Session ‘Governing effective land use using environ. accounting approaches’ Harmonised geo-spatial information for improved land governance Geertrui Louwagie – European Environment Agency (EEA) Ecosystems assessment group – Natural systems and vulnerability programme Copyright - Slipping Spodosolshttp://soilscapestudio.com
EEA networks and governance 2 Eionet: 33 member and 6 cooperating countries
Land – a finite and non-renewable resource Finite o ‘Planetary boundaries’, ‘safe operating space’ Sources: e.g. Rockström et al., 2009 Non-renewable o Soil formation o t/ha.a (average) Source: Verheijen et al., 2009 o Soil degradation o 1.2 t/ha.a (average) o 3.6 t/ha.a (arable land) Source: Cerdan et al., 2010 Copyright Roger Langohr
Resource efficiency – EU policy context ‘Thematic Strategy on the sustainable use of natural resources’ [COM(2005) 670] Europe 2020 Strategy - ‘Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe’ [COM(2011) 571] EU 7EAP ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’ [Decision 1386/2013/EU]’ Planned EC Communication on land as a resource
Land system – Components and interactions Source: EEA, 2015, The European Environment: State & Outlook 2015 (SOER 2015), European briefing ‘Land systems’.
Corine Land Cover (CLC) series: (tbc) CLC2006 Corine Land Cover (CLC) series 44 LC/LU classes Minimum mapping unit: 25 ha for status layers, 5 ha for change layers Linear elements > 100m width Updates every 6 years, incl. change layer 39 countries, +/- 6 mill. km 2 Production by Eionet NRC Land Cover through grant agreements Coordination, training, QA/QC, integration by EEA
Land and ecosystem accounting (LEAC) grid Source: EEA - Corine Land Cover
Change matrix (44x43=1932 changes) Source: Land cover – from mapping to accounting LCF3 LCF1 LCF2 LCF5 LCF4 LCF7 LCF6 LCF8 summarised into flows LCF9
Drivers – Environ. & socio-economic processes Land use intensity in agro-ecosystems (2006) European Topic Centre Spatial Information and Analysis 2014
Pressures – Land cover/Land use changes Summary indicators and land take indicator
State – Land multi-functionality Production potential versus actual use (2006) European Topic Centre Spatial Information and Analysis 2014
Impacts –Land (Dis)services, costs and benefits Impact of land take on biomass production European Topic Centre Spatial Information and Analysis 2014
Responses – Land governance Multi-level governance Source: EEA, 2015, The European Environment: State & Outlook 2015 (SOER 2015), European briefing ‘Land systems’.
Land systems: resource-efficient governance Source: EEA, 2015, The European Environment: State & Outlook 2015 (SOER 2015), European briefing ‘Land systems’.
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