Development of an information system for the environmental and economic management of the Dehesa-Montado ecosystem in Extremadura and Alentejo

• Published in: Options Méditerranéennes. Série A : Séminaires Méditerranéens no. 78
• Main Authors: Espejo Díaz, M.; Martín Bellido, M.; Espejo Gutiérrez de Tena, A., Junta de Extremadura, Badajoz (Spain). Centro de Investigación Agraria "La Orden", Matos, C., Direcçào Regional de Agricultura do Alentejo, Vila Nova de S. Bento (Portugal). Centro de Experimentação do Baixo Alentejo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zaragoza (Spain) CIHEAM-IAMZ 2008
• Subjects: CONDUITE DES HERBAGES; DEHESA; DSS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONNEMENT; ESPAGNE; ESPANA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT; GRAZING SYSTEMS; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2593; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3364; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3367; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_35131; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6124; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7273; MANEJO DE PRADERAS; MEDIO AMBIENTE; MONTADO; PDO; PGI; PORTUGAL; SISTEMAS DE INFORMACION GEOGRAFICA; SISTEMAS DE PASTOREO; SPAIN; SYSTEME D'INFORMATION GEOGRAPHIQUE; SYSTEME DE PATURAGE
• ISBN: 9782853523745; 2853523748
• ISSN: 1016-121X

This paper presents the first results of the project Interreg-IIIA SPA4.E13 to develop an information system for the environmental and economic management of the dehesa-montado ecosystem. The dehesa and the most important of their quality products (PDO and PGI) are described. There are two partners in the project, which coordinate the 15 research teams participating in the work. The research was planned around six activities: Coordination, Physical Factors, Biological Factors, Production systems, Social and Economic Characterisation and Geographic Information System (GIS) and Decision Support System (DSS) The most significant of the project’s achievements up to the moment are: creation of extensive information of the dehesa and transfer of the project results: (i) Creation of a website and a digital library of the dehesa; and (ii) Transfer of results through conferences on the dehesa. To complete the GIS with new data obtained and finalise and test the models and the DSS, a second phase of the project has been approved by the European Union