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European Soil Data Centre: A spatial data infrastructure for research and policy making in Europe
Panos Panagos & Marc Van [email protected]
Group of Four(4)
• Thematic Centre for soil related data in Europe.
• ESDAC as one centre in the system of European Data Centers for the Environment, decided by “the group of four (Go4)” (DG ENV, ESTAT, JRC, EEA)
DG ENV
Data requirements
EEA
Climate Change
Water
Air
Land use
Biodiversity
JRC
Soil
Forest
EUROSTAT
Waste
Natural resources
IPP
European Soil data Center (ESDAC)
The single focal point for soil information, data and expertise at European level; it integrates and hosts soil data from EU Member States and neighbouring countries. Its information is of relevance to EU policies and stakeholders.
The single focal point for soil information, data and expertise
at European level
Its information is of relevance to EU policies and
stakeholders
ESDAC covers the complete data production cycle, from
raw data collection to the final integrated assessment of
European soil resources.
ESDAC allows linking to data and information from National
providers, fully complying with the INSPIRE principle
(interoperability)
ESDAC is as “open” as legally possible, meaning that if data
and information resident in the ESDAC can legally be
published, the system will do.
European Soil data Center (ESDAC)
Information Providers
ESDAC Catalogue of available resources
Metadata system that describes and points to various soil resource
types: datasets, services/applications, documents, events, projects and external links
ESDAC Map Viewer
Navigate key soil data for Europe
European Soil Portal
The place where all ESDAC resources are located. The current
data and information service makes available many types of products:
- Data, documents, data-based applications and scanned maps.
- Soil projects(FP6-FP7), documentation on the EU soil threats,
- Awareness Raising activities and Events-Presentations
ESDAC Components
Recent developments with Geo-Network
Under update……..
ESDAC Catalogue
ESDAC offers
more than 85 Layers interoperable with other information
ESDAC Web Mapping Services
ESDAC User Base (Mailing List) > 5,000 Members
Monthly Newsletter: Inform the Soil Communities about the latest news in Soil
Network of Experts European Soil Partnership (ESP), European Soil Bureau Network, EIONET
HelpDesk: Support is important and ESDAC provides Helpdesk (more than 800 Requests on helpdesk in 2013)
IT Support: Long Term Mandate [Group of 4, JRC Informatics (Software/Hardware) infrastructure]
ESDAC Tools
Download data for free (no costs) by accepting the license agreement
Simple process: Enter the User Details in a Web form
Name, Organisation, E-mail, Country of Origin, purpose for which the data will be used.
ESDAC Authorisation
ESDAC helpdesk authorises the user request
ESDAC Data Log
Useful information/feedback both for ESDAC and for Project Managers
Data Authentication &
Control Mechanism
(King et al., 1994)
1:1M European Soil Database
Data distribution
26 datasets are delivered through the ESDAC authentication & control system
2013: 2,053 data licenses (32% increase compared to 2012)
> 3,000 data licenses in 2014
Intended Use %
Research 67.6%
Policy 8.3%
Assessment - Study 13.2%
Education 3.3%
Education & Research 2.5%
Other 5.1%
Panagos et al, (2012) Land Use Policy Journal
Who are the users of ESDAC Data?
Data request from Universities and Research:79%
Private Companies: 10%
Public Administration (EU Commission, Ministries…): 7.7%
Other includes environmental associations, farmers, NGOs:3.5%
Panagos et al, (2012) Land Use Policy Journal
Geographical distribution
of data requests
Global Impact: ESDAC has served user data requests from > 120 countries
18% of requests come from outside of the European Union
Soil Biodiversity loss
Sealing
Erosion
Decline of Soil Organic Matter
Salinization Compaction
Landslides
Contamination
Soil Threats
Soil Thematic Strategy
Soil Biodiversity loss
Sealing
Erosion
Decline of Soil Organic Matter
Salinization Compaction
Landslides
Contamination
Available Data
ESDAC Contribution
(Toth et al., 2013; Panagos et al., 2013)
LUCAS topsoil (Land Use / Land Cover)
Under review
(to be available soon….)
(Ballabio et al., 2014)
LUCAS Derived
Products
EuDASM: European digital archive on soil maps
Map collection: More than 6,000 maps from 141 countrieshave been captured and are freely available to users through a user-friendly web-based interface.
Preserving important soil data even from 1920’s.
Metadata Available
One of the 3 largest Map catalogues (FAO, EuDASM, ISRIC…)
Continent Maps with
country
coverage
Maps with
continent
coverage
Africa 2,010 151
Asia 961 67
Latin America & Caribbean
Islands
1,074 66
Europe 1,206 96
North America 305 4
Total 5,666 384
Survey about ESDAC
Ask the users Feedback with an online survey with 4 questions plus Comments/Suggestions
Survey about ESDAC
Have you published anything (article, poster, report) that makes reference to the requested data (or do you plan to publish anything)?
24% of the users replied positively
providing references.
Suggestions/ Comments?
• Data in higher resolution
• More available interoperable services
• Please Continue this Excellent Service!!!
• …………………………………..
Provides Policy Relevant Soil Data and Information to Commission Services and External Customers
• Main Policy Areas:• 6th Environmental Action Program (EU Soil Thematic
Strategy)• Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)• Climate Change Policy (Post-Kyoto debate, LULUCF)• Energy Policy (Renewable Energies Directive, Biofuel)• Biodiversity (Nature) Protection Policy (EU Biodiversity
Strategy)• Water Protection Policy (Water Framework Directive,
Groundwater Directive)• Forest Protection Policy (Forest FOCUS, ICP Forest)• Regional Policies (INTERREG)• Food Safety (PPR Registration, EFSA)• Food Security (FAO)• Development Policy (ACP-Observatory, Africa Atlas)• Waste Policy (Biowaste Directive, Sewage Sludge Directive)• ……………..etc.
ESDAC and policy making
Examples
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Agro-environmental policies and Soil Conservation policies request ESDAC data such as: Soil Erosion rates, Organic carbon, soil compaction, pH, diffuse contamination…... ESDAC provides assessment of soil quality problems and delineation of risk areas. Definition of Less Favourable Areas (LFA).
Climate Change policies: Soil organic carbon data requested by modellers. Soil contains about twice Carbon as above ground vegetation. EU-27 is estimated to 75 Billion Tones of Carbon.
Renewable Energies (Biofuel): Many concerns about the how biofuel production may lead to inappropriate land management. ESDAC Data are used in Global Bioenergy Partnership(GBEP) and in various soil conservation projects.
Examples (2)
Protection of EU consumers and food security: models estimating exposure of pesticides to soil organisms in collaboration with European Food Agency.
Land Take (Soil Sealing) and food security: During the period 1990-2006: a) at least 275 hectares of soil are lost per day amounting to 1,000 km2/year b) the lost Potential Agricultural Production Capability is estimated around 6.1 Million tons of wheat in 19 EU Member States
Biodiversity: The major contribution of soil biodiversity Atlas in safeguarding soil biodiversity and raising awareness.
Research and development (RTD) policies: FP6 and FP7 project results available in the European Soil Portal (ENVASSO, RamSoil, SoilTrEC, Digisoil, iSoil, eSoter, EcoFinders, Safeland). Significant number of EU research projects use the ESDAC data: GHG-Europe, MOVE, CLIMB, LIFE+, VOLANTE, CLIMIT…