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The EEA,
its organisational network
EIONET
and ETC/TE
Martha Wepner
Umweltbundesamt
European Topic Centre on Terrestrial Environment
Szentendre, 17 November 2003
EEA, EIONET, ETC/TE
Outline
Outline
• EEA
• Reporting
• Networking
- EIONET
- What are NFPs/NRCs
- What are ETCs
• ETC/TE and its contribution to the soil
work program
EEA
EEA
European Environment Agency - EEA
• one of 11 specialised European Union Agencies
• EEC Regulation 1210/1990
• Operational since 1994
• European Reference Centre for environmental
information
http://www.eea.eu.int
EEA
EEA
The EEA mission statement
‘EEA aims to support sustainable development
and to help achieve significant and measurable
improvement in Europe’s environment,
through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant
and reliable information to policy making agents
and the public.’
EEA
EEA
What are the objectives of the mandate?
To provide environmental information
• Helping the Community and member countries
to identify effective environmental measures and
assess its actual and expected progress
• Maintaining and coordinating the EIONET based
on shared information
EEA
EEA
Who are EEA's clients?
• Institution level:
European Commission, Parliament, Council,
EEA member countries
• General public:
NGOs, business, media, advisory,
groups/persons, debaters and the policy
engaged public
EEA
EEA
EEA
EEA
Main tasks
• networking
• monitoring and reporting
Main products
• EEA publications
• the Agency’s website (www.eea.eu.int)
EEA - reporting
EEA
Reporting
Reporting cycle
• Broad integrated assessments
(Five-year state & trends reports, eg. Kiev)
• Indicator based reports
(yearly Signals Report, TERM report)
• Specific issue reports
(eg. Greenhouse gases, GMOs)
• Best practices
(eg. Wastewater treatment report)
• Frameworks, guidelines or databases
EEA - networking
EEA
Networking
EEA’s networking partners
• EIONET partners in 31 member countries
• Co-ordinated activities within EC services and
programmes
• International Organisations
UNECE, WHO, OECD and WMO)
(UNEP,
EEA - networking
EEA
Networking
EEA - networking
EEA
Networking
EIONET
• European Environment Information and
Observation Network
• more than 300 national institutions
- National Focal Point (1 per country)
- National Reference Centre (various topics)
- Main Component Elements
- European Topic Centre (5)
National Focal Points
EEA
Networking
Role of NFPs
• Co-ordinate Member State input to EEA work
programme
• Build telematics network in Member State
• Co-ordinate data flows to ETCs and for EEA
reports
• Motivate NRCs and MCEs
• Appointed by member countries
National Reference Centre
EEA
Networking
Role of NRCs/MCEs
• Provide data to ETCs and EEA
• Advice on technical aspects to ETC work
programme
• Comment and review EEA and ETCs reports
• Maintain telematics network connection and data
flows
• Share experience with other NRCs/MCEs
European Topic Centre - ETC
ETC
Networking
Role of ETCs
• Work under contract to EEA
• Deliver reports, databases, networks
• Improve comparability of data
• Advise on plugging data gaps
• Support DG Environment on Implementation
• Represent EEA in various forums
European Topic Centre - ETC
ETC
Networking
Objectives
• To provide policy relevant information on past
trends, current state and prospective
development (of land and soil) in Europe
• To support legislative frameworks
• To support EEA enlargement
European Topic Centre - ETC
ETC
Networking
Structure
• Consortia with one leading institution
• 5 ETCs
- ETC/TE
- ETC/W
- ETC/ACC
- ETC/WMF
- ETC/NPB
ETC/TE
European Topic Centre on
Terrestrial Environment
ETC/TE
• Priority areas
- Soil degradation
- Land use
- Urban environment
- Coastal environment
http://terrestrial.eionet.eu.int
Structure
ETC/TE
Background
ETC/TE
Land Cover
Marine and
Coastal
Environment
Soil
Terrestrial
Environment
Mission
ETC/TE
• How do we fulfil our mission?
– Integrated assessments
• DPSIR chain
– Environmental indicators
• Land cover changes
• Soil degradation
• Impact on land (e.g. fragmentation)
– Support to EU & international policy frameworks (e.g.
Soil Thematic Strategy)
Soil issues
ETC/TE
• Local soil contamination
– Contamination from point sources (waste disposal, industrial
activities, mining sites, military sites, accidents, etc.)
• Diffuse soil contamination
– Contaminants transported over wide areas (including heavy metals,
acidification, nutrients surplus – eutrophication, etc.)
• Soil sealing
– Covering of soil due to urbanisation, infrastacture construction
Soil issues
ETC/TE
• Development of soil indicators since 1996
– In course of ETC/S and ETC/TE
• EIONET workshops 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
– Discussions/agreement on indicators and definitions
– Data requests
– Development of core set of indicators (3 indicators on local
soil contamination)
– Reporting on soil
• EIONET data request 2003
– Local soil contamination
– Diffuse soil contamination
– Soil sealing
http://eea.eionet.eu.int:8980/Members/irc/eionet-circle/te/library?l=/soil_collection/collection_contamination&vm=detailed&sb=Title
Local soil contamination
ETC/TE
Local soil
contamination
• Core Set of Indicators (priority data flow)
– Management of contaminated sites
– Remediation expenditures
– Soil polluting activities (incl. hot spot map)
• New indicators (non priority data flow)
– Landfills
– Mining sites
– Remediation activities
• New indicators as a result of discussions
• Main problem: harmonised data, lack of reporting
obligation –> EIONET data request 2003
How much progress is done in the
management of contaminated sites?
ETC/TE
100
remediation activities implemented
Local soil
contamination
90
main site investigation
80
preliminary investigation
70
preliminary survey
60
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25,00
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0,40
0,20
20,00
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ETC/TE
Local soil
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Source: CLC 1990 and
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