COST Action E43 Harmonisation of National Inventories in Europe: Techniques for Common Reporting UNECE / FAO Team of Specialist 2nd Meeting of the UNECE/FAO

COST Action E43Harmonisation of National Inventories in Europe:

Techniques for Common Reporting

UNECE / FAO Team of Specialist 2nd Meeting of the UNECE/FAO on“Monitoring forest resources for SFM in the UNECE Region”.

Hamburg, Germany 29 – 30 May 2006

Participating countries: 27 European countries, USA and New Zealand

Goal: To develop tools to report comparable estimates of forest resources, forest carbon pools and biodiversity indicators

Tools:•Select variables for basic forest resource, forest carbon pools estimates and biodiversity indicators

•Establish references

•Definitions for the references

•Analyses how far / near from the references countries are

Status of E43 with respect to the goals

•Develop tools to build bridges when reference is not possible to reach

• sensitivity analysis •Harmonised Forest resource estimates for core parameters for the participating countries with error estimates

•Reports, Publications• a common publication showing the status of NFIs and also possibilities to provide harmonised forest resource, carbon pool estimates and BD information, when, how ? • scientific publications• reports

Status of E43 with respect to the goals, cont

Activities so far to reach the Goals:

•Selection of variables, references definitions •All WGs,

•WG1: deep analysis for a few, core, variables•WG2: most LULUCF and Kyoto variables considered,

• completing the variable list, yet to be done• enhancing the definitions, yet to be done

•WG3: a list of possible variables ready

•The variables of WGs partly overlap and between WG co-operation is going on


Activities to reach the Goals:

• Analyses how far from / near the references countries are• first reports are ready, based on questionnaires• responses to 2nd questionnaires received

•Tools to build bridges• a real challenge• some work can be done with own resources, e.g. DBH threshold and volume • some variables, including Forest land, need additional measurements in the field, and resources (JRC tenders ?)

•In a long run, unique definitions are needed, this has been realised also in IPCCC/LULUCF and Kyoto work



• For between WGs work, and also within WGs work, a Glossary is needed

• work already initiated

•Forest resource estimates for core parameters for the participating countries with sensitivity analysis

•Reports, Publications



• For between WGs work, and also within WGs work, a Glossary is needed

• work already initiated

•Forest resource estimates for core parameters for the participating countries with sensitivity analysis

•Reports, Publications

Examples of the results

% of forest area assessed

18 4 3 1 2

0%

20%

40 %

60%

80%

5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% n/acoverage classes

forest area 3 nb of countries

Results of WG1

Forest definition

Coverage classes used

Results of WG1, Forest definition

Coverage classes used

Results of WG1, Forest definition

Crown cover 10 % / non 10 %

Total Forest Area

TFA assessed by a crown coverage

percentage value of 10

64 %

TFA assessed not by a crown

coverage value of 10 percente

36 %

WG1, Forest Area and Volume of Growing

Stock versus DBH Threshold

Minimum DBH in COST E43 countries

0,0

10,0

20,0

30,0

40,0

50,0

60,0

0,0 2,1 4,5 5,0 6,4 7,0 7,5 8,0 10,0 12,0 n/a

DBH threshold (cm)

Pe

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nta

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(%

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forest area

volume

1*2*2*

1*

3*2*

1*1* 2* 1*

WG2 results, Land use issues

• Forest definition applied

FAO 42%National 53%Undecided 5%

WG2 results, Land use issues• Approaches to estimate land-use

changeSampling 32%Sampling and land cover/use maps

32%

Sampling and other 5%All three sources 16%Land cover/use maps 16%

WG2 results, Land use issues

• Is NFI used for land-use change detection? Methods for Transfers

Yes 74%Potential 11%No 16%Undecided 0%

WG2 results, NFI data on 5 carbon pools (%)

Yes Yes,

potentially No Undecided

Above-ground biomass 84 11 5 -

Below-ground biomass 47 11 26 16

Deadwood 58 32 11 -

Litter 42 32 21 5

Soil 37 26 21 16

WG2 results, KP - definitions

• Adopted forest definition

Same as for UNFCCC reporting 74%Undefined 21%Not answered 5%

WG2 results, KP - baseline

• Data for the baseline year (mostly 1990)

From NFI measurements 53%From NFI measurement and other sources 16%From other sources 32%

WG2 results, KP – ARD activities

Land cover/use maps 16%Sampling 37%Land cover/use and sampling 21%Land cover/use maps and other methods 11%Sampling and other methods 5%Other 11%

• The basis for ARD estimation

?

Development steps of WG3 activities

Referencesfor core variables

importance

feasibility Very high High Moderate Low

Very high- Forest type: Type;- Trees: Species

- Management: Information on forest management system;

- Management: Information on recent disturbances/damages;

- Trees: Diameter

- Management: Regeneration type;- Regeneration: Type

High

- Deadwood: Big logs;- Deadwood: Snags;- Other woody species:

Species;- Shrub: Species

- Deadwood: Decay class;- Deadwood: Species;- Soil: Organic layer type;- Trees: Veteran trees

- Deadwood: Dead parts on living trees;

- Deadwood: Stumps;- Regeneration: Area;- Regeneration: Species;- Stand: Development phase;- Stand: Horizontal structure;- Stand: Vertical structure;- Trees: Health status;- Trees: Height;- Trees: Infections

- Shrub: Height;- Trees: Crown length;

Moderate - Trees: Age - Soil: Soil type

- Deadwood: Length;- Deadwood: Small logs;- Microsites: Microsites;- Naturalness: Vegetation naturalness;

- Microsites: Ecotones;- Soil: Moisture

Low - Lichens: Species

- Birds: Species;- Fungi: Species;- Herbs and grasses: Species;- Invertebrates: Species

- Bryophytes: Species;- Vertebrates: Species;

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9

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11

13

14

15

15

16

16

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

Fine woody debris

Uprooted staves

Cut branches

Pieces of branches

Clearcut stems

Logging residues

Pieces of stems

Intact snags

Broken snags

Broken, lying stems without uprooting

Uprooted stems

Number of countries

What is included in your definition of deadwood?

WG3, DEADWOOD EXAMPLE

Which specific biodiversity data are collected ?

3

3

5

5

6

6

7

14

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

Invertebrates

M osses

B ird activities

Nests

Fungi

Hollow trees

Holes

Decay stages

Number of countr i es

WG3, DEADWOOD EXAMPLES

Yes NoAT, BE, ET, FI, DE, LT, NO, CH, SE, UK, LV CZ, FR, GR, HU, IT, ES

Are changes assessed in deadwood through time ?

13

6

5

5

3

3

2

2

2

1

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

FOREST SPECIES

SITE TYPE

UNDERSTORY VEGETATION

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS AND ALTITUDE

PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES

SOIL CONDITIONS AND FERTILITY

MANAGEMENT

ECONOMY

ADMINISTRATIVE (PROPERTY)

AGE

Number of countries

WG3, FOREST TYPE EXAMPLE

On wich basis forest type classification is implemented?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

REAL

REAL AND POTENTIAL

POTENTIAL


Forest type classification is based on real or on potential vegetation?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

AERIAL PHOTOINTERPRETATION AND FIELD WORK

FIELD WORK

REMOTE SENSING, PHOTOINTERPRETATION AND FIELD WORK

FIELD WORK AND GIS

AERIAL PHOTOINTERPRETATION


Wich is the main source of information for forest type classification?

•To complete the analysis of the second questionnaires

• To complete the reference definitions Glossary as a bi-product

• Tools to build bridges

• Examples of harmonised estimates

• Publications

• 2 years to go, until the end of June, 2008

• More information: www.metla.fi/eu/cost/e43/

Status of E43, next steps

Thank you !

Status of E43, Next Steps

Thank you !


Annual reportwww.metla.fi/eu/cost/e43/reports/annual-report-2005-e43.pdf

•A training school was excellently organized in Prague in conjunction with IFER with positive results

•Output is summarised on a leaflet, printing by COST?

•STSM for WG2 in Prague without COST funding in December 2005 •A steering committee meeting in Prague, 2-3 Feb minutes available on web

General Activities within COST E43 since Freiburg meeting

http://www.metla.fi/eu/cost/e43/reports/annual-report-2005-e43.pdf

•A STSM with own funding and task force meeting in Vienna, late March for WG1

•Responses to the 2nd questionnaires received, all WGS• first analyses available

•Allocated home work from Freiburg done ?

General Activities within COST E43 since Freiburg meeting

• 90 reimbursements for 2006 one common ‘task force’ type meeting possible in the end of 2006• If additional fund available, the order of priority

1. STSM2. Workshops3. Training schools (only if huge amounts of fund)

• The involvement of all participants extremely important for the goals

• How to reach in the case of a limited budget ?• The answer from COST office ?

• Our work has already initiated EUROPEAN level process in our field !

Budget for 2006

Documents

COST Action E43 Harmonisation of National Inventories in Europe: Techniques for Common Reporting UNECE / FAO Team of Specialist 2nd Meeting of the UNECE/FAO