Context

In literature a very large range of available DSS tools can be found for facing agriculture, forestry and environmental issues. However, these are typically designed to tackle a specific problem/scale/end-user group. Instead, LANDSUPPORT aims at managing land resources in an integrated way:

-developing integrated interdisciplinary modelling chains and approaches for informed decision making

-data management (WP2, WP4) and modelling (WP3) capable to handle very high spatial detail using, as far as possible, physically based modelling engines (also HPC codes) such as biophysical modelling thus including evaluation of uncertainty.

-developing procedures (type of modelling, data, open source, HPC) to allow replicability elsewhere (WP6)

-developing a large set of applications in agriculture, environment and spatial planning producing.

-over four geographic scales: European Union, 3 Nations (Italy, Hungary, Austria), 2 European Regions (Campania region, Zala County), 3 European pilot sites (Valle Telesina (IT), Marchfeld, (AU), Keszthely (HU). (WP5,6)

By achieving the above interconnected scientific and technical objectives –will deliver RUR03-2017 challenges/scope and by doing that will contribute to implementation, impact and delivery of about 20 European land policies – listed in table 1.1b – including European Decision n.529/2013 on LULUCF, RDPs (Pillar I and II); CAP; COM(2013) 659 final; 7th Environmental Action Plan; 2030 Agenda for SDG (N. 2, 3, 15.3); Dir 2000/60/EC; Dir 2007/2/EC; COM 2006/231, COM (2011) 571 final, 2001/42/EC and 85/337/EEC, Habitat Directive 92/43/EEC and connected National and Regional policies. (all WPs;)