Data  availability  report  

 (Action  B1  Development  of  integrated  planning  tool    for  sustainable  grassland  management)  

 

Beneficiary  responsible  for  implementation:  BEF  LT  

B1  action  leader:  Kestutis  Navickas  

Contributors:    Miguel  Pecina  

    Ivo  Vinogradovs  

    Justas  Gulbinas  

 

Vilnius,  2016  

 

The  project  “Integrated  planning  tool  to  ensure  viability  of  grasslands”  (LIFE  Viva  Grass)  No  LIFE13  ENV/LT/000189  is  co-­‐financed  by  the  EU  LIFE+  Programme,  Ministry  of  Environment  of  the  Republic  of  Lithuania,  Latvian  Environmental  Protection  Fund,  Estonian  Environmental  Investment  Centre  and  the  project  partners.  

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Introduction    

The  structure  of  the  data  availability  report  is  built  on  the  list  of  relevant  indicators  (both  ecosystem  service  and  socioeconomic)  which  we  selected  and  agreed  among  the  project  team.  The  aim  of  the  study  is  to  have  an  overview  from  3  Baltic  countries  about  available  datasets,  conditions  for  using  it  for  planning  and  research  purpose  and  should  the  users  of  the  Integrated  planning  tool  (the  Tool)  to  plan  additional   resources   (for  purchase  of  data  or  processing   the  data)   to  be  able   to  use  with   the  Tool.   The   analysis   also   include   assessment   legal   regulations   of   data   availability   i.e.   conditions   for  access   to   the  date;   any   legal   restriction   for  data  use  and  publish.  As  well   as   format  of   the  data   is  important  to  assess  to  be  able  to  propose  solution  for  its  display  in  the  Tool.  

As   part   of   the   data   generation,   existing   primary   and   secondary   data   need   to   be   reviewed   and,   if  necessary,  additional  primary  data  collected,  which  can  either  be  collected  by  the  the  project  team  (e.g.  through  demo  areas  visits,  surveys  and  questionnaires)  or  through  monitoring  programmes  of  environmental   indicators.   This   serves   to   build   a   comprehensive   basis   for   the   further   evaluation  steps.    

After  identifying  the  data  needs  for  each  indicator,  it  is  required  to  check  which  existing  primary  and  secondary   data   is   available   and   if   adjustments   are   necessary,   e.g.   by   additional   data   collection.   If  existing  data   sets   are  exploited,   important   activities   are   to  ensure  access   to   it   as  well   as   the  data  preparation   activities   such   as   clearing   and  merging.   Time   spend   for   such   exercise   and   additional  resource  needs  should  be  recorded  to  be  able   integrate   this   information  to   the  Tool  guidebook  at  the   later   stage   of   the   project.   Cost   components   include   labour   and   personnel,   equipment   and  consumables,  and  transaction  cost.    Absolute  majority   of   data   is   free   accessible   to   be   able   to   use  with   the   Tool,   only   small   additional  tuning  is  needed  this  needs  is  addressed  to  the  Tool  development  team.    

   

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Lithuania  

In   general,   the   situation   regarding   data   availability   in   Lithuania   is   good.   The   National   Payment  Agency  collects  data  on  declared  land  plots  and  every  year  the  data  is  updated.  The  only  issues  are  access   to   the   data   and   completion.   The   data   is   not   public.   It   can   only   be   acquired   by  writing   an  official  request  to  the  ministry  of  Agriculture  and  explaining  for  what  purposes  it  will  be  used.  Also  the  data  provided  is  not  always  geometrically  correct  and  data  on  semi-­‐natural  grasslands  has  to  be  added  from  another  database.  Altogether,  since  not  all  the  land  or  grasslands  are  declared,  some  of  the   data   is   missing.   Other   used   data,   like   soil   database   is   quite   complete,   although   some   parts  require   updates   or   filling   data   by   expert   judgement.   The   last   part,   data   required   for   cultural  ecosystems   comes   from   different   sources   and   some   of   them,   like   hiking   trails   are   not   yet   fully  digitized.  However,  it  seems,  that  in  the  coming  years  this  problem  should  be  solved.  

Latvia  

The   greatest   challenge   in   gathering   and   processing   data   for   Viva   Grass   project   was   to   compile  correct   geographic   database   for   grassland   land   use   –   Rural   Support   service   could   provide   (for  municipalities,   and   research   and   educational   purposes   only)   declared   grasslands   with   faulty  geometry  with   division   between   cultivated   and   permanent   grasslands,   so   semi-­‐natural   grasslands  were   added   from   biologically   valuable   grassland   database   from   biotope   mapping,   which   in   itself  Latvia   is   very   poor   and   scarcely   covered.   Next   obstacle   is   that   different   State   agencies   hold  information  only  on  declared  agricultural  land-­‐uses  –  i.e.  once  people  get  subsidies  and  payments  –  no  info  on  non-­‐subsidized  grassland  management,  which  could  be  estimates  10-­‐20%  of  all  grassland  share.   There   was   no   digital   elevation   model   for   Latvian   territory;   we   used   ultra-­‐high   precision  airborne  laser  scanning  data  for  project  territories  –  it  is  possible  that  there  are  going  to  be  different  steps   of   processing   of   base   map   when   national   DEM   will   be   available.   There   is   no   clearness   on  person  sensitive  information  –  a  lot  information  is  considered  to  be  one,  so  it  is  left  unavailable,  for  instance  no  info  on  managers,  owners  of  agricultural  land.  

In   my   opinion   the   greatest   fault   is   incapability   to   gather   information   on   grasslands   outside   area  payments  schemes,  that  way  we  lose  approx.  40%.  

Estonia  

Regarding   data   availability   in   Estonia,   the   situation   is   generally   good   and   there   are   no   major  constraints.   As   long   as   the   institution   using   the   data   has   educational   or   research   purposes,  information  is  free  of  charge.  The  most  problematic  data  are  the  educational  and  hiking  trails,  since  this   type   of   information   is   in   pdf   format   and   would   require   pre-­‐processing   and   digitizing   before  being  used  in  any  GIS  platform.  Institutions  in  charge  of  managing  GIS  data  (Land  Board  of  Estonia,  Estonian   Nature   Information   System,   etc.)  are  usually   not   clear   about   the   frequency   of   updates.  Generally,  updates  don't  occur  on  a  regular  basis  and  the  databases  should  be  checked  at  least  once  a  year  to  assess  whether  new  data  has  come  through  or  not.  Enclosed  in  Annex  1-­‐3  is  a  summary  of  the  data  availability  report  from  each  Baltic  country.      

The  project  “Integrated  planning  tool  to  ensure  viability  of  grasslands”  (LIFE  Viva  Grass)  No  LIFE13  ENV/LT/000189  is  co-­‐financed  by  the  EU  LIFE+  Programme,  Ministry  of  Environment  of  the  Republic  of  Lithuania,  Latvian  Environmental  Protection  Fund,  Estonian  Environmental  Investment  Centre  and  the  project  partners.  

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INDICATOR Availablelayers Attributefield Source Type Version Updates Access

Isitaneedforadditionaldataprocessing

Ifyesconcerningprocessing,indicatetimeandotherresourceneeded Column1

Grasslandtypes Permanentgrassland PRIA(EstonianAgriculturalRegistersandInformationBoard)shp Free(educationalinstitutions) NOShorttermgrasslands PRIA(EstonianAgriculturalRegistersandInformationBoard)shp Free(educationalinstitutions) NO

SoilmapofEstonia1:10000 Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp 1.10.2015 notregular Free YES

Task :Reclassificatioofsoilmap

byfertility

Time :30min

AnnexIhabitats habitatcode EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp 28.10.2015 notregular Free(educationalinstitutions) NOGrasslandeligibleforCAPpayments EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp 12.03.2015 notregular Free(educationalinstitutions) NO

Rearedanimalsandtheiroutputs Livestockbuildings type,amountofanimalunits PRIA(EstonianAgriculturalRegistersandInformationBoard)shp ? ?FodderHerbsformedicineBiomass-basedenergysources

Controloferosionrates SoilmapofEstonia1:10000 texture Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp Free YES

Task :Reclassificatioofsoilmapbysoiltype,texture,fertility,

etc.

Time :varible

LIDARDEM Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) raster Free(educationalinstitutions) YESTask :CalculateslopeTime :30min

Floodpronezones(yleujutusalad ) EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions) NOGrasslandclasses shp NO

Hydrologicalcycleandwaterflow SoilmapofEstonia1:10000 texture Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp Free YES

Task :Reclassificatioofsoilmapbysoiltype,texture,fertility,

etc.

Time :varible

LIDARDEM Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) raster Free(educationalinstitutions) YESTask :CalculateslopeTime :30min

Grasslandclasses shp NOAquifersmap(NB!ONLYNORTH-EASTESTONIA) Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp Free ?

Pollination Beekeepinghives PRIA(EstonianAgriculturalRegistersandInformationBoard)shp ? YES

Task :Modelbeehabitatsuitabilityindex.Derivebeeabundancefrombeehives

locations

Time :8wdays http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09242007-164419/unrestricted/Chapters1234_Afoy_revised.pdf

Maintaininghabitats ProtectedfaunacategoryI speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)ProtectedfaunacategoryII speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)ProtectedfaunacategoryIII speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)ProtectedplantscategoryI speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)ProtectedplantscategoryII speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)ProtectedplantscategoryIII speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)Protectedlichensandfungicat.I speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)Protectedlichensandfungicat.II speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)Protectedlichensandfungicat.III speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)Specieswithoutprotection(Kaitsestaatuseta_liigid speciesoutoftheEstonianNatureProtectionActbutunderotherclassificatiosuchastheRedBook)speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)Species(Liigid EstonianFundforNaturedataonspecieslocalities,unclearquality)speciesname EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp Free(educationalinstitutions)

AtlasoftheEstonianFlora(10km2grid) speciesname shp Free(educationalinstitutions) YES

Task :DownscalingdistributionmodelsbasedonHierarchical

BayesianModelling

Time :5wdays Downscalingofspeciesdistributionmodels:ahierarchicalapproach(PetrKeil)

Weatheringprocesses/soilfertility SoilmapofEstonia1:10000 fertility,texture,type Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp Free YES

Task :Reclassificatioofsoilmapbysoiltype,texture,fertility,

etc.

Time :varible

Chemicalconditionoffreshwaters SoildegradationmapfoEstonia(1:2.500.000) ? shp ? ?

SoilmapofEstonia1:10000 fertility,texture,type Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp Free YES

Task :Reclassificatioofsoilmapbysoiltype,texture,fertility,

etc.

Time :varible

HydrogeochemicalatlasofEstonia Cl,SO4,NO3,Fe ? shp(point) ?

Globalclimateregulation SoilmapofEstonia1:10000 soiltype Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp Free YES

Task :Reclassificatioofsoilmap

bysoiltype

Time :30min

Grasslandclasses(Physicalandexperientialinteractions)num.ofruralrecreationenterprises -----Requiresmanualquerying EestiMaaturism,visitestonia.com,puhkaeestis.ee Free YES(Physicalandexperientialinteractions)num.oftowers EstonianBasicMap(tornid) towertype Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp ? ? Free(educationalinstitutions) YES(Physicalandexperientialinteractions)lengthoftrails RMKwebsitepdfmaps(requiresdigitizing!) RMK(StateForestManagementCentre) pdf ? ? Free YES(Physicalandexperientialinteractions)Photos(Educationalvalues)num.ofinfostands Notavailable(Educationalvalues)lengthofeducationaltrails RMKwebsitepdfmaps(requiresdigitizing!) RMK(StateForestManagementCentre) pdf ? ? Free YES(Educationalvalues)educationalsites EducationandNaturecentres EnvironmentalEducationdatabase(website) online(googlemaps) Free YES(Culturalheritage)culturalheritagemouments culturalmonuments monumenttype NationalHeritageBoardofEstonia shp ? ? UNKNOWN YES(Culturalheritage)farmsteadspreviousto19thCentury culturalmonuments monumenttype NationalHeritageBoardofEstonia shp ? ? UNKNOWN YES(Culturalheritage)stonewalls stonewalls walltype Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp ? ? Free(educationalinstitutions) YES(Culturalheritage)shareoftraditionalgrasslands AnnexIhabitats habitatcode EELIS(EstonianNatureInformationSystem) shp 28.10.2015 notregular Free(educationalinstitutions) YES(Aesthetics)Landscapequality/characterassessments Notavailable(Aesthetics)lengthofscenicroads Notavailable

GENERALLAYERS Countylimits countyname Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp ? ? Free NOMunicipalitylimits municipalityname Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp ? ? Free NOCadastralmap ? Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp ? ? Free(educationalinstitutions) NORoadnetwrok roadtype Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) shp ? ? Free(educationalinstitutions) NOOrthofoto Maaamet(LandBoardofEstonia) raster(10-16-25-50cm/pixel) Free(educationalinstitutions) NO

Annex  1.  Estonian  report            

   

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INDICATOR Availablelayers Attributefield Source Type Version Updates AccessIsitaneedforadditionaldataprocessing

Ifyesconcerningprocessing,indicatetimeandotherresourceneeded

Grasslandtypes Permanentgrasslands type LAD(RuralSupportServiceRepublicofLatvia) shp 2014 annual Free(municipalities) noCultivatedgrasslands type LAD(RuralSupportServiceRepublicofLatvia) shp 2014 annual Free(municipalities) noSemi-naturalgrasslands type NatureConservationAgency shp 2014 annual Free no

Biomass-basedenergysources Biomasstperha t/ha Remotesensing(InstituteofEnvironmentalSolutions) shp 2014 none projectuse notdoneyetControloferosionrates SoilmapofLatvia1:10000 soiltype TheStateLandService shp 1980-1990(datacollection)none agreementforprojectuse yes 1600h,digitizinganalogmaps(askRaimonds)

LIDARDEM maboveseelevel Remotesensing(InstituteofEnvironmentalSolutions) raster 2014 none projectresults yes 4h,generalizing,categorizingGrasslandclasses type shp 2014 annual projectresults yes 4h,generalizing,categorizing

Hydrologicalcycleandwaterflow SoilmapofLatvia1:10000 texture,soiltype TheStateLandService shp 1980-1990(datacollection)none agreementforprojectuse yes 2h,assigningvalues,categorizingLIDARDEM maboveseelevel Remotesensing(InstituteofEnvironmentalSolutions) raster 2014 none projectresults ?Grasslandclasses type shp 2014 annual projectresults ?

Weatheringprocesses/soilfertility SoilmapofLatvia1:10000 fertility,texture,type TheStateLandService shp 1980-1990(datacollection)none agreementforprojectuse ?Chemicalconditionoffreshwaters SoilmapofLatvia1:10000 fertility,texture,type TheStateLandService shp 1980-1990(datacollection)none agreementforprojectuse ?Culturalheritage nationalregistryofculturalmonuments type,name StateInspectionforHeritageProtectionRepublicofLatvia shp 2015 notregular Free yes 4h,digitizingfromlistwithdescrptionsAesthetic highesteticalvaluelandscapes type Vivagrassproject/Cesismunicipality shp 2015 none projectuse/projectresults no

Numberofruralrecreationalenterprises none number Cesismunicipalitytouristinformationregister ? present ondemand free noNumberofwatchingtowers none number Cesismunicipalitytouristinformationregister ? present ondemand free noNumbersoftrails none number Cesismunicipalitytouristinformationregister ? present ondemand free noNumberofphotos none number ? ? ? ? ? ?Numberofeducationalsites none number Cesismunicipalitytouristinformationregister ? present ondemand free noNumberofmonuments nationalregistryofculturalmonuments type,name StateInspectionforHeritageProtectionRepublicofLatvia shp 2015 notregular Free yes unknown,digitizingfromlistwithdescrptionsFarmsteadsbeforeandin19thcentury Historicalfarmsteads location Vivagrassproject/Cesismunicipality shp 2015 none projectuse/projectresults noShareoftraditionallanduse Landuse landusetype Vivagrassproject shp 2015 none projectuse/projectresults noShareofabandonedland Landuse landusetype Vivagrassproject shp 2015 none projectuse/projectresults noScenicroads roads type Vivagrassproject shp 2015 none projectuse/projectresults noLandscapestructureheterogenity(index) Landuse type Vivagrassproject shp 2016 none projectuse/projectresults yes unknown,fragstatcalculations

Abandonmentrisk questions answers questionarie table 2016 none projectuse/projectresults yes unknowncadasterplots numberofcadaster TheStateLandService cad 2015 regular Free(municipalities) yes convertion

Annex  2.  Latvian  report  

     

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INDICATOR Availablelayers Attributefield Source Type Version Updates Access

Isitaneedforadditionaldataprocessing

Ifyesconcerningprocessing,indicatetimeandotherresourceneeded

Grasslandtypes Corinelandcoverdatabaseofyear1995,2000,2006,2012 TheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA)(www.geoportal.lt) shp Every6years Free No -

GDR10LT(landusedata) NationalLandService(www.geoportal.lt) shp 31/10/15 Regularly Free No -

AŽ_DRLT(databaseofabandonedland) NationalLandService(www.geoportal.lt) shp 15/12/01 Everyyear Free No -

HabitatsofEuropeanimportance TheNaturereasearchcentre(www.geoportal.lt) shp 15/02/18 Regularly Free No -

IACSdata NationalPaymentAgency shp Everyyear

AcquiredtroughMinistryof

Agricultur Yes

2workingdaysandbasicGIS

knowledge

Rearedanimalsandtheiroutputs Livestockunits TheDepartmentofstatistics shp(point) 2010 each10years Free - -

Fodder

Herbsformedicine

Biomass-basedenergysources

Controloferosionrates Soildatabase NationalLandService(www.geoportal.lt) shp 15/12/31 Notregularly Free No -

Soildatabase-bonitet NationalLandService(www.geoportal.lt) shp 13/06/06 Free No -

LIDARDEM NationalLandService raster Free

Grasslandclasses shp

Hydrologicalcycleandwaterflow Soildatabase NationalLandService(www.geoportal.lt) shp 15/12/31 Notregularly Free No -

LIDARDEM NationalLandService raster Free

Grasslandclasses shp

Pollination

Maintaininghabitats Systemofprotectedspecies MinistryofEnvironment shp

Availableonlytroughspecial

permit No -

HabitatsofEuropeanimportance TheNaturereasearchcentre(www.geoportal.lt) shp 15/02/18 Regularly Free No -

Weatheringprocesses/soilfertility Soildatabase-bonitet NationalLandService(www.geoportal.lt) shp 13/06/06 Free No -

Chemicalconditionoffreshwaters Mapsofriverbasins TheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA)

shouldbe

availablein

shp ?

Globalclimateregulation

(Physicalandexperientialinteractions)num.ofrural

recreationenterprises Reuiresmanualcollectionfromdifferentsources Differentsources Free Yes Digitizing,dependsondataamounts

(Physicalandexperientialinteractions)num.oftowers ApžvalgosbokštaiLietuvoje

http://hb.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid

=3ce4f92ba10d481c8fdd4dd5875d7d05 shp notregular Free No

(Physicalandexperientialinteractions)numberoftrails Someareavailable,somemstbedigitizedfrompdfmaps Differentsources shp notregular Free Yes Digitizing,dependsondataamounts

(Physicalandexperientialinteractions)Photos Photosfromsocialnetworks Google,facebook,instagramandother shp notregular ? Yes -

(Educationalvalues)educationaltrails Someareavailable,somemstbedigitizedfrompdfmaps Differentsources shp notregular Free Yes Digitizing,dependsondataamounts

(Educationalvalues)educationalsites Reuiresmanualcollectionfrominternetandonsite Differentsources shp Free Yes Digitizing,dependsondataamounts

(Culturalheritage)numberofmonuments(inruralareas) Kultūrosvertybiųregistras Kultūrospaveldodepartamentas(www.geoportal.lt) shp 20150227 ? Free Yes Filteringofneededobjects.Fewhours

(Culturalheritage)farmsteadspreviousto19thCentury Kultūrosvertybiųregistras Kultūrospaveldodepartamentas(www.geoportal.lt) shp 20150227 Free Yes Filteringofneededobjects.Fewhours

(Culturalheritage)shareoftraditionallanduse

Insomeareascanbeaquiredmannually(poldersterritoryin

Silutemunicipality) - shp Free Yes

Dependsontheterritoryand

detailnessofthearea

(Aesthetics)Landscapequality/characterassessments

(Aesthetics)lengthofscenicroads - - - - - - - - -

Annex  3.  Lithuanian  report    

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