Session 4: Biodiversity related data sets at the European level

1. Session 4: Biodiversity related data sets at the European level • Examples of using datasets from other thematic areas • Climate change • Agricultural landscapes • Forests and shrub-land • Inland waters, coasts and seas • Valuation of biodiversity EIONET Workshop 2007

2. Assessing climate change impacts on biodiversity New indicators for new questions

3. Changing plant phenology Correlation with temperature Menzel et al., 2006 (COST 725 study, http://www.cost725.org) EIONET Workshop 2007

4. Changing species distributions Source: Hickling et al., 2006 EIONET Workshop 2007

5. Animal population impacts: polar bear habitat EIONET Workshop 2007

6. EEA Expert Workshop ‘Natura 2000 and climate change’: all papers available at http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/information/document/fol390108 PROJECTION: HadCM3 model; emissions scenario B2 EIONET Workshop 2007

7. Assessment of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes Mapping Europe’s High Nature Value farmland

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9. HNV mapping – Estonia ESCCA database of semi-natural communities Example: Muhu island EIONET Workshop 2007

10. HNV mapping – Lithuania Natural Grasslands Inventory Example: Adutiskis area EIONET Workshop 2007

11. HNV mapping – Czech Republic National biotopes map N2000 EIONET Workshop 2007

12. HNV mapping – England UK BAP priority habitats EIONET Workshop 2007

13. HNV mapping – Sweden National survey of semi-natural meadows and pastures EIONET Workshop 2007

14. Forest Biodiversity related data sets at the European level: Forest and shrub-lands

15. Forest related data relevant for European-level biodiversity assessments • Land cover data • Reporting to UNECE/FAO + MCPFE • Forest monitoring Forest focus/ICP Forests/Life+ • Socio-economic data/Eurostat • Research cooperation/COST Actions • EC Biodiversity reporting incl. NGO monitoring EIONET Workshop 2007

16. Forest monitoring: Forest reporting: Forest assessment: Forest policy: European/Global level National level Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe UNECE/FAO Forest Resource Assessments National Forest Inventories National Correspondents NFPs State of Europe’s Forest EU Standing Forestry Committee Forest Focus ICP Forests DG ENV, JRC, AGRI Data submission UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution PCC Hamburg EIONET Workshop 2007 Ei

17. ICP Forests/Forest Focus Level 1 plots classified by Forest Types (Categories) • (BioSoil) • FutDiv/Life+ : • Tree species • Structure • Dead wood • Ground vegetation • BirdLife Forest Task Force EIONET Workshop 2007 101 SFC 23 October 2007

18. ENFIN/COST E43 EIONET Workshop 2007 101 SFC 23 October 2007

19. EEA report 'European Forest Biodiversity - Ecosystem condition and sustainable use‘ • To be launched at the upcoming CBD COP-9 in Bonn, May 2008 • Eionet consultation January 2008 • European forest: Where are we now, how did we get there and what are we doing? • A ’Forest Type’ approach • MCPFE 2007 data EIONET Workshop 2007

20. Assessing biodiversity in inland waters, coasts and the seas What data do we use to generate our assessments?

21. The EEA water Core set indicators The EEA water Core set indicators • Are under thorough revision by the Water and Agriculture group. • Further work is concentrating on EU Water Framework Directive biological data • Up to now there was a limited use in assessments on ‘marine’ biodiversity and has not always been, strictly speaking, biodiversity. • Some biodiversity-related aspect of fisheries. A one-shot listing and producing some evidence on wide ecological impacts of fisheries for the Belgrade, which included some biodiversity-relevant information. EIONET Workshop 2007

22. Status of marine fish stocks (CSI 032) • http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/atlas/viewdata/viewpub.asp?id=2117 • To be updated!!!! Many commercial fish stocks in European waters remain non-assessed. Of the assessed commercial stocks in the NE Atlantic, 21 to 53 % are outside safe biological limits (SBL). Of the assessed stocks in the Baltic Sea, the West Ireland Sea and the Irish Sea, 22, 29 and 53 %, respectively, are outside SBL. In the Mediterranean, the percentage of stocks outside SBL range from 10 to 20 %. EIONET Workshop 2007

23. Nutrients in transitional, coastal and marine waters (CSI 021) • No general and clear change is observed in the eutrophication state of Europe's coastal waters. The phosphate concentration has decreased in some areas, but the nitrate concentration has generally remained stable over recent years. • http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/map.asp?id=16852 EIONET Workshop 2007

24. Land accounts: coastal zone EIONET Workshop 2007

25. National coastal zones covered by Natura2000 sites (2005) EIONET Workshop 2007

26. Valuation of biodiversity

27. Ecosystems: functions and services Source: Jean-Louis Weber EIONET Workshop 2007

28. Non-market ecosystems services • Valuation methods: • Cost-based approach • Production function • Revealed preference techniques • Travel method • Hedonic pricing • Stated preference techniques • Contingent valuation • Conjoint analysis EIONET Workshop 2007

29. Value analysis • Marketable goods/services • Market analysis => • prices x quantities = values • study area depend on homogeneity of the market (may be large) • Non-market services => • Behavioural/attitudinal analysis • values (= quantities x prices) • study area depends on homogeneity of population (commonly small) EIONET Workshop 2007

30. Valuation of non-market services • Available results for small areas (study sites) • Study site => policy site? • Benefit Transfer method • Transferred values depend on local conditions • Ecosystem characteristics • Characteristics of local population and economy EIONET Workshop 2007

31. Datasets? • Data are conditional => we need data plus the analysis • ”Metadata” sets =>databases with research literature • Preference for well-recorded research EIONET Workshop 2007

32. Metadata sets Source: McComb et al. (Ecological Economics, vol. 60, 2006 EIONET Workshop 2007