1. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007 The Use of the Cadastral Information for Environmental Issues Jarmo Ratia Director General National Land Survey of Finland President of the GSDI Seminar on Cadastre as Tool of Social Cohesion in Latin America and Europe Lisbon (Portugal), 29–30 November 2007

2. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007  record certain human interests, both public and private, regarding each area of land Cadastres …

3. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007  natural environment  built environment  social environment  environmental policy  environmental protection  sustainable development Environment…

4. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007 Cadastre Environmental issues Environmental protection Sustainable development ?

5. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007 … does a good cadastre promote sustainable development?

6. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007  in UN and EU programmes and declarations  in ’INSPIRE’ Cadastres importance …?

7. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007  Hernando de Soto ”The Missing Ingredient” 1993  cadastres essential part of the development  but rather a consequence than a cause  cadastres not solution to all problems. …cadastres importance?

8. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007 Conlusions – importance of cadastre  in fostering sustainable development and economic growth  as bases for LIS and GIS (e.g. with environmental data) systems  as an important component of societys Basic Data Infrastructure serving the environmental management

9. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007 Society’s Basic Data Infrastructure Persons Enterprises Land Register Buildings & Dwellings CADASTRE Plans & Restrictions GIS’s LIS Person related databases Enterprise related databases Person ID Position Enterprise ID

10. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007  important parts of SDI systems that produce information crucial to decision makers in environmental management  land-use planning  informing the land-owners Conlusions – cadastres in environmental management

11. NATIONAL LAND SURVEY OF FINLAND – DOWN TO EARTH 2007 … does a good cadastre promote sustainable development? Sustainable development and good environmental management is not possible without a modern cadastre.