unece tos, april, 2005 initiatives of the european commission on forest monitoring jesús...
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UNECE ToS, April, 2005
Initiatives of the European Commission on Forest Monitoring
Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz (EC JRC)
UNECE ToS, April, 2005
Lack of comprehensive/harmonized information at the EU level
Existence of multiple forest information sources
National forest inventories/statistics (EFICS report, EC 1997)
European statistics collected by EC (Eurostat)
Temperate and Boreal resources Assessments (UN-ECE/FAO, 2000)
Forest Resources Assessment (FRA2005)
Dispite of above, the lack of harmonized information at the EU level persists
Lack of a European Legislation on Forestry
Status
Initiatives of the EC on Forest Monitoring
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• European Forest Information and Communication (EFICS- EEC1615/89)
European Forest Information and Communication System (EFICS) in order to address the need for sound forestry information at the European level.
• EFICS expired in the year 2000. Results included:
EFICS report (EC 1997). Publications and workshops on harmonization of forest nomenclature, data and methods.
Production of a demonstration prototype of a European Forest Information System (EFIS)
Follow-up of EFICS “Preparatory Action” on the establishment of a European Forest Information and Communication Platform EFICP – 2004
Policy Framework on forest information in the EU
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Long term forest resources database
Metadata Metadata Metadata Metadata
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Forest ProductsStatistics and Trade flow
EuropeanForest Maps
Regional Forest Resources andSocioeconomic
statistics
EFICP - Information SeverHost of resource discovery, analysis and visualization
tools
EFICP Information Server
Data/information
Data Provider
Metadata
Internet
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Watersheddata
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ForestDisturbances
Data Provider
JRC activities supporting forest monitoring - European Forest Information and Communication Platform (EFICP)
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• Atmospheric Pollution on forests (EEC Reg. 3528/86)
Level I - Monitoring forest health and vitality through the annual assessment of tree defoliation in a systematic grid of 16 by 16 km.
Level II scheme was set up in 1994 to monitor cause-effect relationship on a selected number of experimental plots. They do not European representative information .
• Atmospheric Pollution on forests (EEC Reg. 3528/86) expired in 2002.
Continued monitoring of atmospheric pollution on forests (Forest Focus Reg. 2152/03) until 2006
Policy Framework on forest information in the EU
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Level I Crown Condition
Level I Soil
Level IFoliar Analysis
Level II Database
MeteorologicalContinuous
Soil Inventory10 Year
DepositionContinuous
Vegetation5 Year
Foliage2 Year
Crown Condition1 Year
Increment5 Year
Common EU Forest Data Platform
Soil SolutionContinuous
Commission Services Scientific Community General Public
Intranet Extranet Internet
Registration, Username/Password
Public Access to aggregated data
Dedicated Access
DATA MANAGEMENTDATA MANAGEMENT
JRC activities supporting forest monitoringForest Focus Data Platform
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• Forest Fires Prevention (EEC 2158/92) / EEC 804/94 Forest fire database
Information on forest fires events (Common Core Database of National Fire Stats.)
Data included:
Fire location (commune level)
Date of fire initiation and extinction
Time of first intervention and extinction
Burnt area (forest/non forest)
Cause of the fire (unknown, natural, accident, deliberate)
Continued monitoring through Forest Focus (Reg. 2152/03) until 2006 European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
Policy Framework on forest information in the EU
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Fuel/Biomass
•Cartography
•Tables
•Statistics
Post-fire risk zoning
Fire Risk
Member States
EC
EP
Modules
Products:Customer and users:
National Fire Statistics
Damage Assessment
CO2 emissions
Regeneration
JRC activities supporting forest monitoring European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
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• Forest Focus (EEC 2152/2003 )
• Forest Fires (EEC 2158/92)
• Atmospheric Pollution on forests (EEC 3528/86)
• Soils / Biodiversity /Climate Change & Carbon sequestration /Protective function of the forests
Forest Policy Framework in the EU
2006
•Preparatory Action on a European Forest Information and Communication Platform (EFICP) – 2004
•Follow-up of the EFICS regulation
Financial instrument
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• Landsat ETM+ data• 44 land cover classes• Minimum mapping 25 ha• Land cover changes >5 ha• Geometric accuracy:
– image data: RMSE < 25 m – land cover data: RMSE < 100 m
• Thematic accuracy: > 90 %• Updating frequency: every 10 years (5
years?)
EEA-JRC CORINE – Land Cover Mapping - 2000
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AGRI-ESTAT-JRCLUCAS – Land Use/Cover Area-frame Survey
• 2001, 2003, 2005• Systematic Grid 18 x 18 kmenhanced grid
2005• The sampling consists of 2 stages: Primary
Sampling Units (PSUs) that are cells of a regular grid with a size of 18km by 18km
• Secondary Sampling Units (SSUs) that are 10 points regularly distributed (in a rectangular of 1500m by 600m side length) around the centre of each PSU.
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IRS WIFS image mosaic classification
(200 m resolution)
Forest Proportion – from NOAAAVHRR (1 km resolution)
JRC – European Forest Map – existing products
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3 Test Areas – Boreal – Alpine - MediterraneanLANDSAT ETM (TM)
Forest Mapping – High spatial resolution
Objectives:
1. Forest/Non-forest mask
2. Forest classes• Conifer• Broadleaf• Mixed
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1. Forest monitoring policy lasting up to the end of 2006.
2. Lack of legislative basis after 2006 LIFE+ in Environment
3. Future policies/strategies in line with financial rules of the EC 2007-2013
4. Several EC services dealing with forestry (DG AGRI, DG ENV, ESTAT, DG REGIO, ...)
5. Many national and international commitments for reporting on forest resources/environmental issues need for data integration.
6. Lack of harmonized information at the EU level.
7. Large potential of on-going initiatives
ENFIN (European National Forest Inventory Network)
NEFIS (Network of European Forest Information Services)
EFFIS / EC Forest Focus data platform / EFICP
Forest Focus Studies (Biosoil, harmonization, spatial analysis, etc.)
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