Geir-Harald Strand

Head of Research

(+47) 415 01 640
geir.harald.strand@nibio.no

Place
Ås O43

Visiting address
Oluf Thesens vei 43, 1433 Ås

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Abstract

Access to reliable spatial data is a prerequisite for successful spatialplanning. The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) providesdata about land cover and land use. The utilization of CLMS inspatial planning in Poland and Norway is affected by awareness,data accessibility, alignment with planning needs, and collabora-tion between CLMS providers and spatial planners. The utilizationcould be improved by appointing national authorities to supportadaption, documentation and standardisation, ensure data avail-ability in national language and adjusted to national legal require-ments. This can for example be done through an adjustment of thealready established National Collaboration Program (NCP).