Transcript 4.3. COOPERATION WITH OTHER ETCs

INDICATORS
•Objectives
•Why
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
State of the soil issues:
Indicator development
within the reporting system
Jaume Fons-Esteve
European Topic Centre on Terrestrial Environment
Indicators regarding Soil Threats
for Balkan Countries
Technical Workshop
Belgrade, 29-30 September 2003
Objectives
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•Objectives
•Why
• To provide policy relevant information on
past trends, current state and prospective
development of land and soil in Europe
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
• To support legislative frameworks on
– Sustainable land use
– Soil protection
– Integrated Coastal Zone Management
• To support EEA enlargement
Why indicators
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•Objectives
•Why
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•DPSIR
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• linking to policy objectives and targets
• communicating complexity in simple ways
to policy makers and the general public
• communicating to countries data priorities
Indicators criteria
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•Objectives
•Why
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
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•Main issues
• Policy relevance and utility for users
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Useful for most possible policy areas
Representative picture of environment conditions
Easy to interpret and showing trends over time
Responsive to changes
• Analytical soundness
– Well founded in scientific and technical terms
– International consensus about its validity
• Measurability
– Availability of data
– Quality
– Updating a regular intervals
Framework
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EIONET
•Objectives
TERRIS
•Why
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
Other ETCs
Indicators
•Reporting
•Main issues
Integrated
Environmental
Assessment
Reporting
•Eurostat
•JRC
•Natura2000
Core set of indicators
INDICATORS
•Objectives
Headline Indicators (1/11)
•Why
•Criteria
Environmental Signals (6/50)
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
TERM (3/50)
Transport
IRENA (3/35)
Agriculture
EERM (?/50?)
Energy
Other
sectors….
Core set of indicators environmental topics
Waste
flows
Water
Terrestrial
Env.
Nature &
Biodiv.
Air &
Climate
Change
DPSIR
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•Objectives
•Why
Driving forces
Responses
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
Pressures
Impact
•Main issues
State
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•Objectives
•Why
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•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
Human population
Land development
Tourism
Agriculture
Trasnport
Driving forces
Industry/Energy
Mining
Natural events
DPSIR
Responses
Pressures
Impact
•Main issues
State
DPSIR
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•Objectives
•Why
Driving forces
Responses
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
Pressures
Emissions
Land consumption
Agric management
Deforestation
Impact
State
DPSIR
INDICATORS
•Objectives
•Why
Driving forces
Responses
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
Pressures
Impact
•Main issues
Soil degradation
Contamination
Acidification
Compaction
Nutrient load
Soil loss
Soil erosion
State
Soil sealing
Large scale land movements
DPSIR
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•Objectives
•Why
Driving forces
Responses
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
Pressures
Direct
(changes
in soil
Impact
functions)
•Main issues
Indirect
State
(other media)
DPSIR
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Primary protection
•Objectives
Desertification Convention
Soil Protection Strategy
•Why
Driving forces
Responses
•Criteria
Secondary protection
•Framework
Nitrate directive
Sewage sludge directive
•DPSIR
•Reporting
Pressures
...
Impact
•Main issues
State
Reporting
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•Objectives
•Why
•Criteria
• The 5 yearly Environmental State, Trend
and Outlook Report
the EEA tool for strategic environmental planning
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
• The Regular Indicator Report
(Environmental Signals)
the EEA tool for performance review
• Building Blocks (e.g. technical and topic
reports)
Technical reports
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•Objectives
•Why
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
• Assessment of data needs and data availability for the
development of indicators on soil contamination. Technical
report 81.2002-Nov-13
• Eionet technical workshop on indicators for soil
contamination. Technicalreport No 78.2002-Sep-02
• European soil monitoring and assessment framework.
Technical report No 67.2001-Dec-06
• Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on Indicators for
Soil Sealing 2002-Sep-18
• Assessment and reporting on soil erosion. In press.
Main issues
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•Objectives
•Why
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
• Soil contamination
• Soil erosion
• Soil sealing
Soil contamination
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•Objectives
•Why
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
D Soil polluting activities
R Management of contaminated sites
R Remediation expenditures
Soil polluting activities
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•Objectives
•Why
•Criteria
Austria
Belgium-Fl
Municipal Waste
Bulgaria
Industrial Waste
Denmark
Finland
•Framework
Germany
•DPSIR
Hungary
•Reporting
•Main issues
Industry
Pipelines
Accidents
Liechtenstein
Others
Lithuania
Netherlands
Romania
Spain
Sweden
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Soil sealing: % built-up area
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9
•Objectives
EU-15-
8
•Criteria
•Framework
•DPSIR
•Reporting
•Main issues
% of land area
•Why
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NIS
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Soil erosion: soil loss
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soil loss (t/ha/y)
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•Main issues
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