditions
and land use/ climate scenarios
|
Month 36 |
Re/Da |
PU |
| |
2.2a(i)
Regional Degradation Index (RDI) for Europe: A physically
based model for estimating long-term average rates of soil
erosion by water, at regional scales [download]
2.2a(ii)
GIS (ARC) maps of land cover, vegetation, soil erosion and
salinisation risk by month and for annual averages, for both
present conditions and land use/ climate scenarios [download]
|
| 2.2b |
Annual maps
of monthly sequences of vegetation cover density, land cover
over a ten year period and land cover change, 1990-2000. |
Month 36 |
Re/Da |
PU |
| |
**
awaiting maps |
| From Part
3: Application of indicators to the management of desertification
at sub-national to European scales |
| 3.1a |
An internet
discussion facility for the Annex IV Focal Points and the desertification
cluster highlighting current progress, forthcoming meetings
etc. |
updated as required |
Re |
RE |
| |
The
DESERTLINKS website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/index.htm |
| 3.1b |
A series of
reports for circulation among the Annex IV Focal Points, the
Commission and the desertification cluster identifying areas
of thematic and operational links and potential collaboration. |
Month 4 then
as necessary |
Re |
RE |
| |
3.1b
Executive summaries of interim and annual reports
|
| 3.2a |
Manual "Desertification
Indicator System for Mediterranean Europe" |
Month 30 |
Re |
PU |
| |
DIS4ME:
Desertification Indicator System for Mediterranean Europe http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/indicator_system/index.htm |
|
|
|
| 3.3a |
Description
of the expected inferred changes in terms of kind of crops/landscapes/land
uses affected, magnitude, extension, type of physiographic units
involved, triggering and spinning mechanisms of change, legal
and socio-economic features of the affected plots/properties
Edited by Partner 08) |
Month 24 |
Re |
PU |
| |
3.3a
Description of the land use changes in relation to crop types,
landscapes and physiographic units involved in the Guadalentin
basin [download] |
| 3.3b |
Identification,
and description of the policies influencing desertification
in the Guadalentín basin through the triggering of land
use or vegetation cover changes and explanation of the flow
tree of their policy making process crossing local, national
and European levels (Edited by Partner 08) |
Month 30 |
Re |
PU |
| |
3.3b
Identification and description of the policies influencing desertification
in the Guadalentín basin through the triggering of land
use or vegetation cover changes [download] |
| 3.3c |
Guidelines
for adaptation of the present policy framework to include long
term changes, in order to anticipate policy schemes for mitigation
of desertification in the long term. Technical paper on the
methodology of this work package and its application to the
Guadalentín basin. (Edited by Partner 08) |
Month 36 |
Re |
PU |
| |
3.3c
Guidelines for adaptation of the present policy framework to
include long term changes, in order to anticipate policy schemes
for mitigation of desertification in the long term [download] |
| 3.4a |
Manual "Desertification
Indicator System for Mediterranean Europe" summarised in
local languages |
Month 32 |
Re |
PU |
| |
DIS4ME
(Portuguese version) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/indicator_system/introduction_pt.htm
DIS4ME
(Spanish version) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/indicator_system/introduction_es.htm
DIS4ME
(Italian version) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/indicator_system/introduction_it.htm
DIS4ME
(Greek version) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/indicator_system/introduction_gr.htm
|
|
|
|
| 3.4b |
Guidelines
on the use of the indicator system by local stakeholders to
manage desertification |
Month 34 |
Re |
CO |
| |
3.4b
Guidelines on the use of the desertification indocator system
by local stakeholders |
|
|
|
| 3.4c |
Guidelines
on the use of the desertification indicator system by the Annex
IV focal point representatives in new areas |
Month 34 |
Re |
CO |
| 3.4d |
Guidelines
for the CST and UNCCD on the use of desertification indicators |
Month 36 |
Re |
PU |
| |
3.4c&d
Guidelines on the use of the desertification indicator system
by Annex IV Focal Points, the CST and the UNCCD [download] |
| From Part
4: Coordination Activites |
| 4.1a |
Interim and
annual reports. |
Months 4, 10,
12, 16, 22, 24, 28, 34 |
Re |
RE |
| |
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/private/project-reports.htm |
| 4.1b |
Final report,
Technical Implementation Plans; Executive Summary of Final Report |
Month 36 |
Re |
PU |
| |
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/desertlinks/private/project-reports.htm |
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