Pau Sainz de la Maza Marsal

Government of Catalonia

psainz@gencat.cat

June 2017Workshop: Matching information to needs

Biodiversity Monitoring Global Program of Catalonia SISEBIO

2

Presentation index

SISEBIO definition

Terrestrial system monitoring progress

Next tasks to developer

Firsts indicators

3

SISEBIO Definition

4

Global change

Biodiversity loss

Ecosystem services loss

Habitats

Spicies

Genetic variability

Fires and forestry Climate

change and atmospheric

pollution

Land use change and

fragmentation

Exotic species

introduction

Provision

Regulation

Culture

Support

Change factors

5

What is SISEBIO?

Pressure

Estate Respons

e

Global change

Management

policy

SISEBIO

Cause-effect

analysis

Long term

changes

Biodiversity

It’s a tool to improve the environment management against global climate

change

6

SISEBIO Definition

Structure based on the selection of:

Levels

• What biodiversity to monitor?

Components

• Which groups for each level?

Elements

• What are the current monitoring projects?

Indicators

• What information we obtein?

7

Biodiversity?

Landscape

Habitats

Communities

Species

Gens

Organizational levels of biodiversity

8

Representation?

Communities: depend on ecosystem function

Primary producers

Primary consumers

Secondary consumers

Decomposers

9

Representation?

Habitats: depend on work scale

Patch sale Landscape scale

10

Current projects

Communities Habitats

Primary

producers

Primary

consumers

Secondary

consumers Decomposers Patch scale

Landscape

scale

Marine

systems

Fresh water

systems

Terrestrial

systems

Biodiversity components

Current monitoring

projects

?

11

Current projects

Current biodiversity monitoring initiatives

12

Projects

Adjusting the current monitoring initiatives

Communities and habitats monitoring

Regional scale

Wider representation of components: functional groups/habitats

Prioritization criteria : Indicator: number of publications as indicators

Common: number of taxa

Expertise: number of publications in Spain

Easy: field/laboratory effort relation

Standard: Is an European project?

Social: number of projects in Europe

Terrestrial systems Freshwaters systems Marine

systems

13

Projects

Communities Habitats

Primary

producers

Primary

consumers

Secondary

consumers Decomposers Patch scale

Landscape

scale

Ma

rin

e

sys

tem

s

Bentonic

habitats PSIC CHLL

Pelagic column PSIC

Fre

sh

wate

r

sys

tem

s

Surface

standing waters

PSIC

MCSC

CHC

CHC

PSIC Surface running

waters

Coastal habitats

Te

rre

str

ial s

ys

tem

s Grasslands

SOCC

CBMS

SOCC

MCSC

CHC

Scrub

Forests IFN IFN

Cultivated

habitats

Artificial

habitats

Components with current projects and monitoring deficits

14

Information?

Measure elements State indicators Biodiversity changes

-0,5

0

0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

3

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Cha

ng

e

Time

Indicador A

Indicador B

Indicador C

Change indicators • For every biodiversity

component

• Representative habitats

• All ecologic systems

• Periodic and at long term

15

TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS

MONITORING PROGRESS

16

Terrestrial monitoring progress

Complete the monitoring deficit:

Development of new projects

Monitoring of primary producer communities

Monitoring of habitats at patch scale

Monitoring of decomposers communities

Development of a intensive monitoring

sites network

Survey at permanent plots

Vegetation

monitoring

17

Representative habitats

Climes

Habitats

Natural and seminatural habitats

stratified by clime and representatives in

Catalonia (area ≥ 1%)

CORINE Codi 1 2 3 4 5

Vegetació

arbustiva

Matollars de muntanya i terra

baixa 31 X

Matollars mediterranis i

submediterranis 32 X X X X

Vegetació herbàcia Prats basòfils 34 X X

Prats acidòfils 35 X

Prats d'alta muntanya 36 X

Boscos

caducifolis,

planifolis

Fagedes 41.1 X

Rouredes submediterrànies 41.7 X

Castanyedes 41.9 X

Boscos aciculifolis Avetoses 42.1 X

Boscos de pi negre 42.4 X X

Boscos de pi roig 42.5 X

Boscos de pinassa 42.6 X X

Pinedes mediterrànies 42.8 X X X

Boscos mixtos de coníferes 42.B X

Boscos mixts de

caducifolis i

coníferes

Boscos mixtos de i coníferes 43.7 X

Boscos

esclerofil·les i

laurifolis

Suredes 45.2 X X X

Alzinars i carrascars 45.3 X X X

Roques, tarteres no litorals 6 X

Climes

Habitats

Natural and seminatural habitats

stratified by clime and representatives in

Catalonia (area ≥ 1%)

CORINE Codi 1 2 3 4 5

Vegetació

arbustiva

Matollars de muntanya i terra

baixa 31 X

Matollars mediterranis i

submediterranis 32 X X X X

Vegetació herbàcia Prats basòfils 34 X X

Prats acidòfils 35 X

Prats d'alta muntanya 36 X

Boscos

caducifolis,

planifolis

Fagedes 41.1 X

Rouredes submediterrànies 41.7 X

Castanyedes 41.9 X

Boscos aciculifolis Avetoses 42.1 X

Boscos de pi negre 42.4 X X

Boscos de pi roig 42.5 X

Boscos de pinassa 42.6 X X

Pinedes mediterrànies 42.8 X X X

Boscos mixtos de coníferes 42.B X

Boscos mixts de

caducifolis i

coníferes

Boscos mixtos de i coníferes 43.7 X

Boscos

esclerofil·les i

laurifolis

Suredes 45.2 X X X

Alzinars i carrascars 45.3 X X X

Roques, tarteres no litorals 6 X

18

Intensive Monitoring Sites (ESI)

To start...

Habitats

32

Habitats

31, 35, 42.1, 42.4, 42.B, 45.3 36, 42.4, 6

Habitats

31, 32, 41.1, 45.3

Habitats

32, 34, 42.B,45.3 32, 42.6, 45.3

Habitats

34, 35, 41.1,

41.7, 42.1, 42.4,

42.5, 42.B, 43.7

36,

42.4, 6

Habitats

42.8 42.8

Habitats

42.8, 45.2,

45.3

42.8, 45.2,

45.3 45.2

19

Permanent plots

4 plots/estrata (habitat-clime)

2 plots per site minimum

50 x 50 m (2.500 m2)

25 subplots

50 m

50

m

10 m

11 21 31 41 51

12 22 32 42 52

13 23 33 43 53

14 24 34 44 54

15 25 35 45 55

5 m

Survey cycle of 5 years

Basic structure survey

20

Plot selection

21

Vegetation monitoring

Component Criterion Indicators Specifics

indicators

Co

mm

un

itie

s Primary

producers

Community

state Community structure 8 indicators

Ha

bit

ats

Patch

scale

Biotic state at

patch scale of

habitat

Biotic composition 8 indicators

Spatial and age

structure 22 indicators

Microhabitats 2 indicators

Vegetation

composition

Vegetation

structure

Survey protocols

22

NEXT TASKS TO DEVELOPER

23

Marine and freshwaters systems

Monitoring indicators development

Control and monitoring of coastal waters program (PSiC)

Littoral habitats cartography of Catalonia (CHL)

Control and monitoring of standing waters program

(PSiC)

Monitoring progress

New projects with null or poor biodiversity monitoring

?

24

Terrestrial systems

Monitoring indicators development

Catalan common birds monitoring program (SOCC)

Catalan butterfly monitoring schema (CBMS)

National forest Inventory (IFN)

Catalan habitats cartography (CHC)

Catalan land cover map (MCSC)

Monitoring progress

Vegetation monitoring

Decomposers monitoring ?

25

FIRSTS INDICATORS AS

EXAMPLE

26

First indicators

Habitats changes at landscape scale

Catalan land cover maps (MCSC, v1, v3 &

v4)

Any

1993 2005 20091993 2005 2009

Su

pe

rfíc

ie (

Km

2)

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

Any

1993 2005 20091993 2005 2009

Ca

nvi

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

Herbassars

Matollars

Boscos

Roques

Conreus

Urbà

27

First indicators Bosc

Any

1993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 2009

Ca

nvi

0.95

1.00

1.05

1.10

1.15

1.20

1.25

1.30

Sec

Mediterràni

Muntanyenc

Continental

Fred

Matollars

Any

1993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 2009

Ca

nvi

0.75

0.80

0.85

0.90

0.95

1.00

1.05

Herbassars

Any

1993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 2009

Ca

nvi

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

Conreus

Any

1993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 2009

Ca

nvi

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.1

Urbà

Any

1993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 20091993 2005 2009

Ca

nvi

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

28

Acknowledgment

Programa Global de Seguiment de la Biodiversitat

PROJECTE SISEBIO

www.interreg.eu/bid-rex

Thank you!

Questions welcome