Land Use and Spatial Planning in Biodiversity 2020 Strategy EIONET Interest Group on Land Use and Spatial Planning Sep Markus Erhard, European Environment Agency (EEA)

Ecosystem Assessment in Biodiversity Strategy 2020 Action 5 under target 2 of the Biodiversity trategy 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.”

Target 2 Work Flow Policy tools Action 6a Restoration prioritisation framework (by 2014) Knowledge-base Baseline Target 2 By 2020, ecosystems and their services are maintained and enhanced by establishing green infrastructure and restoring at least 15% of degraded eco. Policy initiatives Target 1 Nature legislation Target 3 Agriculture and forests Target 4 Sustainable fisheries Target 5 Invasive alien species Other EU legislation, WFD, MSFD… Action 5 - Mapping & assessment of ecosystems and services (by 2014) - Economic value assessment and integration into accounting and reporting systems(by 2020) Action 7a Biodiversity proofing methodology (by 2014) Strat. approach to compensation Maintenance of eco. services Action 7b No Net Loss initiative (by 2015) Action 6b Green Infrastructure Strategy (by 2012) Courtesy: DG-ENV

Four steps for implementation I.Biophysical baseline mapping and assessment of the state of major ecosystems; II.Biophysical baseline mapping and assessment of defined ecosystem services; III.Alignment of ecosystem service assessments with scenarios of future changes; IV.Valuation of ecosystem services for baseline and contrasting scenarios and integration into environmental and economic accounting (post 2014).

Conceptual Framework ES – ESS Assessment Source: Background paper ‘An analytical framework for ecosystem assessments…’ v 8.4, Sep 2012

From Baseline 2010… …to Target 2, Action 5 implementation.

reporting on river basin management under WFD June 2012: MS report to DG AGRI on implementation of EU Forest Strategy 2014: use of reported data on current environmental status under MSFD (reporting end 2012) end 2013: MS reports to DG AGRI on RDP : EU report on MS implementation of article 17 HD mid-2014: Parties report to CBD on mid- term implementation of Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, : EU and MS report on mid- term implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 October 2011 LULUCF reporting system proposal for … Filling (reload) the matrix… …and aggregated / integrated analysis

Matrix approach: streamline information from reported data / information and on-going ecosystem assessment work Terrestrial (e.g. agro- ecosystems, forests, semi-natural lands) Freshwater (e.g. rivers and lakes, wetlands) Marine (including EEZs and DOMs) Atmosphere Provisioning Nutrition Materials Energy Regulating Wastes Flow regulation Physical environment Biotic environment Cultural Symbolic Intellectual and experiential Conservation

Filling the matrix – Work flow ‘Filling the Matrix - EU & Member States‘ BISE / ESS – Web platform Target 2 Action 5 EU level assessment Ecosystem assessment Art17 reporting SEBI indicators Atlas Ecosystem Services (JRC) CLC / EUNIS... ES mapping Ecosystem classes CICES classification Consistency check ES vs. ESS mapping Drivers / Pressures Air quality, GHG... Env. reporting WFD, MSFD, Forest, CAP, etc. Accounting, Quickscan Priority Ecosystem Service Assessment Green Infra-structure Projects DG-Env, DG-Regio.... Guidelines Reporting Targets Scenarios Reporting Policy Process Member States assessments MEA update Reporting

Filling the Matrix – EEA‘s contributions (1) Classification revision and prioritization SEEA-CICES and ecosystem classification Ecosystem mapping exercise Enhance Corine landcover maps (EUNIS, HNV etc) Ecosystem assessment Evaluate methods, drivers, data, indicators  Report data availability and methodology Implement environmental accounts & pave way for valuation Harmonize ES and ESS approaches Implement scenario tool (Quickscan)

Filling the Matrix – EEA‘s contributions (2) Member State networking Web platform for information exchange Report Member States activities on ecosystem based management and related policies Guidelines using EU and Member States best practice and research

Using our information systems…

Spatial Integration of Environmental & Socio- Economic Data Mapping Sampling Individual Sites Monitoring Socio- Economic Statistics Socio-economic statistics

Land cover - from Mapping to Accounting LCF3 LCF1 LCF2 LCF5 LCF4 LCF7 LCF6 LCF8 Change Matrix (44x43=1932 possible changes) summarized into flows LCF

From Land Cover to Ecosystem Accounts: Landscape Ecological Potential Corine land cover map (CLC is derived from satellite images) Green Landscape Index (derived from CLC) Nature Value (Naturilis, derived from Natura2000 designated areas) Fragmentation (Effective Mesh Size (MEFF) derived from TeleAtlas Roads and CLC) Landscape Ecological Potential (LEP) by 1km² grid cell LEP by NUTS 2/3  or

Territorial cohesion and spatial planning Natura2000 and fragmentation

SOIL FOREST OTHER VEGETATION CROPLAND LIVESTOCK CITIES IMPORT EXPORT Food Fodder Dead biomass Organic fertilization CONTINENTAL WATER Activated sludge Dissolved organic carbon ATMOSPHERE Primary production Primary production Respiration Grazing Felling Marine Biota Fishing Carbon Accounting Scheme

IGLUSP and Ecosystem / Ecosystem Service Assessment Land cover, land use and management and their spatial and temporal changes as key driver of biodiversity Land information as key input for ecosystem mapping and assessment Improving our knowledge base

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