Land cover and land use for policy purposes Working Group Land Cover and Land Use Statistics 13.03.2018
Land cover and land use for policy purposes New modules in LUCAS 2018 Copernicus Soil (extended approach) Grassland LUCAS 2015 data Land cover transect Land cover point information for CAPRI SDG indicators Soil
LUCAS transect Heath/Shrub, tall herb fringes < 3m Single bushes, single tree Avenue trees Conifer hedges < 3 m Bush/tree hedges/coppices, visibly managed (e.g. pollarded) < 3 m Bush/tree hedges, not managed, with single trees, or shrubland deriving from abandonment < 3 m Grove/Woodland margins (if no hedgerow) < 3 m Dry stone walls Ditches, channels < 3 m Rivers, streams < 3 m Ponds, wetlands < 3 m Rock outcrops with some natural vegetation Source: JRC, 2017
LUCAS land cover point information CAPRI model (Common Agricultural Policy Regionalised Impact model) Use of LUCAS data: Disaggregate NUTS2/NUTS3 agricultural land use to Homogeneous Spatial Units (HSU) Agriculture policy and trade policy. Environmental concerns Some indicators: nitrogen balance, pesticide risk, greenhouse gas emissions
SDG INDICATORS SDG INDICATORS: Share of Forest area Artificial LC per capita Change in artificial LC