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Biodiversity Indicators and
Reporting: the SEBI2010 process
Prof Jacqueline McGlade
Executive Director
European Environment Agency
Monitoring progress to 2010
What is SEBI2010?
Recent related developments
What has been achieved in SEBI2010?
What are the next steps?
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Major developments on biodiversity
indicators
Convention on Biological Diversity adopts first set
of global-level indicators for immediate testing or
further development
PEBLDS Council adopts Pan-European list of
biodiversity indicators based on CBD set
EU Environment Council welcomes first set of EU
headline biodiversity indicators based on CBD set
Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity
Indicators (SEBI2010) established to develop
consistency as far as possible across global, PanEuropean, European Union and national indicators
COP-8 - The global framework for measuring
progress towards the 2010 target was
strengthened
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SEBI2010 - OBJECTIVES
to consolidate, test, refine,
document and help produce
streamlined sets of policyrelevant biodiversity
indicators meaningful in the
context of the 2010 target.
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SEBI2010 – THE PROCESS
• Focus on 16 EU headline biodiversity
indicators.
• Over 120 experts from EEA, national
administrations, national
research/monitoring centres, nongovernmental organisations, European
Commission, PEBLDS joint secretariat and
international organisations.
• Work plan for 2005-2010 with first
indicators to be completed in 2006
• Six Expert Groups and Coordination Team
established.
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SEBI2010 progress during 2005
Over 70 candidate indicators considered
69 candidates fully or partly documented and
reviewed by SEBI2010 coordination team
6 given A ranking: indicator and documentation
available now
20 given B ranking: indicator or documentation to
be completed soon/2006
43 given C ranking: indicator and documentation
need further work in 2006/2007
PUT INTO A NOTE?
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
“Over the last 50 years, humans have
changed ecosystems more rapidly and
extensively than in any comparable
period of time in human history, largely
to meet rapidly growing demands for
food, water, timber, fibre and fuel. This
has resulted in substantial and largely
irreversible loss in the diversity of life
on Earth”
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005.
Ecosystems and Human Well-being:
Synthesis.
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
“The most important drivers of
biodiversity loss and ecosystem service
changes are habitat change (such as
land use changes, physical modification
of rivers or water withdrawal from
rivers, loss of coral reefs, and damage
to sea floors due to trawling), climate
change, invasive alien species,
overexploitation, and pollution”
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005: Ecosystems and
Human Well-being: Biodiversity Synthesis.
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
At CBD-COP8
MEA – findings were noted
and COP9 will decide on the
need of another assessment
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fodder production
slope stability
tourist attraction
recreation
water purification
biodiversity
pollination
fibre production
food production
flood protection
carbon sequestration
beauty
recreation
stabilising micro-climate
game reserve
shelter for life stock
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The European Environment: State and
Outlook 2005
The largest losses of habitats and
ecosystems for biodiversity across the
continent during the 1990s were in
heath, scrub and tundra, and wetland
mires, bogs and fens. Many of the
remaining wetlands have been lost to
coastal development, mountain
reservoirs and river engineering works.
Similarly, although more of Europe is
tree-covered today than in the recent
past, many forests are harvested more
intensively than before.
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The European Environment: State and
Outlook 2005
These losses are having an impact on
individual species. Despite protection
policies as part of the European
strategy to conserve its critical wildlife
habitats, many species remain
threatened, including 42% of native
mammals, 15% of birds, 45% of
butterflies, 30% of amphibians, 45% of
reptiles and 52% of freshwater fish.
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EU headline biodiversity indicators by
CBD focal area
ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY, GOODS
AND SERVICES
• Marine trophic index
• Connectivity/fragmentation of
ecosystems
• Water quality in aquatic ecosystems
•
•
SUSTAINABLE USE
• Area of ecosystems under sustainable
management
¾Forest
¾Agriculture
¾Fishery
¾Aquaculture
¾
• Ecological footprint
+ Funding to biodiversity
+ Public awareness & participation
+ Patent applications
STATUS AND TRENDS OF
COMPONENTS OF BIOVERSITY
• Trends in extent of selected biomes,
ecosystems, habitats
• Coverage of protected areas
• Trends in abundance and distribution of
selected species
• Change in status of threatened and/or
protected species
• Trends in genetic diversity of domesticated
animals, cultivated plants, fish species of
major socioeconomic importance
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THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
• Nitrogen deposition
• Numbers and costs of invasive alien
species (Trends in invasive alien
species)
• Impact of climate change
•
•
Trends in abundance of selected species:
Pan-European common bird index
•Indicator ready
•Data collected and indicator developed/produced by NGOs
•18 countries included
•24 year time series
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Progress in SPA classification
Km2
300000
250000
200000
150000
50000
0
1986 1991 1996
•Indicator ready
•Data collected for Natura 2000 network
500
•Indicator provided by European Commission
•EU
1997
1998 15
1999 Member
2000 2001 2002 States
2003 2004 400
•Data since 1986
Source: Natura 2000 SPA database, June
2004 and CEC-DG Environment
Number
100000
2004
2003
300
2002
2001
*
200
2000
100
1999
0
AT
BE DE DK ES
FI
FR GR
Source: Natura 2000 SPA database, June
2004
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IE
IT
LU
NL
PT
SE UK
Status and trends of components of
biodiversity
100%
90%
80%
% of breeds
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
AT
FR
UK
GR
Extinct
IT
IE
DE
BE
Endangered or critical
ES
PT
DK
SE
NL
FI
LU
Not at risk or unknown
300000
Net Change in Land Cover
% of initial year
250000
200000
150000
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Artificial areas
5
Arable land & permanent
crops
Pastures & mosaics
4
100000
3
Forested land
50000
2
1
0
1986 1991 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
0
-1
Source: Natura 2000 SPA database, June
2004 and CEC-DG Environment
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-2
-3
Semi-natural vegetation
Open spaces/ bare soils
Wetlands
Water bodies
Main habitats: Corine Land Cover 2000
Source:
EEA
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Agricultural change
Net conversion to agriculture
Source:
EEA
unpublished
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Main issues up to 2010
Complete review of indicators within the 16 EU
headlines in 2006
Ensure adoption and recognition of indicators at
highest level appropriate within countries, EU, EEA
and PEBLDS
Extend geographical and data coverage for each
indicator
Ensure adequate funding of monitoring, data
management, indicator production and quality
assurance
Ensure linkages and consistency at all levels
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