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The Institute for Environment and Sustainability EUROPEAN SOIL DATA CENTER (ESDAC) AND THE EU THEMATIC STRATEGY FOR SOIL PROTECTION Beata Houšková - Luca Montanarella – Marc Van Liedekerke Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit Institute for Environment & Sustainability JRC TP 280 Ispra (VA), 21020 Italy 1 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

What is ESDAC and why it was established • ESDAC – European Soil Data Centre; part of environmental centers • Established (end of 2005) according to decision between: EC-DG ENV, DG JRC, EUROSTAT and EEA – Go4 • Environmental centers – primary data contact point for DG ENV as scientific and technical support 2 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Requirements on data collection and quality • The collected data fit DG ENV's requirements; • Data collection is organized in an efficient way • The necessary quality assurance is performed; • All relevant existing data are accessible to other Go4 parties; • The metadata are part of database created according to given rules. 3 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Metadata standards for ESDAC Spatial data Non-spatial data (raster, point) • INSPIRE principles • Dublin core • ISO 19 115 4 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

INSPIRE: IN frastructure for SP atial I nfo R mation in E urope Principles • Data should be collected once and maintained at the level where this can be done most effectively; • It should be possible to combine seamlessly spatial data from different sources and share it between many users and applications; • Spatial data should be collected at one level of government and shared between all levels; • Spatial data needed for good governance should be available on conditions that are not restricting its extensive use; • It should be easy to discover which spatial data is available, to evaluate its fitness for purpose and to know which conditions apply for its use. 5 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

ISO 19115:2003 Definition • mandatory and conditional metadata sections, metadata entities, and metadata elements; • the minimum set of metadata required to serve the full range of metadata applications (data discovery, determining data fitness for use, data access, data transfer, and use of digital data); • optional metadata elements - to allow for a more extensive standard description of geographic data, if required; • a method for extending metadata to fit specialized needs. 6 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Dublin core -interoperable online metadata standards • Simple Dublin core Qualified Dublin core • Subsequent to the specification of the original 1. Title 15 elements. Uses controlled and general 2. Creator vocabulary. 3. Subject 1. Collection 4. Description 2. Dataset 5. Publisher 3. Event 6. Contributor 4. Image 7. Date 5. InteractiveResource 8. Type 6. MovingImage 9. Format 7. PhysicalObject 10. Identifier 8. Service 11. Source 9. Software 12. Language 10. Sound 13. Relation 11. StillImage 14. Coverage 12. Text 15. Rights 7 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Possible sources for soil and soil related information in ESDAC • JRC in-house and commissioned soil research activities; • results from activities within the European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN); • results from EU funded soil related projects; • results from collaborations with other organizations (e.g. EuroGeoSurveys, ISRIC, FAO); • data on contaminated sites through EIONET; • data from Member States (e.g. reporting data in the context of the future Soil Framework Directive) 8 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Preliminary outline of potential soil data providers to the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) Member States Soil data from other sources European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN) (research projects, etc.) National Soil Data Centers JRC Data from related JRC Regional Soil Data actions Centers European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) European Forest Data Center Data Centers Ancillary data from other EIONET EuroGeoSurveys data centers (EEA, EUROSTAT) “A Single Focal Point for Policy Relevant Soil Information” 9 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

10 Data in ESDAC In total – 49 datasets: 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07 • Raster • Spatial • Point

ESDB v2.0 (European Soil SINFO - New soil MEUSIS-SK: MEUSIS in SERAE: Soil Erosion Risk CYPRUS: Cyprus soil data Database v2.0) information for CGMS (Crop Slovakia Assessment in Europe Growth Monitoring System) ESDB v1.0 (European Soil SOIL REGIONS of the EU ETC_TE: European Topic Heavy metal and organic LEBANON: Lebanon soil Database v1.0) and Adjacent Countries - Centre - Terrestrial matter contents of data version 1 Environment datasets European topsoils (ETC/TE) ESDB v2.0 - Raster Version SOIL REGIONS of the EU Biosoil data ITALY: Ecopedological MAGHREB: Maghreb soil 1km x 1km and Adjacent Countries - map of Italy, 1:250,000 data for incorporation into version 2 ESDB v3 ESDBv2 Raster Library - SPADE-2 v1.0 - Soil Profile Forest Focus Monitoring ITALY SOIL EROSION: Soil SOTER terrain units for 1km x 1km Analytical Database of Database erosion data for Italy Europe (1:5000,000) Europe ESDBv2 Raster Library - SPADE-2 v2.0 - Soil Profile LUCAS soil data ITALY NATURA2000 SOIL: SWEDEN: Sweden soil data 10km x 10km Analytical Database of Soil data for NATURA2000 for incorporation into Europe sites in Italy ESDB v3 OCTOP soil organic carbon DANUBE_SIS: Soil ODRA: Soil digital PUGLIA: Base dati TURKEY: Turkey soil data content data Information System for the database for the ODRA georiferita relativa al suolo for incorporation into Danube basin at the scale basin at the scale dell'intera regione Puglia ESDB v3 1:250,000 1:250,000 (Italia) su scala 1:50.000 PESERA: Pan-European Soil ECALP: Ecopedological Map FAO_DSMW: FAO Digital RUSSIA: LAND EGYPT: Egypt soil data Erosion Risk Assessment of the Alps Soil Map of the World RESOURCES OF RUSSIA (DSMW) version 3.6 CD-ROM, Version 1.0, January, 2002 EUDASM: European Digital MEUSIS (Multiscale SOTER : SOIL and ALBANIA : Soil Database at Hungary - Case study soil, Archive of Soil Map EUropean Soil Information TERRAIN Database for 1:50,000 terrain and land use System) - Alpine Grid Northern and Central information in Hungary EURASIA GW: Digital Dataset of Geochemical Atlas of SOVEUR : Mapping of Soil ALBANIA : (1) 1:250.000 PAVIA - Soil in the province European Groundwater Europe and Terrain Vulnerability of Pavia (Italy) - Il suolo Resources - version 1.0 in Central and Eastern della Provincia di Pavia Europe SPADE/M MEUSE-SIS (Meuse Soil Northern and Mid Latitude AUSTRIA: Austria soil data Information System) Soil Database for incorporation into ESDB v3 11 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

12 Examples of spatial data in ESDAC 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

13 Examples of spatial data in ESDAC 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Examples of Raster data in ESDAC Eurasian soil database at 1 km x 1km and 10 x 10 km resolution 14 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Examples of Raster data in ESDAC PESERA: Pan-European Soil Erosion Estimation Risk Assessment Soil erosion estimates (t/ha/yr) by applying the PESERA GRID model at 1km x 1km 15 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

16 Organic Carbon Content on Topsoils Examples of Raster data in The data are in GRID format 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07 (1km x 1km) ESDAC 0-30cm

Examples of point data in ESDAC Soil profiles within the Basin: 7879 points, in total 9016. Purposes Data for Flood Risk Assessment Project. Soil properties On horizon and profile level: soil type, horizon type, texture, humus content, depth to obstacle for roots Projection used The ETRS89 Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area. GRS80 ellipsoid. 17 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Soil Thematic Strategy Article 1: Subject-matter and scope Soil defined as the top layer of the earth’s crust situated between the bedrock and the surface, excluding groundwater . Soil functions to be protected: 1. Biomass production, including in agriculture and forestry; 2. Storing, filtering and transforming nutrients, substances and water; 3. Biodiversity pool, such as habitats, species and genes; 4. Physical and cultural environment for humans and human activities; 5. Source of raw materials; 6. Acting as carbon pool; 7. Archive of geological and archeological heritage…. 18 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07

Why EU Level of intervention? • Soil degradation affects other environmental areas • Distortion of the functioning of the internal market • Transboundary impact • Food safety • International dimension 19 1 st Conference of the CS Soil Science Societies-Roznov 07