Users

The ONP user community broadly falls into two categories: local / regional users and European-level users. Local / regional users generally require advanced high-resolution mapping tools to support more rapid mapping across a larger area than is possible with field teams alone. European-level users have a high interest in aggregated statistics and biodiversity trends across Europe. The ONP approach was primarily to address the former community. Over the project life, European-level  aspects thuch as harmonisation efforts have been added.

The users participating directly as partners in the work of ONP are:

Partner organisation	ONP function	Web site
Umweltbundesamt GmbH (Federal Environment Agency, Austria)	Representative of national user agency	www.umweltbundesamt.at
Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU), Schleswig-Holstein (D)	Schleswig-Holstein test site – representative of regional user community	www.umwelt.schleswig-holstein.de/?lanu

In addition, ONP is supported by a wider, multi-national user group who participate in workshops, assist in product validation, documentation reviews and service definition. These additional users currently comprise:

• Bundesamt für Naturschutz BFN (D)
• Environment Agency for England and Wales (UK)
• Scottish Natural Heritage – SNH (UK)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – DEFRA (UK)
• Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (No)
• Directorate for Nature Management (No)
• Norwegian Institute of Land Inventory (No)
• Statkraft SF (No)
• Alpine Convention (trans-national)
• Natural England (UK)
• EKBY (GR)
• Salzburg Regional Forestry Administration (Landesforstdirektionen)  (A)
• South Tyrol Forestry Administration (Südtiroler Landesverwaltung) (I)
• Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg (FVA)

For questions or comments, please contact the ONP task manager Alistair Lamb.