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Mappingfavourable andunfavourable N2000HabitatsinFlanders
MonitoringinNatura2000sites4-6/04/2017Toon Spanhove,Patrik Oosterlynck,Toon Westra,MaudRaman,HansVanCalster,Els Lommelen,Desiré Paelinckx
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Mappingfavourable andunfavourable N2000HabitatsinFlanders
Settingthescene:Flanders
INBO&N2000monitoringprogrammes
Indicators
Quality mapping
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Flanders
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Flanders &theHabitatDirective
105.022 ha38 SAC’s 7,8%
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Flanders &environmental pollution
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Designand implementation ofmonitoringprogramsEUreportingSupporting nature policyinFlanders
HabitatmonitoringHabitatmappingà areaand distribution (>2016:+habitatquality)Monitoringscheme (>2014)à habitatquality /structure &functionsNaturemanagementmonitoring(designphase)
Abiotic conditionsSoil,ground water,surface waterand atmospheric deposition
[Speciesmonitoring(>2016)]
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Designand implementation ofmonitoringprogramsEUreportingSupporting nature policyinFlanders
HabitatmonitoringHabitatmappingHabitatquality mappingMonitoringscheme habitatqualityNaturemanagementmonitoring
Abiotic conditionsSoil,ground water,surface waterand atmospheric deposition
[Speciesmonitoring]
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OverviewofNatura2000habitatmonitoring
Habitat quality –structure and
functions
Flanders
SAC network
Habitat patch
Information needs
Area and distribution
Habitat quality –abiotic
conditions
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OverviewofNatura2000habitatmonitoring
Habitat quality –structure and
functions
Flanders
SAC network
Habitat patch
Habitat mapping
Monitoring strategies Information needs
Area and distribution
Habitat quality –abiotic
conditions
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OverviewofNatura2000habitatmonitoring
Habitat quality –structure and
functions
Flanders
SAC network
Habitat patch
Habitat mapping
Monitoring strategies Information needs
Area and distribution
Habitat quality –abiotic
conditionsMonitoring scheme –
structure and functions
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OverviewofNatura2000habitatmonitoring
Habitat quality –structure and
functions
Flanders
SAC network
Habitat patch
Habitat mapping
Monitoring strategies Information needs
Area and distribution
Habitat quality –abiotic
conditionsMonitoring scheme –
structure and functions
Habitat quality Mapping (single
campaign)
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Monitoringscheme
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Habitatquality mapping
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OverviewofNatura2000habitatmonitoring
Habitat quality –structure and
functions
Flanders
SAC network
Habitat patch
Habitat mapping
Monitoring strategies Information needs
Area and distribution
Habitat quality –abiotic
conditionsMonitoring scheme –
structure and functions
Habitat quality Mapping (single
campaign)
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OverviewofNatura2000habitatmonitoring
Habitat quality –structure and
functions
Flanders
SAC network
Habitat patch
Habitat mapping
Monitoring strategies Information needs
Area and distribution
Habitat quality –abiotic
conditionsMonitoring scheme –
structure and functions
Habitat quality Mapping (single
campaign )s
Monitoring scheme –
abiotic conditions
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OverviewofNatura2000habitatmonitoring
Habitat quality –structure and
functions
Flanders
SAC network
Habitat patch
Habitat mapping
Monitoring strategies Information needs
Area and distribution
Habitat quality –abiotic
conditionsMonitoring scheme –
structure and functions
Habitat quality Mapping (single
campaign )s
Monitoring scheme –
abiotic conditions
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MappingfavourableandunfavourableN2000HabitatsinFlandersSince 2016– ending 2020Funded by PASprogram(“ProgrammatorischeAanpakStikstof”–
apolicyprogramto reduce and mitigate theimpactofathmosphericnitrogen onNatura2000habitats)Mapping +Quality assessmentFieldworkOnly within SACHabitatpatchlevelIndicators
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MappingfavourableandunfavourableN2000HabitatsinFlandersSince 2016– ending 2020Mapping +Quality assessmentFieldworkOnly within SACHabitatpatchlevelIndicators
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Indicators
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Indicators:selection criteria
Fieldcriteria+desktopGIS
Quantitative
1fieldvisit
Noequipmentneeded
Easyspecies(although trade off:indicative value ofmosses)
Uniformcriticia and thresholds for comparable habitats
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Indicators:very diversesetofcriteria
142 conservationstatus indicators for81 habitat subtypes in Flanders
Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspeciesHabitatspecific speciesand numbers
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structurehorizontal structure
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structurehorizontal structurevertical structure
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structurehorizontal structurevertical structureage/size classes
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structurehorizontal structurevertical structureage/size classes
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structureLinked with processes
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structureLinked with processes
Disturbance
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structureLinked with processes
DisturbanceGrassencroachment
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structureLinked with processes
DisturbanceGrassencroachmentTreeencroachment
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structureLinked with processes
DisturbanceGrassencroachmentTreeencroachmentEutrophication
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structureLinked with processes
DisturbanceGrassencroachmentTreeencroachmentEutrophicationAcidification
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structureLinked with processes
DisturbanceGrassencroachmentTreeencroachmentEutrophicationAcidificationExotic species
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Indicators
Key speciesNumber and coverofkeyspecies
StructureVegetation structureLinked with processes
DisturbanceGrassencroachmentTreeencroachmentEutrophicationAcidificationExotic species
[Size and spatial configuration]
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Limits &targetsofindicators
Version 2
Version 3
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No habitat N2000 Habitat
Critical value
Restoration target
Unfavourable Favourable
Limits &targetsofindicatorsVersion 2
No habitat N2000 Habitat
Critical value
Unfavourable
Version 3 (after scientific review)
Good
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Integrationofindicators (inprogress)
Criterium Threshold
Favourable
Unfavourable
Quality indicators per patch
grass encroachment Invasive species covertree encroachment
+ + =
+ + =
One out - all out
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Integrationofindicators (inprogress)
Criterium Threshold
Favourable
Unfavourable
Quality indicators per area
grass encroachment Invasive species covertree encroachment
> 90% ‘green:’ Overall Favourable
90% - 66%: MostlyFavourable
66% - 33% PartlyFavourable
33% - 10% MostlyUnfavourable
< 10% ‘green’ Overall Unfavourable
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Integrationofindicators (inprogress)
Criterium Threshold
Favourable
Unfavourable
Overall quality (integrate area and indictors)
grass encroachment Invasive species covertree encroachment
> 90% green: Overall Favourable
90% - 66%: MostlyFavourable
66% - 33% PartlyFavourable
33% - 10% MostlyUnfavourable
< 10% Overall Unfavourable
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Integrationofindicators (inprogress)
Criterium Threshold
Favourable
Unfavourable
grass encroachment Invasive species covertree encroachment
I I I
Overall quality (integrate area and indictors)
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Integrationofindicators (inprogress)
Criterium Threshold
Favourable
Unfavourable
grass encroachment Invasive species covertree encroachment
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Overall quality (integrate area and indictors)
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AANTAL indicatoren regionaal ongunstig
één of meer van de ongunstig scorende indicatoren met hoogbelang (1)
eindoordeelregionale habitatkwaliteit
meer dan de helft niet van belang zeer ongunstigminder dan, of maximaal de helft
ja matig ongunstignee(of geen regionaal ongunstige indicatoren)
gunstig
Beslisregels:
Regionalehabitatkwaliteit:Integratieoverdeindicatorenheen
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2016:ca.10000hamapped +2000haQAwith 7FTEAverage:QA+60%additional timecompared to mapping alone
Very fewhabitatpatchesingood conservation status
Mostly straightforward systembut:‘unexpected’patters (e.g.proportion inherb layer)mozaics ofmultiplehabitattypesspecies- arearelations
Afewexperiences
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Accessible databaseConservation statusreport
Future plans
See poster Els Lommelen
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Accessible databaseConservation statusreportAnalysisofconservation statuscriteria
Toolittle variation?Correlation?Operational remotesensing?
Future plans
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Accessible databaseConservation statusreportAnalysisofconservation statuscriteria
Toolittle variation?Correlation?Operational remotesensing?
Future plans
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R² 0,07 to 0,34 in 10 minutes
Tree encroachment:Field vs Lidar
Field estimate
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Conclusions
Loadsofexisting indicators&methods
Finetuning needed
Feasible to combineQAwith fieldmapping
Dare to start
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Thank you for your attention
And aspecialthanks to:
Fieldworkers:KlaasDebusschere,PieterDhaluin,MarliesFroidmont,PieterHendrickx,RoyHendrix,Jorgen Opdebeeck,JanRuymen,WardTamsyn
JeroenVandenBorre for linkwith remotesensing
Vilda Photofor pictures