European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC): Soil data infrastructure for research and policy making in Europe

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1 European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC): Soil data infrastructure for research and policy making in Europe Ana Payá Pérez, Panos Panagos & Marc Van Liedekerke Convegno sul tema: Evento internazionale EUGRIS: "Come ottenere il massimo dalle risorse disponibili online per la gestione di siti contaminati e brownfield - World Cafè Ferrara, 24 Settembre 2015

2 European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC): Soil data infrastructure for research and policy making in Europe Ana Payá Pérez, Panos Panagos & Marc Van Liedekerke European Soil Data Centre Joint Research Centre REMTECH 2015, Ferrara (Italy, 24 September 2015

3 Group of Four(4) Thematic Centre for soil related data in Europe. ESDAC as one Centre in the system of European Data Centers for the Environment, decided by the group of four (Go4) (DG ENV, ESTAT, JRC, EEA) EEA Climate Change Water Air Land use Biodiversity EUROSTAT Waste Natural resources IPP DG ENV Data requirements JRC Soil Forest

4 ESDAC and Policy Making Provides policy relevant soil data and information to Commission services and external customers Main Policy Areas 6 th and 7 th Environmental Action Program (EU Soil Thematic Strategy) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Climate Change Policy (Post-Kyoto debate, LULUCF) Energy Policy (Renewable Energies Directive, Biofuel) Biodiversity (Nature) Protection Policy (EU Biodiversity Strategy) Water Protection Policy (Water Framework Directive, Groundwater Directive) Forest Protection Policy (Forest FOCUS, ICP Forest) Regional Policies (INTERREG) Food Safety (PPR Registration, EFSA) Food Security (FAO) Development Policy (ACP-Observatory, Africa Atlas) Waste Policy (Biowaste Directive, Sewage Sludge Directive)..etc.

5 ESDAC and Policy Areas- Examples Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Agro-environmental policies and Soil Conservation policies request ESDAC data such as: Soil Erosion rates, Organic carbon, soil compaction, ph, diffuse contamination... ESDAC provides assessment of soil quality problems and delineation of risk areas. Definition of Less Favourable Areas (LFA). Climate Change policies: Soil organic carbon data requested by modelers. Soil contains about twice as much Carbon as above ground vegetation. EU-27 is estimated to 75 Billion Tons of Carbon. Renewable Energies (Biofuel): Many concerns about how biofuel production may lead to inappropriate land management. ESDAC Data are used in Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) and in various soil conservation projects.

6 ESDAC and Policy Areas- Examples (2) Protection of EU consumers and food security: models estimating exposure of pesticides to soil organisms in collaboration with European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Land Take (Soil Sealing) and food security: During the period : a) at least 275 hectares of soil are lost per day amounting to 1,000 km2/year b) the lost Potential Agricultural Production Capability is estimated around 6.1 Million tons of wheat in 19 EU Member States Biodiversity: The major contribution of soil biodiversity Atlas in safeguarding soil biodiversity and raising awareness. Research and development (RTD) policies: FP6 and FP7 project results available in the European Soil Portal (ENVASSO, RamSoil, SoilTrEC, Digisoil, isoil, esoter, EcoFinders, Safeland). Significant number of EU research programs and projects use the ESDAC data: LIFE+, GHG- Europe, MOVE, CLIMB, VOLANTE, CLIMIT

7 European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) The single focal point for soil information, data and expertise at European level; ESDAC integrates and hosts soil data from EU Member States and neighboring countries. Its information is of relevance to EU policies and stakeholders.

8 European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) ESDAC covers the complete data production cycle, from raw data collection to the final integrated assessment of European soil resources. ESDAC allows linking to data and information from National providers, fully complying with the INSPIRE principle (interoperability) ESDAC is as open as legally possible, meaning that if data and information resident in the ESDAC can legally be published, the system will do.

9 Data Authentication & Control Mechanism Download data for free (no costs) by accepting the license agreement Simple process: Enter the User Details in a Web form Name, Organization, , Country of Origin, purpose for which the data will be used. ESDAC Authorization ESDAC Helpdesk authorizes the user request ESDAC Data Log Useful information/feedback both for ESDAC and for Project Managers

10 Information Providers

11 ESDAC Components ESDAC Catalogue of available resources Metadata system that describes and points to various soil resource types: datasets, atlases services/applications, documents, Maps events, projects and external links ESDAC Map Viewer Navigate key soil data for Europe

12 ESDAC Resources

13 ESDAC Web Mapping Services ESDAC offers more than 85 Layers interoperable (Web Mapping Service) with other information

14 1:1M European Soil Database Main source from which most DATA, INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS and SERVICES are derived 1: Vector format: > polygons 9 ha minimum area > vertices 73 parameters Raster format: 73 raster files 1 km x 1km cell (King et al., 1994) Attributes available: Soil Classification WRB, FAO Texture, Parent material Water Management System Obstacle-Impermeable-Soil Water Regime Chemical, Hydrological, Mechanical Properties

15 Data distribution 33 datasets are delivered through the ESDAC authentication & control system 2013: 2,053 data licenses (32% increase compared to 2012) > 3,000 data licenses in 2014 Intended Use % Research 67.6% Policy 8.3% Assessment - Study 13.2% Education 3.3% Education & Research 2.5% Other 5.1% Panagos et al, (2012) Land Use Policy Journal

16 Soil Thematic Strategy Sealing Soil Biodiversity loss Erosion Decline of Soil Organic Matter Soil Threats Salinization Compaction Landslides Contamination

17 ESDAC and Soil Threats Sealing Soil Biodiversity loss Erosion Decline of Soil Organic Matter Available Data Salinization Compaction Landslides Contamination

18 Soil Contamination 5 November

19 LUCAS topsoil (Land Use / Land Cover) Harmonized Geo-referenced database (10% of the General LUCAS survey) in-situ assessment 500 surveyors 19,969 Topsoil samples (0-30 cm, weight of 0.5 kg) in Member States. Romania, Bulgaria in 2012 (not available) Attributes coarse fragments (%) % clay, silt and sand content (particle size) ph (in CaCl2 and H2O) organic carbon (g/kg) carbonate content (g/kg) phosphorous content (mg/kg) total nitrogen content (g/kg), extractable potassium content (mg/kg) cation exchange capacity (cmol(+)/kg) Multispectral properties (Toth et al., 2013; Panagos et al., 2013)

20 LUCAS Derived Products Mapping topsoil physical properties at European scale using the LUCAS database (Ballabio et al., 2016)

21 EuDASM: European Digital Archive of Soil Maps Map collection: More than 6,000 maps from 141 countries have been captured and are freely available to users through a user-friendly web-based interface. Preserving important soil data even from 1920 s. Metadata Available One of the largest Global Map catalogues (FAO, EuDASM, ISRIC ) Continent Maps with country coverage Maps with continent coverage Africa 2, Asia Latin America & Caribbean Islands 1, Europe 1, North America Total 5,

22 Panagos et al, (2012) Land Use Policy Journal Who are the users of ESDAC Data? Data request from Universities and Research:79% Private Companies: 10% Public Administration (EU Commission, Ministries ): 7.7% Other includes environmental associations, farmers, NGOs:3.5%

23 Survey about ESDAC Ask the users Feedback with an online survey with 4 questions plus Comments/Suggestions

24 Where I can find this? Available in European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) Contact: esdac@jrc.ec.europa.eu Subscribe to ESDAC newsletter

25 Thank you for your attention!

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