1. Mapping of ecosystems and their services in the EU and its Member States
ENV.B.2/SER/2012/0016

2. The Project Team

3. CONTEXT: PRESS

4. The Conceptual Framework
CONTEXT: Working Group MAES
The Conceptual Framework

5. The First Workshop November
The 'survival kit' should provide:
Clear instructions on timelines and procedures: organisation of Action 5 work, priorities, milestones and useful experience
Clarification of roles between MS and the EU (relevant scales, ecosystems and ecosystem services);
Specification of what is to be achieved by 2014.
Guidelines to ensure coherence between MS and EU level.
Best Practice Book based on example countries.
Easy way to access necessary information ( BISE)
Clear common definitions of concepts
Links to available tools
And .... Options for capacity building / traininig
The First Workshop November
21-22, 2012

6. OVERALL APPROACH

7. Available information for mapping and assessing ecosystems and their services at EU levelHD
MSFD
WFD
FP7
BISE
ESTAT
EEA
JRC MA
TEEB
CLC
ESP
GeoBON
GBIF
PRESS
MAES
Monitoring and reporting under the Habitats and Birds, the Marine Stategy Framework and the Water Framework Directives
FP7 projects: Volante, Liase, Scales, Steps, BiodiversityKnowlegde, Openness, Opera
Biodiversity Information System for Europe
Data provided by Eurostat, European Environment Agency, Joint Research Centre, RTD, MS, NGOs
PEER Research on Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem Service Partnership
Group on Earth Observations: Biodiversity Observation Network (GEOBON, EBONE)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Corine Land Cover data
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; Sub global assessments (UK, ES, PT, CZ, …)
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity; National and regional TEEB studies (Nordic, DE, NL, EU …)
From J. Maes 2012, Nov Workshop

8. CONTACTS IN EUROPE Research team Advisors (Additional) ALTER-Net
Partner
(Additional)
Ispra
Workshop
Contact
WG MAES
Advisors
WG MAES
members

9. TASK 1.1: BROAD EUROPEAN SURVEY
Target: 3 groups of “experts”:
Group 1: Policy makers / advisors / analysts
Group 2: Scientists
Group 3: Mapping professionals
The Digital Survey will be created using surveymonkey   ).

10. TASK 1.2: PILOT CASE STUDIES
Advanced Member States examples
PILOT CASE 1.1: The United Kingdom  UK NEA
PILOT CASE 1.2: Spain  Spanish NEA
Less advanced Member States examples
PILOT CASE 2.1: Belgium  a series of methodological and sub-national cases: BEES
 moving to NARA for Action 5
PILOT CASE 2.2: Austria  regional cases;

11. Example from Flanders: Nature Reports (NARA)2014 – 2018
Mapping of ecosystems & services
Scenarios for ecosystems & services
Evaluation of policy and management of ecosystems & services

12. TASK 1: CASE STUDIES
Examples outside the EU, with added value to the work carried out in the EU.
PILOT CASE 3.1: Switzerland  sub-national cases;
PILOT CASE 3.2: A Balkan country (to be selected)
Partner to produce case factsheet : ECNC reviewing one or more of the following countries: Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.
Marine pilot case: PILOT CASE 4: the Netherlands;
Partner to produce case factsheet Alterra /Imares
Maybe comparison with UK Marine work

13. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ECOSYSTEMS rivers Wood lakes Wet land open Crop
Grass
Wood
rivers
lakes
open
space
urban
marine
Heath

14. TASK 1.2 Ecosystems and Services for each pilot case
Agro
Forest
Grasslands
Heath &Scrubs
Wetlands
Lakes Rivers
Marine
Services
Provisioning
PC22
PC12,
PC21,
PC31
PC11
PC32
PC12
PC4
Regulating
PC21, PC31
PC21
Habitat
Cultural
PC21 PC31
PC11 = UK; PC12 = Spain;
PC21= Belgium; PC22 = Austria;
PC31 = Switzerland; PC32 = Balkan countries;
PC4 = North Sea

15. TASK 2: Research Questions
Which indicators reported on under the current EU assessments can potentially be useful for ecosystem services assessments?
In which ways are national and regional ecosystem (services) assessments at present using biodiversity information ?

16. Relationship between the current indicators reported and the link with national reports
HD – Art 17 reporting
MSFD – initial assessment
Qual. Descr. for good environ. status
WFD
National reporting
Species
Favourable conservation status of species under Annex II, IV and V
Descriptors 1-4. Biodiversity species level
Quality elements for classification of ecological status – biological elements
Indicator on state of species
Habitats
Favourable conservation status of habitats under Annex I
Descriptors 1, 5, 6. Biodiversity habitat level
Quality elements Physico-chemical conditions
Indicator on habitats (if available)
Ecosystems -
Descriptors 5-6.
Biodiversity ecosystem level
Quality elements hydromorphological elements
Indicator on ecosystems (if available)

17. Task 3 Gap Identification  via comparative analysis
from the case study fact sheets (task 1 and 2)
from literature study and consultations in the (scientific) networks,
Discussed in 2 day workshop (with Advisors & Steering Group)

18. MID-PROJECT WORKSHOP 19-20 March 2013
Day 1: Review and evaluation
methodologies, parameter and indicator choices, data requirements and representativeness
scaling aspects, trade-offs, and multiple services
Day 2: Looking forward
the current institutional context of the EU and EU accession countries and considerations for the Guidance document (Task 4).
the long term ‘Looking forward’ component

19. Task 4 Guidance Documents
Start collecting examples of EU Guidance documents early
Preliminary designs of Targeted Guidance Documents (different for different “groups”)
Consultation of WG MAES

20. Additional tasks and requirements
meet with the Commission’s services in Brussels regularly
attend meetings of the EU Working Group MAES
prepare reporting flow from the project to BISE
Make results available to IPBES

21. PLANNING Date Milestone/activity/deliverable Signing of contract
October 31st, 2012
Milestone
Draft Inception Report
December 5th, 2012
Deliverable
Kick off meeting Steering Group
Dec 18th, 2012
Draft Interim Report
March 10th, 2013
Workshop
March 19-21, 2013
Activity
Interim report
May 1st, 2013
Interim progress meeting
May 15th , 2013
consultation results
August 31st, 2013
Guidance Document(s)
(Draft) Final reportActivity
Sept 15th, 2013
Final meeting
September 30th, 2013
Milestone/
Printed report
October 31st, 2013