MASCAREF – Overview (short) Study under EEC 2152/2003 Forest Focus regulation on developing harmonized methods for assessing carbon sequestration in European.

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Study under EEC 2152/2003 Forest Focus regulation on

developing harmonized methods for assessing carbon

sequestration in European forests(MASCAREF)

Project supported by EC/JRC, Contract No. 382980

Study under EEC 2152/2003Forest Focus regulation on

developing harmonized Methods for ASsessing CARbon

sequestration in European Forests(MASCAREF)

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

The project aims

• Strengthening and harmonizing the existing national systems to better meet the requirements of international monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions and sinks

• Improving the comparability, transparency and accuracy of the GHG inventory reports of the LULUCF sector of Member States

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Project consortium

ICELAND

NORWAY

SWEDEN

FINLAND

DENMARK

ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

BELARUS

UNITEDKINGDOM

IRELAND

GERMANYPOLAND

UKRAINE

MOLDOVA

CZECHREPUBLIC

AUSTRIA

SLOVAKIA

HUNGARYROMANIA

NETHERLANDS

FRANCE

LUXEMBOURG

SWITZERLAND

SPAIN

PORTUGAL ITALY

SLOVENIACROATIA

BOSNIA &HERZEGOVINA

SERBIA

BULGARIA

MACEDONIA

ALBANIA

GREECE

ANDORRA

MALTA

MONACO

VATICANCITY

SANMARINO

LIECHTENSTEIN

TURKEY

CYPRUS

GEORGIA

ARMENIA

BELGIUM

MONTENEGRO

Partners

SubcontractorsPartners Sub-contracted Partners

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Project overview

Task 1LULUCF/AFOLU reporting requirements and realities

JR

Task 2 Use of previous and ongoing monitoring networks

BGR

Task 3 Use of National Forest InventoriesSLU

Task 4Analysis of volume to carbon stock conversion/expansion

IFER

Task 5Aggregating NFI data at 10x10 km Eurogrid

ALTERRA

Task 6Gap filling strategy (case studiesin 5 regions/countries)

All partners

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Task 1 example: UNFCCC and KP

Summary reportSummary figures:

relationship UNFCCC/KP reporting

Non-CO2 e/r CO2 e/rForest land

Finalized

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Task 3 products

• Mid-term reports– Use of NFI data for the UNFCCC/KP reporting

of emissions and removals of greenhouse gases (Colin, Petersson, Ståhl)

– Use of BFs and BEFs in European NFIs (Freudenschuss, Weiss)

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Task 4 example: factors from IPCC(2003) vs. IPCC(2006)

• Large differences in BEFs for temperate region, good match for boreal region

0 100 200 300

Growing stock (m3/ha)

0

1

2

3

4

AF

OL

U/G

PG

(-)

Pine

0 100 200 300

Growing stock (m3/ha)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

AF

OL

U/G

PG

(-)

Spruce

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Task 5 example: analysis in the Netherlands

1 x 1 km raster over NLrandom drawing per cell (forest; non-forest)→ stratified random (0 to 100 sampling points in forest per 10 x 10 km grid)number of sampling points is measure for forest cover1) aggregation by simple averaging (all points)2) averaging forest plots * representative area3) averaging forest plots * forest cover (EFI map)4) kriging (to do)

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Task 6: test regions (countries)

• Italy – NFI aggregation

• Greece – soil networks

• Lithuania – NFI aggregation

• Slovakia – exp./conv. factors

• Romania – NFI implementation

ICELAND

NORWAY

SWEDEN

FINLAND

DENMARK

ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

BELARUS

UNITEDKINGDOM

IRELAND

GERMANYPOLAND

UKRAINE

MOLDOVA

CZECHREPUBLIC

AUSTRIA

SLOVAKIA

HUNGARYROMANIA

NETHERLANDS

FRANCE

LUXEMBOURG

SWITZERLAND

SPAIN

PORTUGAL ITALY

SLOVENIACROATIA

BOSNIA &HERZEGOVINA

SERBIA

BULGARIA

MACEDONIA

ALBANIA

GREECE

ANDORRA

MALTA

MONACO

VATICANCITY

SANMARINO

LIECHTENSTEIN

TURKEY

CYPRUS

GEORGIA

ARMENIA

BELGIUM

MONTENEGRO

Partners

Subcontractors

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Work progress

• 2 years (June 2007 – May 2009)

1 4 8 12 16 20 24Task 1Task 2Task 3Task 4Task 5Task 6Meetings at JRC M1 M7 M12 M20 M23

Here we are now

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

Project partners IFER - Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research

Jílové u Prahy, Czech Republic (coordinator)

Joanneum ResearchGraz, Austria

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural ResourcesHannover, Germany

Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUmeå, Sweden

AlterraWageningen, the Netherlands

LFRI

Lithuania FRMI

Romania IBAF-CNR

Italy NAGREF, FRI

Greece NFC

Slovakia

13.11.2008

MASCAREF – Overview (short)

MASCAREF project meeting – January 2008, Ispra, Italy