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EEA’s contribution to spatial assessments: CORINE land cover 2000 & Land Accounts. Stefan Kleeschulte, Project leader, EEA/ETC Terrestrial Environment Jean-Louis Weber Project manager, Environmental Accounting/ Spatial Assessment, EEA. Corine land cover 2000 data are available….
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EEA’s contribution to spatial assessments:CORINE land cover 2000 & Land Accounts Stefan Kleeschulte, Project leader, EEA/ETC Terrestrial Environment Jean-Louis Weber Project manager, Environmental Accounting/ Spatial Assessment, EEA ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg
Corine land cover 2000 data are available… ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg
… they can be downloaded now from the EEA website http://dataservice.eea.eu.int/dataservice/available2.asp?type=findkeyword&theme=clc2000 ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg
EEA is developing land accounts from CLC • By grid-cells, regions, river basins • Statistical analysis • Cartographic analysis Land Accounts can be combined with other data for integrated spatial assessments ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg
Ecological corridors are fragmented by roads, railways, dams, and urban sprawl, which partition Natura2000 sites from other sites and ecosystems. In addition to losses of habitats, species trend to be isolated and therefore endangered. Natura 2000 sites Comunidad de Madrid Algarve C. de Madrid Portugal-Algarve Landscape Natural Potential Effect of artificialisation of land cover on nature protection Legend Source: EEA/Corine land cover 1990-2000/ Land Accounts Project Provisional results ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg
Provisional land accounts data can be downloaded from http://eea.eionet.eu.int/Public/irc/eionet-circle/leac/library ESPON seminar on 17-18 May 2005 Luxembourg