1. Marta Pérez-Soba Janneke Roos Sander Mücher Han Naeff Alterra, The Netherlands Brussels, 14th June 2001 Localisation of livestock systems

2. Where are the livestock systems located? Biophysical features Land cover: CORINE 43Others: altitude, soils, climate Selection 7 classes First location maps Validation: geo-referenced national/regional databases Conclusions for the ELPEN system

3. CORINE Land cover Scale 1:100.000, 43 classes Minimum mapping element: 25 ha

4. CORINE Land Cover From the 43 classes we selected 7 classes: –pastures –land principally occupied by agriculture –annual crops associated with permanent crops –complex cultivation patterns –moors and heath lands –natural grasslands –agro-forestry areas

5. Validation The Netherlands and England Analysis of farm geo-referenced statistical data in relation to CORINE land cover data Dutch Farm data (Giab 1998) –national level –regional level English data (MAFF) All livestock holdings are geo-referenced Overlay of the farm database with CORINE land cover Result: rules indicating the % of holdings / livestock units that are located per CORINE class in a region

6. Overlay farm data with CORINE Farm 203 nr of dairy cows: 40 nr of sheeps: 100 fodder area: 25 ha pasture area: 30 ha cadastral area: 60 ha etc

7. Validation regional level Case study: The Netherlands Non irrigated arable landComplex cultivation patternsPastures contin. urban discontin. urban non-irrig. arable fruit trees pastures complex cult. land princ. agric broad leaf forest mixed forest natural grassland Percentage of grazing (dairy+beef+sheep & goats) holdings per CORINE class and per Dutch province

8. Percentage of holdings per CORINE class and Dutch province Validation regional level Case study: The Netherlands Non irrigated arable landComplex cultivation patternsPastures Dairy BeefSheep & Goats From this analysis we can derive regionally specific rules for the location of different grazing systems

9. Case study England All livestock holdings are geo-referenced Overlay of this database with CORINE land cover But we encountered a lot of disclosure problems ! And because of the mouth and foot disease crisis: We worked with provisional data on total number of agricultural holdings per CORINE class Disclosure problem

10. Comparing England with NE Percentage of total number of agricultural holdings per CORINE class contin. urban discontin. urban non-irrig. arable fruit trees pastures complex cult. land princ. agric broad leaf forest mixed forest natural grassland England Netherlands

11. Overview EU = 5-10% X >10% X most XX >50%

12. Overview EU = 5-10% X >10% X most XX >50%

13. Conclusions Variation in land cover at national and regional level, and per livestock type ELPEN system is a powerful tool to locate livestock systems since it is able to store and apply these rules National and regional specific rules are needed to locate livestock systems If no georeferenced data are available: use regional expert knowledge

14. Percentage of all agricultural holdings per CORINE class and per Dutch province continu. urban fab. discontin. urban fab non-irrig. arable land fruit trees pastures complex cult.patterns land princ.occ.by agr. broad leaf forest mixed forest natural grassland Validation Case study regional level: The Netherlands

15. Case study regional level: the Netherlands continu. urban fabric discontin. urban fabric non-irrig. arable land fruit trees pastures complex cult.patterns land princ.occ.by agric broad leaf forest mixed forest natural grassland Percentage of grazing (dairy+beef+sheep & goats) holdings per CORINE class and per Dutch province

16. Case study regional level: the Netherlands Percentage of dairy holdings per CORINE class and per Dutch province continu. urban fabric discontin. urban fabric non-irrig. arable land fruit trees pastures complex cult.patterns land princ.occ.by agric broad leaf forest mixed forest natural grassland

17. Case study regional level: the Netherlands Percentage of beef holdings per CORINE class and per Dutch province continu. urban fabric discontin. urban fabric non-irrig. arable land fruit trees pastures complex cult.patterns land princ.occ.by agric broad leaf forest mixed forest natural grassland

18. Case study regional level: the Netherlands Percentage of sheep & goats holdings per CORINE class and per Dutch province continu. urban fabric discontin. urban fabric non-irrig. arable land fruit trees pastures complex cult.patterns land princ.occ.by agric broad leaf forest mixed forest natural grassland

19. MAFF data (England) CORINE + altitude Total agricultural holdings per two main Corine classes and three altitude levels ( 1 300m) 1 2 3 dairy beef sheep pigs