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Session 10-01 ‘Governing effective land use using environ. accounting approaches’ Harmonised geo-spatial information for improved land governance Geertrui Louwagie – European Environment Agency (EEA) Ecosystems assessment group – Natural systems and vulnerability programme Copyright http://soilscapestudio.com - Slipping Spodosols

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Session 10-01 ‘Governing effective land use using environ. accounting approaches’

Harmonised geo-spatial information for improved land governance

Geertrui Louwagie – European Environment Agency (EEA)Ecosystems assessment group – Natural systems and vulnerability programme

Copyright http://soilscapestudio.com - Slipping Spodosols

EEA networks and governance

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Eionet: 33 member and 6 cooperating countries

Land – a finite and non-renewable resource

• Finite

o ‘Planetary boundaries’, ‘safe operating space’

Sources: e.g. Rockström et al., 2009

• Non-renewable

o Soil formationo0.3-1.2 t/ha.a (average)Source: Verheijen et al., 2009

o Soil degradationo1.2 t/ha.a (average)o3.6 t/ha.a (arable land)Source: Cerdan et al., 2010

Copyright Roger Langohr

Resource efficiency – EU policy context

• ‘Thematic Strategy on the sustainable use of natural resources’ [COM(2005) 670]

• Europe 2020 Strategy - ‘Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe’ [COM(2011) 571]

• EU 7EAP ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’ [Decision 1386/2013/EU]’

• Planned EC Communication on land as a resource

Land system – Components and interactions

Source: EEA, 2015, The European Environment: State & Outlook 2015 (SOER 2015), European briefing ‘Land systems’ .

Corine Land Cover (CLC) series: 1990-2000-2006-2012-2018(tbc)

CLC2006

Corine Land Cover (CLC) series 44 LC/LU classes Minimum mapping unit: 25 ha for

status layers, 5 ha for change layers Linear elements > 100m width Updates every 6 years, incl. change

layer 39 countries, +/- 6 mill. km2

Production by Eionet NRC Land Cover through grant agreements

Coordination, training, QA/QC, integration by EEA

Land and ecosystem accounting (LEAC) grid

Source: EEA - Corine Land Cover <http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea_report_2006_11>

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2000Change matrix(44x43=1932 changes)

Source: http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/landuse/interactive/land-and-ecosystem-accounting-leac

Land cover – from mapping to accounting

LCF3

LCF1

LCF2

LCF5

LCF4

LCF7

LCF6

LCF8

Corine land cover types 1 2A 2B 3A 3B 3C 4 5

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LCF1 Urban land management 737 15 19 0 8 0 0 780LCF2 Urban residential sprawl 1924 1867 200 145 8 3 2 4149LCF3 Sprawl of economic sites and infrastructures 77 2728 1595 665 451 35 22 53 5627LCF4 Agriculture internal conversions 17252 10062 27314LCF5 Conversion from other land cover to agriculture 273 935 1796 1734 155 96 50 5039LCF6 Withdrawal of farming 2393 2860 5253LCF7 Forests creation and management 254 35803 5166 1048 1063 3 43337LCF8 Water bodies creation and management 191 252 253 117 190 17 21 1042LCF9 Changes due to natural & multiple causes 311 44 15 1317 1323 1041 229 252 4534

No Change 160016 1149717 802502 990736 255914 50289 45502 45473 3500149

LCF1 Urban land management 780 780LCF2 Urban residential sprawl 4149 4149LCF3 Sprawl of economic sites and infrastructures 5627 5627LCF4 Agriculture internal conversions 15695 11619 27314LCF5 Conversion from other land cover to agriculture 2450 2590 5039LCF6 Withdrawal of farming 1124 2792 1244 23 70 0 5253LCF7 Forests creation and management 42547 766 24 43337LCF8 Water bodies creation and management 21 1021 1042

No Change 160016 1149717 802502 990736 255914 50289 45502 45473 3500149

summarised into flows

LCF9

Drivers – Environ. & socio-economic processes Land use intensity in agro-ecosystems (2006)

European Topic Centre Spatial Information and Analysis 2014

Pressures – Land cover/Land use changes Summary indicators and land take indicator

State – Land multi-functionality Production potential versus actual use (2006)

European Topic Centre Spatial Information and Analysis 2014

Impacts –Land (Dis)services, costs and benefits Impact of land take on biomass production

European Topic Centre Spatial Information and Analysis 2014

Responses – Land governance Multi-level governance

Source: EEA, 2015, The European Environment: State & Outlook 2015 (SOER 2015), European briefing ‘Land systems’ .

Land systems: resource-efficient governance

Source: EEA, 2015, The European Environment: State & Outlook 2015 (SOER 2015), European briefing ‘Land systems’ .

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