Eionet NRC Soil Meeting 15. Oct. 2015

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1 Eionet NRC Soil Meeting 15. Oct Soil biodiversity and ecosystem services: MAES progress Andrus Meiner & Markus Erhard European Environment Agency (EEA)

2 Ecosystem Assessment in Biodiversity Strategy 2020 Action 5 under target 2 of the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020: Member States, with the assistance of the Commission, will map and assess the state of ecosystems and their services in their national territory by 2014, assess the economic value of such services, and promote the integration of these values into accounting and reporting systems at EU and national level by 2020.

3 BD Common Implementation Framework (CIF) Maes et al. 2013

4 MAES Analytical Framework

5 Mapping Ecosystems and Assess Conditions Ecosystem condition ecosystem services Maes et al. 2014

6 Mapping Ecosystem Types wetland woodland rivers lakes cropland urban open space grassland marine heathland Courtesy: JRC

7 European Ecosystem Map v2.1 EUNIS Habitat Land cover Reference Data Ecosystem type EUNIS Level 1 EUNIS Level 2 Total ecosystem coverage % area Area (km 2 ) EUNIS level 2 per level 1 J1 Buildings of cities, towns and villages Source: ETC/SIA 2014 Urban Cropland Grassland Woodland and forest Heathland and shrub J Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats I Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats E Grasslands and land dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens G Woodland, forest and other wooded land F Heathland, scrub and tundra J2 Low density buildings J3 Extractive industrial sites J4 Transport networks and other constructed hard-surface areas J5 Highly artificial man-made waters and associated structures J6 Waste deposits I1 Arable land and market gardens I2 Cultivated areas of gardens and parks E1 Dry grasslands E2 Mesic grasslands E3 Seasonally wet and wet grasslands E4 alpine and subalpine grasslands E5 Woodland fringes, clearings and tall forbs stands E6 Inland salt steppes E7 sparsely wooded grasslands G1 Broadleaved deciduous woodland G2 Broadleaved evergreen woodland G3 Coniferous woodland G4 Mixed woodland G5 Lines of trees, small woodlands, recently felled woodlands, early stage woodland, coppice F1 Tundra F2 Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub F3 Temperate and mediteraneo-montane scrub F4 Temperate shrub heathland

8 Mapping Pressures and Condition DPSIR Framework Drivers agriculture, forestry, water management, settlement, transport, industry, tourism, etc Response maintaining ecosystem functioning and biodiversity, management change, prevention measures, protection, nutrient & pollution reduction Pressures habitat change, climate change, invasive species, land use / exploitation, nutrient & pollution load Impacts change/loss of ecosystem function, change/loss of biodiversity State / Condition ecosystem state and quality / structure and functioning nutrient condition, habitat diversity, species abundance and diversity

9 Mapping the Pressures - Change over Time Trends in average Nitrogen inputs for the period compared to the year 2000 ETC/ULS 2015

10 Mapping the Ecosystem Conditions Example for assessment of agro ecosystem condition (cropland and grassland) ETC/SIA 2014

11 EEA, 2014 WFD Good Ecological Status

12 BISE: Biodiversity Information System for Europe Gateway to deliver MAES related products Guidance document for MAES deliveries in BISE_v1.pdf (10 pages) Two types of products / deliveries: 1. Case studies for upload as doc/pdf 2. Web services for view in digital atlas One metadata template per product / delivery (in zip - files)

13 Case Studies Catalogue:

14 Web Services MAES digital atlas:

15 Key Achievements 1. Conceptual framework for ecosystem assessment developed and implementation tested against existing European data 2. Main pressures mapped and methods for mapping multiple pressures outlined 3. First version of European ecosystem map developed 4. First versions of ecosystem condition maps available 5. First outline of functional relationships for impact assessment

16 Ecosystem condition ecosystem services Data integration and update: land.copernicus.eu State of Nature report, State of European Sea s report, WFD, etc. Way forward Research: ESMERALDA OPERAs, OPENNESS Towards accounting and valuation LAND Land cover change Land use change CARBON Organic carbon Land use Organic carbon flows Fast track accounts DB WATER Water in soil/runoff Water quantity Water use BIODIVERSITY Trends in populations Landscape ecological potential

17 Soil in ecosystem / ecosystem service assessement 1. Soil as important element in ecosystem types 2. Soil information integrated in assessments e.g. Soil productivity for nutrient budgets / accounts 3. Healty ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and provide multiple services positive impacts on soil biodiversity and quality 4. Soil explicitly addressed in MAES soil pilot

18 Thank you contact: EEA: BISE- Platform Ecosystem / Ecosystem Service Assessment: Ecosystem Assessment: Draft Map, Working Documents etc. Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystem Service Classification: Mapping and assessing the condition of Europe s ecosystems: progress and challenges Final Version 2.1