Transcript Agri WS EEA Session 8_b Eurostat LUCAS survey Feb 2010

LUCAS 2008/2009 : the Core Survey
Coverage 2008/2009
Member States
Sampling size
Member States
Sampling size
Austria
4,969
Latvia
3,827
Belgium
1,808
Lithuania
3,864
Bulgaria *
8,100
Luxembourg
Czech Republic
4,674
Malta **
Denmark
2,554
Netherlands
Estonia
2,680
Poland
Finland
19,946
Portugal
France
32,417
Romania *
Germany
21,157
Slovakia
2,895
Greece
7,819
Slovenia
1,201
Hungary
5,513
Spain
29,917
Ireland
4,165
Sweden
26,665
United Kingdom
14,508
Italy
17,851
Total
*Survey took place in 2008
** Survey financed with national funds
153
80
2,461
18,530
5,426
20,600
263,780
Informative content
Parameters:
•Land cover (1 & 2)
•Land use (1 & 2)
•Land Cover percentage
SOIL SAMPLE
•Area size
•Height of trees
•Width of features
•Transect (250 m to east) with Land Cover and
linear features
•Land management (grazing)
•Water management
North
West
East
South
ANALYSIS OF TABULAR AND PICTURE LUCAS data
Indicator 01
(a & b)
Structural
Elements
Index
Indicator 02
Landform
Visual
Envelope
(Skyline) Index
Indicator 03
Granularity
Index
(vertical
heterogeneity)
Indicator 04
Land Cover
Predominance
Index
Indicator 05
Biological
Habitats Index
Indicator 06
(a & b)
Land Use/Cover
Diversity Index
Indicator 07
Soils at Risk
Index
>> Analysis of photos,
orthophotos and
data together
LUCAS 2008/2009: Nomenclature
 Fully hierarchical (3 levels)
 Land cover
distinguished
and
land
use
clearly
 Comparable with other main international
nomenclatures (e.g. FFS agriculture, FAO,
forestry)
– Some new parameters introduced
– Forest types have been introduced for forestry
areas, in line with the EUNIS classification on
forests (http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/about.jsp)
Nomenclature LUCAS 2008/09: Land Cover
A10
Built-up areas
A20
Artificial non built-up areas
B10
Cereals (+ triticale)
B20
Root crops
B30
Non permanent industrial crops
B40
Dry pulses, vegetables and flowers
B50
Fodder crops
B70
Fruit trees & berries
B80
Other Permanent Crops
C10
Broadleaved and evergreen
woodland
C20
Coniferous woodland
C30
Mixed woodland
D10
Shrubland with sparse tree cover
D20
Shrubland without tree cover
E10
Grassland with sparse tree/shrub
cover
E20
Grassland without tree cover
E30
Spontaneous vegetation
F00
Bare Land
G10
Inland water bodies
G20
Inland running water
G30
Coastal water bodies
G50
Glacier, permanent snow
H10
Inland wetlands
H20
Coastal wetlands
Nomenclature LUCAS 2008/09: Land Use
New class
U110
Agriculture ( + Kitchen garden + Fallow land)
U120
Forestry
U130
Fishing
U140
Mining, Quarrying
U150
Hunting
U210
Energy production
U220
Industry & Manufacturing
U310
Transport, communication, …
U320
Water & waste treatment
U330
Construction
U340
Commerce, Finance, Business
U350
Community Services
U360
Recreation, Leisure, Sport
U370
Residential
U400
Unused
Sampling strategy: sampling design
First phase sample for stratification: orthophoto interpretation
LAND COVER classes
2km squared grid
1 100 000 points
1 ARABLE LAND
2 PERMANENT CROPS
3 GRASSLAND
4 WOODED AREAS AND
SHRUBLAND
5 BARE LAND, RARE VEGET.
6 ARTIFICIAL LAND
7 WATER
Second phase sample: in-situ data collection
Parameters
•Land cover
•Land use
•pictures
•etc.
Ground survey
Sample of around 260,000 pts
Sampling drawing:
 Selection of points: criteria
– LUCAS 2006 sample points are included as
much as possible (panel approach)
– Points above 1000m and very difficult to access
are excluded
– Strategy to reduce autocorrelation among points
DMT – Data Management Tool: main functions
 Point management: Data Entry Tool (supervised data
entry, consistency and ranges check);
 Data Import (sent forward by one step lower level or
sent backward by one step higher level);
 Data export;
 Point assignment;
 Report builder;
 Language choice.
Schedule for the 2009 Survey
Tasks
Schedule
Sample drawing
Kick-Off meeting
Training Workshop in Luxembourg
Surveyors training
Data collection in the field
December 2008 – January 2009
13 January 2009
16-18 February 2009
Generally in March-April 2009, before start of survey
April – October 2009
Follow-up visits
April – June 2009
Monitoring and quality assurance
April – October 2009
Transmission of data and photos
to Eurostat
April – October 2009
Data correction and validation
May 2009 – March 2010
LUCAS Workshop
17-18 November 2009
Dissemination plan
 Final results are expected to be ready by June 2010,
Preliminary results will be issued in the meantime
 Figures on land cover and use resulting from LUCAS
2009 will be uploaded and integrated in new-Cronos
 “Statistics in Focus” is expected by the end of the year