1. CGBN
Co-ordination Group
for Biodiversity and Nature
16th meeting – 27/03/14
Agenda item 3.1 Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES)

2. 2013 Tasks Deadline 1. Finalisation of individual Pilot’s work
September – mid-November
2. JRC « All Pilots Workshop »
18-19 November 2013
3. Finalisation of All Pilots' draft consolidated report
December 2013

3. 2014
Proposals
Deadline
Dissemination of MAES 2nd Report on BISE incl. supporting documents
February 2014
"Hands-on" JRC-MESEU Workshop on mapping ecosystem services
10-13 February 2014
MAES WG 7
6 March 2014
MAES High-level Conference
22 May 2014
Joint EEA Management Board – ESTAT DIMESA workshop on NCA, Luxembourg
18 June 2014
MAES WG 8
11 September 2014
MAES first delivery
End 2014

4. European Ecosystem Map
EUNIS Habitat – Land cover – Reference Data
Source: ETC/SIA Dec 2013;

5. European Ecosystem Map
EUNIS Habitat – Land cover – Reference Data
Source: ETC/SIA Dec 2013;

6. Mapping pollination gaps in agricultural landscapes

7. MAES High-level Conference 22 May 2014
Opening session
Janez Potočnik (EC), Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (EC), Tony Long (WWF),
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, (CBD)
Session 1 – Agri & Forest
(AGRI-ENV)
Session 2 – Freshwater & Marine
(JRC-ENV)
High-level Roundtable discussion
Pavan Sukhdev (TEEB), Julia Marton-Lefèvre (IUCN), Dacian Cioloş (EC), Hans Bruyninckx (EEA), Lisa Emelia Svensson (SE)
Session 3 on NCA
(EEA-ESTAT)
Session 4 on ES & Cohesion (REGIO-RTD)
Closing session
Director-General Karl Falkenberg (ENV), Nadia Giannakopoulou (Greek Presidency), Mark Demesmaeker (MEP), State Secretary Economic Affairs Sharon Dijksma (NL), Chief Operating Officer Peter White (WBCSD)

8. EU assistance to MS in 2014 - MS to join EU supporting work (EEA, JRC)
- MS training on EU tools for MS (e.g. Quickscan)
- MS training at EEA, JRC
- MESEU case-studies, mini workshops
- Additional Hands On Workshops
- FP7 support (e.g. OpenNESS)
- Thematic workshops (e.g. forest, agriculture)
- Calls H2020
- etc.

9. 2015 Deliverables Indicative Deadline SOER 2015 January 2015
Art. 17 Composite Report (inc. Ecosystem status)
1st quarter 2015
Biodiversity Conference/Greenweek
2nd quarter 2015
Mid-Term Review

10. Thanks for your attention!
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