1. ICP Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems -
ICP IM
Achievements & Priorities
Lars Lundin and Martin Forsius
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

2. Key results and achievements Future plans; workplan 2018-2019
ICP IM TF 2017
Focus of work 2016/2017
Key results and achievements
Future plans; workplan
ICP IM TF 2018
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 2

3. Database update – data from 2015 2016-12-01: c. 14 countries
c. 40 sites for period 2009 – 2015
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 3

4. Integrated monitoring sites
17 countries
41 active sites
Ukraine 1
Ireland restart
Switzerland one new site
Poland with intentions
The ICP IM sites (mostly forested catchments) are located in undisturbed areas, such as natural parks or comparable areas. The ICP IM network presently covers forty-seven
sites from seventeen countries. The international Programme Centre is located at the Finnish Environment Institute in Helsinki.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

5. IM Task Force meeting 24-26 May 2016
Asker Norway
49 participants from 13 countries and
ICP Waters and ICP Modelling and Mapping and the JEG
Kind invitation from
Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway
Norwegian Institute for Water Research Workshop
Heleen de Wit organized
Scientific conference, Excursion and actual TF meetings
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

6. IM Task Force meeting 9-11 May 2017
Uppsala Sweden
47 participants from c. 15 countries and
ICP Waters and EB Chair and WGE Chair
Kind invitation from
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Funded by Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Jens Fölster organized
Scientific conference, Excursion and actual TF meetings
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

7. Joint ICP Integrated monitoring and ICP Waters Task Force meetings
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

8. Ongoing priority work items
Biodiversity indicators and issues related to CL and modelling
Work on HM baseline, budgets and critical loads
Update results on mass balances for sulphur and nitrogen
Common EMEP and WGE Trends report – Now published
Collaboration between IM, EU projects and LTER Europe
Common workplan items related to CLRTAP strategy (e.g. CLRTAP Assessment report).
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

9. There is a template for revised mandate for a WGE ICP/TF/Centre
CLRTAP Workplan
ICP IM Mandates
There is a template for revised mandate for a WGE ICP/TF/Centre
Lead country: Sweden
ICP IM PC at SYKE, Finland
Determination and prediction of the state of ecosystems and their long-term changes with respect to the regional variation and impact of selected air pollutants, with special attention to effects on biota.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

10. ICP Integrated Monitoring
Ecosystem investigation
Monitor state and changes with causative explanations
Develop and validate models
Detect changes by biomonitoring
Cause-effect approach
Cross-media flux approach
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

11. Integrated Monitoring
Integrated monitoring of ecosystems means physical, chemical and biological measurements over time of different ecosystem compartments simultaneously at the same location. In practice, monitoring is divided into a number of compartmental subprogrammes which are linked by the use of the same parameters (cross-media flux approach) and/or same or close stations (cause-effect approach).
The full implementation of the ICP IM will allow ecological effects of heavy metals, persistent organic substances and tropospheric ozone to be determined. A primary concern is the provision of scientific and statistically reliable data that can be used in modelling and decision making.
Catchment approach
Budget calculations
Process oriented
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

12. Common ICP, TF Health and JEG Trends report ICP IM Contributions Acidification Eutrophication Biodiversity Heavy metals
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

13. Report and scientific paper on mass balances and indicators for sulphur and nitrogen in catchments
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

14. Metal content in the soil during in Swedish IM-sites decrease in the humus layer but increase in deeper layers Hg increases in all layers
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

15. Planned ICP IM work and reports 2016-2017
ICP IM 26th Annual Report 2017 and Tech. report 2017/8
Report (2016) on dynamic response of vegetation changes in relation to N – Scientific paper in 2017
Report on assessing long-term trends of S and N
Report on HM trends and budgets (2017)
Progress report on mercury with ICP Waters
Report on connections between calculated CL exceedances and observed impacts of N (2017)
In 2017 the 25th ICP IM Task Force meeting joint with ICP Waters
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 15

16. Reporting of ICP IM activities to WGE
Item Work plan 2017 and
2018
Scientific paper on long-term trends in atmospheric deposition and runoff water chemistry of S and N compounds at ICP IM catchments in relation to changes in emissions and hydrometeorological conditions
Scientific paper on dynamic modelling on the impacts of future deposition scenarios on soil and water conditions in ICP IM catchments
Reporting of ICP IM activities to WGE
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

17. Reporting of ICP IM activities to WGE
Item Work plan 2017 and
2019
Report on dynamic modelling on the impacts of deposition and climate change scenarios on ground vegetation (ICP IM)
Scientific paper on the relationship between critical load exceedances and empirical ecosystem impact indicators (ICP IM).
Reporting of ICP IM activities to WGE
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

18. Increased possibilities to deliver required science in the future
Intense collaboration between ICP:s:
Increase the monitoring regions
Increase policy oriented assessments
EC collaboration projects; New Horizon 2020
ICP IM relates to
ALTER-Net II
LTER Europe
LIFE Watch
EnvEurope
EU Cost action FP0903
EU projects SoilTrEC, Expeer …
ALTERNet A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research Network
LifeWatch: e-Science and Technology Infrastructure for Biodiversity Research
FutMon
- a LIFE+ co-financed project for the "Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System".
A project for the creation of a pan-European long term forest monitoring system.
The project coordination centre is situated at the Institute of World Forestry, Hamburg, Germany.
FutDiv Future forest biodiversity monitoring in Europe
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

19. Main features of the EU Horizon 2020 eLTER project
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

20. Cooperation with other ICPs
Trends report common for all ICPs
Dynamic modelling together with ICP M & M
Potential cause effects report with ICP Forests
Joint Assessment report EMEP and WGE
Joint TF with ICP Waters in 2016 and 2017
Swedish University of Agricultural Sceinces

21. NEC Directive Article 9 and Annex V of Directive 2016/2284/EU
Member States should monitor negative impacts of air pollution upon ecosystems
MS should report sites by 1 July 2018
Report indicators used for air pollution impacts
MS report by 1 July 2019 first set of data
ICPs network is recommended
Should be harmonised
Swedish University of Agricultural Sceinces

22. ICP Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems -
ICP IM
Next Task Force
2018
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

23. ICP IM TF 2018
in May in Poland

24. Other business – New ICP IM co-chairs
Ulf Grandin, Associate Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Sweden
Salar Valinia, PhD Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm Sweden
Conclusion and end
Thank You
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences