1. Land cover and land use for policy purposes
Working Group
Land Cover and Land Use Statistics

2. Land cover and land use for policy purposes
New modules in LUCAS 2018
Copernicus
Soil (extended approach)
Grassland
LUCAS 2015 data
Land cover transect
Land cover point information for CAPRI
SDG indicators
Soil

3. LUCAS transect Heath/Shrub, tall herb fringes < 3m
Single bushes, single tree
Avenue trees
Conifer hedges < 3 m
Bush/tree hedges/coppices, visibly
managed (e.g. pollarded) < 3 m
Bush/tree hedges, not managed,
with single trees, or shrubland deriving
from abandonment < 3 m
Grove/Woodland margins (if no
hedgerow) < 3 m
Dry stone walls
Ditches, channels < 3 m
Rivers, streams < 3 m
Ponds, wetlands < 3 m
Rock outcrops with some natural
vegetation
Source: JRC, 2017

4. LUCAS land cover point information
CAPRI model
(Common Agricultural Policy Regionalised Impact model)
Use of LUCAS data:
Disaggregate
NUTS2/NUTS3
agricultural land use
to Homogeneous
Spatial Units (HSU)
Agriculture policy and trade policy.
Environmental concerns
Some indicators: nitrogen balance, pesticide risk, greenhouse gas emissions

5. SDG INDICATORS SDG INDICATORS: Share of Forest area
Artificial LC per capita
Change in artificial LC