initiatives of the european commission on forest monitoring jesús san-miguel-ayanz (ec jrc)

UNECE ToS, April, 2005

Initiatives of the European Commission on Forest Monitoring

Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz (EC JRC)


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


• 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

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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

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Metadata

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Watersheddata

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ForestDisturbances

Data Provider

JRC activities supporting forest monitoring - European Forest Information and Communication Platform (EFICP)


• 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



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


• 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)



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)


• 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


• 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


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.


IRS WIFS image mosaic classification

(200 m resolution)

Forest Proportion – from NOAAAVHRR (1 km resolution)

JRC – European Forest Map – existing products


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


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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initiatives of the european commission on forest monitoring jesús san-miguel-ayanz (ec jrc)

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