CORINE Land Cover (CLC) in Germany Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety The German View CORINE Land Cover Data Supporting the A B Implementation of U - y c n National Policy and e g A International Reporting l a t n Obligations e m n o r i v n E Birgit Mohaupt-Jahr, l a r e Federal Environmental Agency d e F Hartmut Streuff, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Land Cover Information � Basis for Environmental Assessments geo-referenced data of land use and land use change Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety � driving forces, pressures, state A B U - y c n e g A l a t n e m n o r i v n E l a r e d e F
Why CLC? Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety international regulations � national implementation A Germany � federal level, state level (16 Länder) B U - y there is a need for c n e g A • harmonised data � comparability l a t n e m • suitable spatial resolution � consistency n o r i v n • reliable methodology � continuity E l a r e d e F
CLC Users in Germany Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety • public and private planning offices A B • weather services U - y • environment protection bodies c n e g • forest and agricultural institutions A l a • traffic and tourism consultants t n e m • universities n o r i • private enterprises v n E • … l a r e d e F
CLC Applications for Environmental Policy Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety � UNECE Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) � EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) A B � European Soil Thematic Strategy (STS) U - y � regional planning c n e g A � environmental monitoring programmes l a t n � development of environmental indicators e m n o r i v n E � 3 examples l a r e d e F
UNECE Geneva Convention L ong- R ange T ransboundary A ir P ollution Objectives Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety • agreement on emission reduction ceilings • limit air pollution • effect-based approach A B � critical loads, critical levels = estimated threshold for exposure U - y c n e g A l a t n e m n o r i v n E l a r e d e F
UNECE Geneva Convention L ong- R ange T ransboundary A ir P ollution Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Products A B U • models and maps of critical loads/levels and their exceedances - y c n • integrated maps on UNECE level, based on national maps e g A l a t • land use specific deposition rates n e m n o r i v � harmonised data and procedures n E l a r e d e F
LRTAP: Application of CLC Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety • location of ecosystems which countries would like to protect A • description of these ecosystems B U - y • deposition rates based on substance transport and impact models c n e g A l a t n agreed harmonisation procedure! e m n o r i v n E l a r e d e F
LRTAP: Example Critical Load for Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Nitrogen Nitrogen (kg/ha/year) A B Percentage of U receptor area (%) - < 5 1,9 % y c n 5 - 10 32,6 % e g A 10 – 15 47,5 % l a 15 - 20 17,2 % t n e >= 20 0,8 % m n o r i v n E l a r e d e F
Water Protection W ater F ramework D irective Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Objectives • good status of water bodies in the EU by 2015 • no deterioration A B U Reporting Obligations - y c • analysis of pressures, impact, and risk of failing the objectives (2004) n e g A • measuring programmes, river basin management plans (2009, 2015, l a t n 2021) e m n • compliance with the objectives (2015, 2021, 2027) o r i v n • common river basin district reports E l a r e � harmonised data and procedures needed! d e F � Germany: federal level, state level (16 Länder) � Europe: cross boarder water catchment areas and river basins
WFD: Application of CLC Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety • location of driving forces (industry, agriculture, …) • derivation of substance information (what, how much, where) A B U - • estimation of model input parameters (evapotranspiration, leaching, y c n e runoff, …) g A l a t n e m � agreed harmonisation procedure n o r i v • LAWA recommends to report based on CLC n E • 2 implementation guidelines recommend to use CLC l a r e (IMPRESS and draft reporting) d e F
WFD: Example substance input modelling Source: Bach et al. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety into waters Example: pesticides runoff potential A B U the spatial distribution depends on - parameters of y c n the substances e 4 g A the soil 4 l a t n the water body 4 e m land use n 4 o r i v runoff potential is high in n E vineyards, l 4 a r e loess and marsh land d 4 e F sugar beat, potatoes, corn fields 4 sloppy arable land 4
European Soil Thematic Strategy Objectives: protection of soil from Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - erosion - soil compaction - decrease of organic material - decrease of soil biodiversity - soil contamination - salinisation A - sealing - flats and land slides B U - y c Products e.g. for erosion risk assessment n e g A • national maps l a • exploration of management methods for erosion reduction t n e m • development of agri-environmental indicators (good agricultural n o practice) r i v n • EU indicators on actual erosion and erosion risk E l a r e d e � harmonised data and procedures needed! F
STS: Application of CLC Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety • l ocation of areas A • l ocation of driving forces B U - y c • cultivation index n e g A l a t n e m n harmonisation leads to o r i v n E l a • national/EU-wide maps r e d e F • development of agri-environmental indicators
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety actual erosion : erosion potential risk + land use from CLC STS: Example F e d e r a l E n v i r o n m e n t a l A g e n c y - U B A
CLC - Future Perspectives Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Climate Change • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) changes of forest, agricultural areas, grassland, wetlands, settlements A B U - • Kyoto Protocol (LU/LUCF) y c n carbon sinks, ARD, etc. e g A l a Nature Conservation t n e m n o description of ecosystems based on CLC and additional data on soil and r i v climate � EUNIS classification of the EU habitat guidance n E l a r e d e F
CLC - Future Perspectives – Prerequisites Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety A • long term comparability of data B U - y c • continuity of data supply n e g A l a • consistency and coherence of data t n e m n o � integration in GMES? r i v n E l a r e d e F
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