1. Short and long term strategy on Land Cover/Land Use information
WG 11 June 2013 – Item 5 LUCAS Team – E4

2. Short and long term strategy on LC/LU data collection - background
Evolution of LUCAS survey (scope, methodology, legal base)
LUCAS Output:
EU fully harmonised and comparable statistics,
Indicators and in-situ data on LC, LU and landscape (NUTS2)
landscape photo archive
MS and DGs from dichotomy to AG

3. AG: mandate and activities
(DIMESA, CPSA, ENV, CLIMA, ENTR,AGRI, JRC, EEA, FAO)
10 MS (BG, DE, FR, ES, HU, PL, FI, IT, RO, UK) + CH
4 meetings
Clear assessment on the user needs
Need for a specific legal basis
Use of a centralized or decentralized approach for data collection
Harmonised and INSPIRE compliant classifications
Further exploitation of existing data
Recommendations for short / long term

4. The Advisory Group has been successful in clarifying important contextual aspects of the LUCAS survey, such as its role within important Commission policy initiatives as well as outlining key terms for a successful long-term strategy based on cooperation with Member States.

5. EU User Needs DG AGRI DG CLIMA Eurostat TIMING DG ENTR DG ENV EEA JRC
AEI, GAEC, CAP
DG CLIMA
Kyoto LULUCF, ResEff, GHG
Eurostat
TIMING
2015 – …
DG ENTR
Copernicus
DG ENV
Biodiversity, Soil, Forest Action plan, Renewable Energy Directive EU
User Needs
Specific in situ; policy indicators ; parameters; ≠ contribution of LUCAS, changes over t, share
EEA
SEBI, CSI, CLIM, CLC, HRL
JRC
Research community

6. What is LUCAS used for: use cases
LU/LC Stat.
LU/LC micro
LU/LC transect
Soil survey
Pictures
Corine Land Cover map X
Copernicus High Resolution Layers
Populationgrid
Landscape analysis
Eurostat
CAPRI model
Soil quality and erosion
Soil strategy  X

7. Corine Land Cover
Re-interpretation of IMAGE2000 with the help of LUCAS data: class-level accuracies (reliability and confidence intervals) (Maucha and Büttner; 2006)

8. CAPRI model

9. Soil quality and erosion
 Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Common Agricultural Policy post 2013
- Soil organic matter (AEI 26: Soil quality – CMEF Impact and Context indicator)
- Soil erosion (AEI 21: Soil erosion – CMEF Impact and Context indicator)

10. Landscape analysis: linear elements
Shannon Evenness Index
Density of linear elements

11. Guiding principles of the strategy
LUCAS as multi-purpose platform for in situ data
core LUCAS + ad hoc modules
Financed by policy DGs
Commission Steering Committee
INSPIRE standards
Way opened for a closer cooperation with MS
Specific legal basis to be investigated

12. Guiding principles of the strategy (2)
Short term (2015) / Long term (from 2018)
Simplified LUCAS 2015
Preparations by summer 2014.
INSPIRE specifications
Based on AWP ,“voluntary data collection"
MS active in the survey (cooperating / as contractors)
Preparation for 2018 and more
Survey guidelines to be agreed and approved by the governance structure of CPSA/DIMESA and the ESSC.
Combining national survey with LUCAS framework (Task Force)
Fine tuning methodology
Common tool for data collection and processing
Legal instruments
Harmonised methodological approach preserved
Future Lucas as a mixed dataset (national + European surveys)
Under conditions

13. Next steps:
11 June 2013
Presentation of the final report of the Advisory Group and the Strategy Proposal to WG on Land Cover and Land Use meeting
June 2013
Definition of the next LUCAS date and features and the exact terms for the financing
Q4 2013
1° meeting of Task Force
November 2013
Paper to the ESSC on the strategy for LUCAS
Q2 2014
Call for tender LUCAS 2015
Q4 2014
Contracts for LUCAS 2015 signed

14. Thank you for your attention!