STATUS AND PLANS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN POLAND Iwona Zwierzchowska Department of Integrated Geography Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Trondheim, 28th May 2015
About us Department of Integrated Geography Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań EcoServ - National Symposiums Ecosystem services in transdyscyplinary approach MAES and MESEU Urban MAES Ecosystem services in urban areas project ESMERALDA - Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and Decision making 2
National Symposiums Ecosystem services in transdyscyplinary approach What we do The main organizer of the events: ECOSERV2010, ECOSERV2012, ECOSERV2014; 3
National Symposiums Ecosystem services in transdyscyplinary approach What we do Publications: Economics and Environment Volume 1 (37) 2010 r. Volume 2 (42) 2012 r. Volume 4 (51) 2014 r. 4
National Symposiums Ecosystem services in transdyscyplinary approach What we do http://www.fe.org.pl/index.php?page=czasopismo-ekonomia-i-srodowisko 5
MAES and MESEU What we do Prof. Andrzej Mizgajski - representative of Poland at the European Commission Working Group MAES (Mapping of Ecosystems and Their Services in the EU and its Member States); Representative of the EU member states at the Steering Group of the European Commission Contract: Mapping of Ecosystems and Their Services in the EU and its Member States Our team is also engaged in the Pilot on Mapping and Assessment on Urban Ecosystem in Europe as representants of the Adam Mickiewicz University and as a Member State partner. 6
URBAN MAES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON URBAN AREAS PROJECT Project team: prof. Andrzej Mizgajski, Małgorzata Stępniewska,PhD, Iwona Zwierzchowska, PhD, Dominik Zajączkowski, MSc.
Methods of Mapping and Assessment URBAN MAES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON URBAN AREAS Phase I Metodological approach to analyse ecosystem services on urban areas in Poland in relation to green infrastructure concept; Classification of ecosystems and ecosystem services bonitation; Identification of data spatial scale impact on ecosystem services assessment. 8
Number of priority provisioning ecosystem services BDOT URBAN ATLAS Numbers of priority provisioning services 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Numbers of priority provisioning services 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Local climate regulation ITEM Min_ T Max_T Ave_T SD_ T Agricultural + Semi-natural areas + Wetlands 17,4 37,5 23,0 2,3 Airports 23,2 32,8 28,2 2,1 Construction sites 20,5 32,0 25,5 2,2 Continuous Urban Fabric (S.L. > 80%) 19,2 35,5 27,3 2,1 Discontinuous Dense Urban Fabric (S.L. : 50% - 80%) 18,3 33,2 25,6 1,9 Discontinuous Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. : 10% - 30%) 18,3 27,8 23,2 1,7 Discontinuous Medium Density Urban Fabric (S.L. : 30% - 50%) 18,3 30,7 23,9 1,9 Discontinuous Very Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. < 10%) 20,1 21,0 20,5 0,4 Fast transit roads and associated land 20,5 31,1 25,5 1,8 Forests 17,0 37,5 20,8 2,0 Green urban areas 17,4 34,0 23,8 2,6 Industrial, commercial, public, military and private units Landsat Satelite Image from 17th June 2010, time 9:33 17,9 44,7 27,5 3,4 Isolated Structures 18,3 31,1 22,4 1,9 Land without current use 19,2 33,2 25,4 2,3 Mineral extraction and dump sites 19,7 31,5 24,6 3,1 Other roads and associated land 17,4 41,7 25,7 3,0 Railways and associated land 18,3 35,9 25,6 3,0 Sports and leisure facilities 18,3 32,8 24,6 2,3 Water bodies 17,0 32,0 20,8 2,2 Source: Lupa P., Łowicki D., Unpublished data, Department of Integrated geography UAM, Poznań. 10
Local climate regulation Level Priority Significant Insignificant Lack Land cover types water, forest, discontinuous very low density urban fabric (S.L. < 10%) agricultural + semi-natural areas + wetlands, green urban areas, isolated structures, discontinuous medium and low density urban fabric (S.L. : 10% -50%) sports and leisure facilities, mineral extraction and dump sites airports, construction sites, discontinuous dense urban fabric (50-80%) continuous urban fabric (S.L. > 80%), land without current use (mostly post-industrial), industrial, commercial, public, military and private units, railways and associated land, fast transit roads and associated land, other roads and associated land 11
Urban Atlas Data spatial scale impact on ecosystem services assessment Database of topographical objects Pan-European comparable land use and land cover data for Large Urban Zones Polish official classification according to Regulation of Minister of Infrastructure and Development 12
To be done by November 2015 URBAN MAES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON URBAN AREAS Phase II Urban Atlas Comparison of spatial distribution and types of BDOT ecosystem services in 10 Metropolitan Areas of Poland; Recommendation for implementing ecosystem services concept in local and subregional planning for: Studies of condition and direction of spatial development Master Plans Plans of functional urbanized areas 13
What we do ESMERALDA project Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and Decision making Coordination & Integration Stakeholder network & implementation Mapping methods Assessment methods Methods testing Dissemination & Knowledge exchange 14
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Iwona Zwierzchowska Department of Integrated Geography Trondheim, 28th May 2015
ESMERALDA project What we do Enhancing ecosystem services mapping for policy and Decision making Determination what relevant stakeholders expect form Ecosystem Services mapping; Identification of suitability existing ES maps in Poland for an implementation by policy makers and other stakeholders; Analyse of ES assesment for Poland regarding to the role of scaling, synergies or trade-offs, their shifting in time and space and reversibility; Testing of possibility to include a new data, indicators and processing methods for next generation of ES maps; Present the achived results at conferences and in scientific papers. 16
Conclusions URBAN MAES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON URBAN AREAS Phase I Urban Atlas BDOT to assess part of ecosystem services land cover or land use data need to be complement with other databases; asessment of some of ecosystem services need more detailed typology of land use/land cover ; part of ecosystem services is generated by ecosystems only in particular places egz. mass stabilisation; part of ecosystem services is generated by all ecosystems, however prioritisation is needed; level of ecosystem services is changing in time 17
Classification of ecosystems and ecosystem services bonitation selected example Land use classes Cultivated crops, Reared animals and their outputs Plantbased resources Hydrological cycle and water flow maintenance Micro and regional climate regulation Physical use of land- /seascapes in different environment al settings Continuous Urban Fabric (S.L. > 80%) L L L L L Discontinuous Medium Density Urban Fabric (S.L. : 30% - 50%) I I S S L Green urban areas L I P S S Forests L P P P P Level of ecosystem services:p priority, S-significant, I insignificant, L - lack 18
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Rainfall water runoff potential Poziom usługi Priorytetowy Istotny Nieznaczny Brak Typ użytkowania terenu wody, lasy, tereny rolne, powierzchnie semi-naturalne, tereny podmokłe, tereny zieleni urządzonej, zabudowa rozproszona o bardzo niskiej intensywności (<10% pow. uszczelnionej), pojedyncza zabudowa zabudowa rozproszona o niskiej i średniej intensywności (10% do 50% pow. uszczelnionej), tereny sportu i wypoczynku, tereny eksploatacyjne, składowiska odpadów, lotniska tereny w trakcie budowy, tereny zabudowy nieciągłej o znacznej intensywności (50-80% pow. uszczelnionej), nieużytkowane tereny zainwestowane (głównie poprzemysłowe) tereny zwartej zabudowy (>80% pow. uszczelnionej), tereny przemysłowe, handlowe, usługowe, wojskowe, tereny dróg, tereny kolejowe 20
MAES and MESEU What we do The MAES working group on Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services oversees the implementation of Action 5 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. The pilot on urban ecosystems aims to provide working guidance to the Member States on methods and tools to map and assess urban ecosystem services by December 2015. Focus points are: air quality regulation, micro-climate regulation including urban heat island, recreation, others. Adam Mickiewicz University has been delegated by Ministry of Science to represent Poland as a Member State partner. Pilot on Mapping and Assessment on Urban Ecosystem 21 in
Methods of Mapping and Assessment Main land cover/land use databases available in Poland Urban Atlas Topographical Objects Database (1:10 000) BDOT (Polish official classification according to Regulation of Minister of Infrastructure and Development concerning database of topographical objects and database of general geographic objects and standard cartographic works) Urban Atlas (Large Urban Zones) 22