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European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC): Soil data infrastructure for research and policy
making in Europe
Ana Payá Pérez, Panos Panagos & Marc Van Liedekerke
Convegno sul tema:
Evento internazionale EUGRIS: "Come ottenere il massimo
dalle risorse disponibili online per la gestione di siti
contaminati e brownfield” - World Cafè
Ferrara, 24 Settembre 2015
• Ana Payá Pérez, Panos Panagos & Marc Van Liedekerke
• European Soil Data Centre
• http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Joint Research Centre
REMTECH 2015, Ferrara (Italy, 24 September 2015
European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC): Soil data infrastructure for research
and policy making in Europe
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
Provides policy relevant soil data and information to Commission services and
external customers
Main Policy Areas
• 6th and 7th 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
ESDAC and Policy Areas- 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 modelers. Soil contains about twice as much Carbon as above ground vegetation. EU-27 is estimated to 75 Billion Tons of Carbon.
Renewable Energies (Biofuel): Many concerns about how biofuel production may lead to inappropriate land management. ESDAC Data are used in Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) and in various soil conservation projects.
Protection of EU consumers and food security: models estimating exposure of pesticides to soil organisms in collaboration with European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
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 programs and projects use the ESDAC data: LIFE+, GHG-Europe, MOVE, CLIMB, VOLANTE, CLIMIT…
ESDAC and Policy Areas- Examples (2)
European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
The single focal point for soil information, data and expertise at European level; ESDAC integrates and hosts soil data from EU Member States and neighboring countries. 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 Centre (ESDAC)
Download data for free (no costs) by accepting the
license agreement
Simple process: Enter the User Details in a Web form
Name, Organization, E-mail, Country of Origin, purpose for which the data will be used.
ESDAC Authorization
ESDAC Helpdesk authorizes the user request
ESDAC Data Log
Useful information/feedback both for ESDAC and for
Project Managers
Data Authentication & Control Mechanism
Information Providers
ESDAC Catalogue of available resources
Metadata system that describes and points to various soil resource types:
datasets, atlases
services/applications,
documents, Maps
events,
projects and
external links
ESDAC Map Viewer
Navigate key soil data for Europe
ESDAC Components
ESDAC Resources
ESDAC
offers more than 85 Layers interoperable (Web Mapping Service) with other information
ESDAC Web Mapping Services
Main source from which
most DATA,
INFORMATION,
DOCUMENTS and
SERVICES are derived
1:1.000.000
Vector format:
> 50.000 polygons
9 ha minimum area
> 2.000.000 vertices
73 parameters
Raster format:
73 raster files
1 km x 1km cell
Attributes available: Soil Classification WRB, FAO
Texture, Parent material
Water Management System
Obstacle-Impermeable-Soil Water Regime
Chemical, Hydrological, Mechanical Properties
(King et al., 1994)
1:1M European Soil Database
Data distribution 33 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
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 and Soil Threats
18 5 November 2015
http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/themes/soil-contamination
Soil Contamination
Harmonized Geo-referenced database (10% of the
General LUCAS survey)
in-situ assessment – 500 surveyors
19,969 Topsoil samples (0-30 cm, weight of 0.5 kg) in
2009
25 Member States. Romania, Bulgaria in 2012 (not
available)
Attributes
coarse fragments (%)
% clay, silt and sand content (particle size)
pH (in CaCl2 and H2O)
organic carbon (g/kg)
carbonate content (g/kg)
phosphorous content (mg/kg)
total nitrogen content (g/kg),
extractable potassium content (mg/kg)
cation exchange capacity (cmol(+)/kg)
Multispectral properties
(Toth et al., 2013; Panagos et al., 2013)
LUCAS topsoil (Land Use / Land Cover)
(Ballabio et al., 2016)
LUCAS Derived Products
Mapping topsoil physical properties at European scale using the LUCAS database
EuDASM: European Digital Archive of Soil Maps
Map collection: More than 6,000 maps from 141 countries have 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 largest Global 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
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
Survey about ESDAC
Ask the users Feedback with an online survey with 4 questions plus Comments/Suggestions
Where I can find this?
Available in European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ Contact: [email protected] Subscribe to ESDAC newsletter
Thank you for your attention!
http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
