Report of Working Group II

This report summarizes the discussions of the Working Group on a Spatial Data Laboratory Network that were held as part of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on “Deposit and Geoenvironmental Models for Resource Exploitation and Environmental Security.” The Working Group was made up of experts who represented 14 countries and had expertise in such fields as the geosciences, geoinformatics and natural resources. The discussions focused on the scope of spatial data acquisition, handling and analysis tools in the assessment and monitoring of the environmental impact of mining. After analyzing the needs of our target group, the working group suggested the set-up of a home page for facilitating the information exchange. A brief outline of the home page was also presented.