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Spanish Statistical Forest Information System and Spanish National Forest Inventory: state of the project, perspectives and future developments Copyright 2009, SPSS Inc. Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 Statistical Forest Information System 1.- Background 2.- Legal s...

Spanish Statistical Forest Information System and Spanish National Forest Inventory: state of the project, perspectives and future developments Copyright 2009, SPSS Inc. Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 Statistical Forest Information System 1.- Background 2.- Legal support 3.- Organization 4.- Statistical analysis 5.- Diffusion Spanish National Forest Inventory 1.- State of the project 2.- Actual NFI improvements 3.- Perspectives Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 National Inventory of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Ley 42 / 2007 de Patrimonio Natural y la Biodiversidad Madrid, 25 de junio de 2009 Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 Forest Protection Forest Conference PRIORITY COMPONENTS • Forest Fires Statistics • National Protected Areas Survey, Natura 2000, and Protected areas by International Processes • National Sea Species Survey • National Terrestrial Species Survey • National Sea Habitat Survey • National Terrestrial Habitat Survey • National Forest Wealth Survey. Public Interest Forest Catalogue • National Soil Erosion Survey • National Forest Inventory • Other Components of Spanish Forest Statistics Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 FOREST INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS Main International Requirements • PAN-European Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management: MCPFE • Forest Resource Assessment 2010, FAO • Integrated Economic And Environmental Accounts, EUROSTAT • JQ (Joint Questionnaire): EUROSTAT – UNECE – FAO • TC (Timber Committee): UNECE • Reporting for the Kyoto Protocol Other National Requirements National Statistics Plan (PEN) Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 Sources 17 Autonomous Communities National Forest Inventory National Forest Map 10 – 12 years Forest harvesting Game and Fishery Reforestation Spanish Forest-based Industries Register 2009 (Law 43/2003) Forest genetic resources Forest planning and management International Trade Spanish Forest Statistical System WORKING GROUP ON FOREST INDUSTRY ANFTA FEDEMCO ASPAPEL FEIM CONFEMADERA … Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 Renewable Energy Plan 2005-2010 National Statistics Institute Companies Central Directory (DIRCE) Industrial Products Survey Energy Consumption Survey Population and Housing Census 2001 Agricultural Census 1999,2009 Survey on the generation of waste Labour Force Survey (EPA) SPANISH ANNUAL STATISTIC INFORMATION Actual status http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/biodiversidad/montes_politica_forestal/estadisticas_forestal/index.htm Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY IFN1 1964-1977 IFN4 2008-2018 IFN3 1997-2007 Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 IFN2 1986-1996 SPANISH NFI SUMMARY Cycle: Monitoring design unit: Inventory Years Stratification 10 years Province Sampling method and field plots Number of plots NFI 1 1965–1974 Grid over photographs Optimal allocation of plots; temporary plots 65,000 NFI 2 1986–1995 Grid over digital maps Systematic 1-km x 1-km grid; permanent plots 84,203 NFI 3 1997–2007 Grid over digital maps Same systematic grid as NFI2; permanent plots 95,327 NFI 4 2008–2018 Grid over digital maps Same systematic grid as NFI3; permanent plots 98,000 Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 FOREST TYPES DIVERSITY Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 FOREST TYPES DIVERSITY Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 FOREST DISTRIBUTION IN SPAIN Forest land: Other wooded land: Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 36% 18% NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY – BROAD AIMS • Forest areas • Composition • Condition (carbon) • Changes Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 WHAT IS NEW? -Minimize to a half the cycle in the atlantics provinces (North of Spain) -Strata definition -New definitions based on COST E43 harmonization process (age) -Biodiversity survey Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 BIODIVERSITY SURVEY Vegetation species Forest structure Invasive exotic species survey Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 BIODIVERSITY SURVEY Dead wood Dendrology Herbivores browsing impact Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 NEXT EFFORTS? •European Forest types ‰ Bridges needed – MFE ‰ Related with national stratum •Soil survey •Other wooded land •European harmonization process Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 MAIN SPANISH NFI HARMONIZATION NEEDS (COST E43) • Forest types (National-Provinces) • Land cover (minimum area, boundary line) • Growing stock (stem top diameter; minimum breast height diameter) • Forest structure (social classes) • Ground vegetation (GV layers ; Shrub species lists) • Dead wood Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 NFI FUTURE CHALLENGES •New technologies: LIDAR •Annual report •Other Networks harmonization: • Others National surveys • Level I, Level II Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010 Thank you for your attention Roberto Vallejo Bombín [email protected] National Statistics Web Site: http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/biodiversidad/montes_politica_forestal/estadisticas_forestal/index.htm National Inventory Web Site: http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/biodiversidad/inventarios/ifn/index.htm Forest Protection Forest Conference Valsaín, April 7th of 2010