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JRC on 9 November 2009 – Biosoil Conference 1

"EU Forest Information:

State of the art and ongoing developments"

Jesús

San-Miguel-Ayanz

http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

Forest Information Event, June 3, 2010 – Green Week 2

• DG ENV (Forest Focus, LIFE+, EFFIS, EFDAC, Forest Protection)

• DG AGRI (Forest Action Plan)

• ESTAT (International Joint Questionnaire -

Data Centres)

• DG CLIMA

• DG ENER

• DG REGIO(EU Solidarity Fund)

• DG Enterprise (GMES, GEOSS)

• DG SANCO & European Food Security Agency (EFSA) (Plant health)

• DG RTD

•Member State forest fire services (fire and civil protection)

− European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) network

• Member State forest services (National Forest Inventory Services, E-forest)

−European Forest Data Center (EFDAC) network

EU Institutions dealing with forest information


• Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe (Forest Europe)− State of European Forests 2011 Report

•Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) − FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2010 in Europe− FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2010 –

Remote Sensing Survey for Europe

• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Timber Branch− Team of Specialist on Forest Fires− Team of Specialist on Sustainable Forest Management− European Forest Sector Outlook Study (EFSOS)

•International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests)

International Organizations dealing with forest information


European level - Forest data collection mechanisms

Forest condition monitoring – LIFE+ (demonstration projects)

Forest fires - European Forest Fire Information System

Forest resources

• European Forest Data Centre (EFDAC) Framework Contract NFIs

(E-Forest)

• Joint Questionnaire on Wood and Trade (UNECE, ITTO, ESTAT)

• Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe (Forest Europe (2007, 2011)

• FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005, 2010)


EUROSTATWaste

Natural resourcesIPP

JRCEuropean Forest Data Centre

European Soil Data Centre

EEAClimate Change

WaterAir

Land useBiodiversity

EC Services (ENV)Data requirements

The European Forest Data Centre (EFDAC)

Agreement (November 2005) ENV, EEA, ESTAT and JRC ("Group of 4“) for the establishment of Environmental Data Centres to share responsibilities, enhance

collaboration and coordination

Forest Focus and previous EU Regulations

Forest Action Plan for the implementation of the EU Forestry Strategy (Key Action 8) (Nov. 2005)

EFICS(1989-2002) & European Forest Information and Communication Platform (EFICP) (2005-2007)

INSPIRE Directive (May 2007)

Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS Com. Feb. 2008)

Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Reg. (May 2009)


Objectives of EFDAC

Establishment of EFDAC as the focal point for forestry information at the EU level.

Storage and analysis of European forestry datasets (resources, condition, fires, …)

Provision of timely, relevant and reliable data and information to policy makers for sound knowledge-based decision making.

Contribution to the enhancement of collection, management and dissemination of data and information


Forest Resources Information System

Data from: FAO, MCPFE, Member States, JRC datasets, Framework Contract (E-forest consortium)


MetadataMetadata CatalogueCatalogue

Data Sets at JRC Applications at JRC Services at JRC

-----------------DocumentsProjectsLinks

European Forest Information &Communication Platform (EFICP)

EFDAC schemaEFDAC schema

E-Forest Platform(source: NFI)

European Forest FireInformation System (EFFIS)(source: MS Forest fire and Civil Protection services

European Forest Resources Information System(source: NFI, MCPFE, FAO, etc.)

Forest condition, forest spatial patterns, forest maps, Forest habitat suitability distribution and future trends(source: MS Forest monitoring services)

E-Forest Platform

EFDAC


SURVEYS CONDUCTED LEVEL I LEVEL II

CROWN CONDITIONCROWN CONDITION annually all plots at least annually all plots

FOLIAR CHEMISTRYFOLIAR CHEMISTRY once until now 1497 plots every 2 years all plots

SOIL CHEMISTRYSOIL CHEMISTRY once until now 5289 plots every 10 years all plots

Soil Solution Chemistry continuously part of the plots

Tree Growth every 5 years all plots

Ground Vegetation every 5 years all plots

Atmospheric Deposition continuously part of the plots

Ambient Air Quality continuously part of the plots

Meteorology continuously part of the plots

Phenology several times per year

optional

Remote Sensing Preferably at plot installation

optional

Components of EFDACForest Focus Database

•Level I (1987-2006) 5700 plots, crown condition data.•Level II (1994-2006) 860 plots, data from 10 different surveys.


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

Full validated datasets – forest condition (all surveys from 1987 to 2006)Biosoil – 22 countries soil survey and 19 countries biodiversity survey

•Biosoil biodiversity data (approx. 3379 plots)

EU Forest Focus (forest condition) database


Forest Focus BIOSOIL – Biodiversity

NullBoreal forestHemiboreal

& nemoral

Scots pine forestAlpine coniferous forestAtlantic/nemoral

oak/ashwoods, dune forestOak-hornbeam forestBeech forestMontaneous

beech forestThermophilous

deciduous forestBroadleaved evergreen forestConif. forests of Med, Anatolian & MacronesiaSwamp forestFloodplain forestNative plantations Exotic plantations and woodlands

EEA Forest Categories

1-2 species3-4 species5-6 species7-9 species10-13 species

Species

richness


EFFISMain

applications


Main

objectives

of

European Forest

Fire

Information System (EFFIS)

EFFIS covers the full fire cycle

Active firedetection

Danger Forecast

Burnt area maps

Potential soil erosionestimates

Vegetationregeneration

Forest fire events

Emission assessment

CORINECode

CORINE Class Non-BurnedArea (ha)

BurnedArea (ha)

% Burned

112 DISCONTINUOUS URBAN FABRIC 109878 42 0.0%211 NON-IRRIGATED ARABLE LAND 1194065 6990 0.6%212 PERMANENTLY IRRIGATED LAND 682939 403 0.1%221 VINEYARDS 134274 2843 2.1%222 FRUIT TREES AND BERRY

PLANTATIONS123157 1398 1.1%

223 OLIVE GROVES 518360 2421 0.5%241 ANNUAL CROPS ASSOCIATED WITH

PERMANENT CROPS16563 10 0.1%

242 COMPLEX CULTIVATION PATTERNS 1007677 5040 0.5%243 LAND PRINCIPALLY OCCUPIED BY

AGRICULTURE, WITH SIGNIFICANTAREAS OF NATURAL VEGETATION

773877 11269 1.4%

244 AGRO-FORESTRY AREAS 164627 2314 1.4%311 BROAD-LEAVED FOREST 840208 1006 0.1%312 CONIFEROUS FOREST 526430 3812 0.7%313 MIXED FOREST 573425 3930 0.7%321 NATURAL GRASSLAND 1247403 6448 0.5%322 MOORS AND HEATHLAND 260835 1628 0.6%323 SCLEROPHYLLOUS VEGETATION 2070419 25793 1.2%324 TRANSITIONAL WOODLAND-SHRUB 1044180 5266 0.5%331 BEACHES, DUNES, AND SAND PLAINS 31072 68 0.2%332 BARE ROCK 22903 59 0.3%333 SPARSELY VEGETATED AR EAS 249691 437 0.2%334 BURNT AREAS 19081 2102 9.9%

UNCLASSIFIED FOREST SU RFACES 1371987 17445 1.3%TOTAL 12983050 100724 0.8%

Land cover damage assessment


EFFIS current statusEFFIS Network & European Forest Fire Database

Nearly 2 million records of individual fire events provided by European countriesNetwork of 26 countries + FAO SilvaMediterranea (non-EU Med countries)


Fires affect most European countries

EFFIS Network & European Forest Fire Database


Damage assessment (MODIS 250 m – 2000 to 2009 )

EFFIS developments


Time span 1999-2002

Spatial resolution 25 meters

Overall agreement (OA) Using (73985) homogeneous points: 91%

Forest resources – Forest MappingEFDAC


Time span 1985-1995

Time span 1999-2002

Forest resources – Forest MappingEFDAC

Time span 2006


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FRA 2010 Remote Sensing Survey for Europe

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Forest change from JRC Forest cover maps 1990/2000/2006

FAO Forest Resources Assessment – Remote Sensing Survey

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Countries: EU 25 + Norway + Turkey

EFDAC


Results aggregated at province level to identify hot-spot provinces

Indicators list

Change in core forest pattern (JRC/MSPA Morphological Spatial Pattern - GUIDOS)

Change in natural forest landscape pattern and edge type(Landscape Mosaic Index (adapted from Riitters et al, 2009)

Change in forest connectivityEquivalent Connected Area (ECA) (from Conefor Sensinode from Saura and

Pascual-Hortal, 2007)

Forest pattern assessmentEFDAC


From a forest mask to....A forest spatial pattern mapCore forest

Edge

Branch

Connector : bridge

Connector : loop

Perforation edge

Islet

Derived using Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA-Guidos freeware developed by JRC)downloadable at: http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/download/software/guidos


http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/download/software/guidos


Forest pattern assessment

EFDAC

Change in Core Forest 1990 - 2000


Changes in Natural forest landscape patterns

Loss of natural forest landscape pattern due to forest patches erosion pre- dominantly driven by agriculture and creation of new mixed interface forest zones.



Forest connectivity change

Forest connectivity

1 km dispersal distance

19902000



Pinus pinaster Betula pubescens

Abies alba

Betula pendulaFagus sylvatica

Picea abiesPinus halepensisPinus nigra Pinus sylvestris

Quercus ilex Quercus petraea Quercus pubescens Quercus robur

ATLAS of CURRENT SUITABILITY OF MOST RELEVANT TREE SPECIES

The Atlas represents more than 85% of the observed trees in Forest Focus database

Forest species distribution and Climate ChangeEFDAC


Current and future habitat distribution of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris, Pinaceae).IPCC SRES A1B Scenario, 2000 -

2100 vegetation shift projection under 710ppm CO2

, +1.8ºC

Current and future habitat suitability of Scots Pine

Current and future habitat suitability of Scots Pine in forested areas

Forest and Climate ChangeEFDAC


E-Forest - JRC EFDAC Framework Contract

maillage50x50maillage50x50-dat.VHA_AVG

0,0000 - 40

40,0001 - 75

75,0001 - 150

150,0001 - 200

200,0001 - 270

270,0001 - 350

350,0001 - 362,7323

European Forest Resources


Some forest information exists at the European Forest Data Centre

Information of forests at the European level is fragmented and incomplete

Country level statistics data are collected by International Organizations

Quality, completeness, harmonization of the country data is not available/guaranteed

Higher spatial resolution data of European forests currently not collected

European wide information on forests is necessary, but no EU mechanisms/mandate for forest monitoring exists.

How can Europe guarantee that its forests are managed sustainably and will continue to be so under future climate change scenarios?

A debate on “Forest Protection and Information Systems”

has been launched

Final remarks


Thank you for your attention

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