DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF GIS TOOLS IN REGIONAL PLANNING IN TUKUMS COUNTY Part- financed by the EU

Calculate and visualize biomass numbers; Collect information and knowledge links; To distribute information and competence; To ensure sustainability of project results. Main tasks for GIS experts Part- financed by the EU

What is GIS? Part- financed by the EU Hardware; Software; Target of use; Data; Trained staff.

Part- financed by the EU Target of use To realize project tasks with help of GIS; To write data obtaining and treatment wizards; To develop some GIS models for biomass calculation.

Part- financed by the EU Repeatable data from state registers; Data with fixed content and classification; State level identifiers; Identifiers identical in textual and graphical data. Data

Part- financed by the EU Trained staff For trained staff – training documentation.

Part- financed by the EU GIS tools for forest biomass (1) Data: –State forest register with detailed (map 1:10000) information (species, age, height, volume...); –Identifiers for forest digital map, municipality; Tactical level task: –Select economically profitability forest compartments for obtaining biomass; General level task: –To summarize and visualize biomass information in municipality level.

GIS tools for forest biomass (2) Part- financed by the EU Tactical level GIS tool realization: –ArcGIS Model Builder.

Part- financed by the EU GIS tools for forest biomass (3) General level realization: –Thematical map templates for Tukums region.

Part- financed by the EU GIS tools for Suitable Territories for Short Rotation Forestry (1) Data: –Road information in scale 1:50000; –Biomass utilization places; –Restricted areas; –Land use information. Tactical level task: –Selecting available territories consideration current legislation for short rotation; General level task: –To summarize and visualize biomass information in municipality level.

Part- financed by the EU GIS tools for Suitable Territories for Short Rotation Forestry (2) Realization: –Field blocks including set-aside land ≥ 5 ha; –Not cultivated field blocks with area ≥ 5 ha.

Part- financed by the EU Conclusions We have written knowledge; We have GIS; We can provide project follow-up.