The SaveGREEN Technical Application Toolbox for monitoring ecological corridors in bottleneck areas describes the specification and the data model as well as software components that are necessary for the implementation of a consistent and comparable monitoring of functional and structural connectivity in ecological corridors. Moreover, it shows how data from field sampling can be integrated into online platforms and online services to enhance knowledge exchange.

The developed harmonized SaveGREEN data model represents the heart of the whole SaveGREEN Technical Application Toolbox. It defines the whole model sematic - all objects, their properties and relationships that must be mapped in course of the fieldwork and guarantees and thus ensures the comparability of the results. All details of the data model are described in Output T1.2.

The Toolbox supports a consistent and quality-assured storage of all data created within the framework of the project, supports the fieldwork and monitoring of functional connectivity within the pilot areas, guarantees a consistent data flow between fieldwork and IT infrastructure, and provides the basis to publish the data to the public.

The SaveGREEN Technical Application Toolbox was developed based on open-source software. For the field monitoring of the functional connectivity in the pilot areas the existing open-source mobile GIS-client software QField was used to implement the data scheme into a usable data package. As the SaveGREEN pilot areas differed in their size and environmental conditions, a flexible tool for in-field monitoring was necessary to derive data that is comparable to some extent. Based on this mobile GIS client all relevant parameters like land use, barriers, wildlife tracks e.g. can be digitally collected. The results can be accessed via the SaveGREEN geodata portal via https://metadata.savegreen.at/.

The whole implementation of the SaveGREEN Technical Application Toolbox is based on open-source technologies. This is the only way to ensure the reuse of the developed tools in other projects without additional licensing costs. Thus, this approach can be easily implemented by different institutions and/or environmental agencies.

• Applications
• Ecological corridor
• GIS
• Green infrastructure
• Methodology/tools
• Modelling
• Country
  • Austria
  • Bulgaria
  • Carpathians
  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Ukraine
• Theme
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecological corridors
• Project area
  • Carpathians
• Project
  • SaveGREEN
• Species
  • Birds
  • Insects
  • Large mammals
  • Medium-sized mammals
  • Reptiles and amphibians
  • Small-sized mammals
• Language
  • English