ICP ForestsProgress Report

ICP Forests

Progress since 28th session of WGERevision of the monitoring systemData quality assuranceDatabase managementData analysesCooperation with FutMon

Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System (FutMon)

Co-financed by LIFE+ of EC (2009-2010)Consortium

vTI (Institute for World Forestry as Coordinator)35 Partner institutions in 22 EU-Member States

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Cooperation with FutMon

ICP Forestsprovides

monitoring networks (Levels I and II)monitoring methods (ICP Forests Manual)expertise (advice of Expert Panels)

FutMon develops further

large-scale monitoring (Level I)intensive monitoring (Level II)data quality assurancedatabase system

provides EU co-financing of forest monitoring in participating EU-Member States

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Aim of the cooperation

Common monitoring systemof the participating countries of ICP Forestsof the EU-Member Statesmeeting the information needs

of CLRTAP (air pollution effects on forests)EC (forests, climate change, air pollution)

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Level I

About 6800 plotsCoincident with NFI plotsInformation on

Tree healthBiotic/abiotic damageForest growthGround vegetation

Biodiversity Carbon pools

System still growingTurkeyRussia

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Level II

Reduction of the number of plotsfrom 860 to 300permits

higher monitoring intensity per plotpossibility to assess on the same plots

meteorology, tree phenology, tree health, growth (climate change)stand volume and growth, forest soil chemistry (carbon budgets)ground vegetation (biodiversity)

Further measuresInclusion of additional parametersIncreased efforts in data quality assuranceCompletion of ICP Forests Manual

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Joint database management

FutMon database Online data submission Automated

data validation validation reports

Online data access for authorised users

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Data analyses

Draft 2010 Workplan of WGEComparison of deposition of SO4, NH4, NO3

measured by ICP Forestsmodelled by EMEP

Relationshipssulphur and nitrogen depositionsoil acidification and eutrophicationvegetation effects

Developmentsoil acidification and eutrophicationvegetation effects

under deposition and climate scenarios

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Implementation of Level II and CL approach

Vist to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)Forest Service (USFS) 3-4 December 2010 in Washington D.C., USA

Meetings with NFCDeputy Chief Research & DevelopmentDirector of International Program

Seminar on critical loads (presentation by PCC)NFC of USAUS Forest Service (USFS)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Forest Inventory and Analysis Program (FIA)National Park Service (NPS)

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Implementation of Level II and CL approach

Vist to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)Forest Service (USFS) 3-4 December 2010 in Washington D.C., USA

SuccessUSA will continue

installation of Level IIapply ICP Forests methods

NFC considers uploads of data with databaseUSA considers funding

Further CL assessmentsJoint CL Workshop of USFS and ICP Forests

(Riverside CA in April 2011)

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Implementation of further developed system

Proposal under LIFE+Elaborated by vTI and 35 partners from 20 countriesIncludes

Large-scale and intensive monitoringScientific analyses of data (forest health, ecosystem disturbances and resilience, ozone impact, deposition, element fluxes, acidification, eutrophication, biodiversity, climate change

vTI submitted proposal on 30 September 2009Proposal rejected

No EU co-financing of forest monitoring after 2011System (€ 34 Mio ) will be used to only limited extent