THE CARHAB PROJECT MEDDE/DGALN/DEB TOWARD A FRENCH VEGETATION MAP L. Commagnac, B. Etlicher, S. Luque, A. Lalanne Partners : IGN, IRSTEA, FCBN, CBNx, MNHN, SFP, Universities
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L. Commagnac
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01. THE CARHAB PROJECT 02. « PRELIMINARY MAPPING OF VEGETATION » PARTNERS and COMPONENTS SPECIFICATIONS and PRODUCTION METHODS 2012 ACHIEVEMENTS PROJECTED SCHEDULE
03. CONCLUSION
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01. THE CARHAB PROJECT
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PROJECT BACKGROUND
Initiated and managed by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (MEDDE) in 2011
Will help report under Article 17 of the Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora
Will be useful in many projects of the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy as a tool to improve knowledge and monitoring of French semi-natural and natural habitats VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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FOUR MAIN AXES
State of the art reviews Preliminary mapping Habitat modeling
Vegetation typology Phytosociology (french vegetation prodrome) Landscape phytosociology (regional catalogue of series and geoseries)
Information system
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CarHAB PROJECT GOALS FOR VEGETATION MAPPING
Map French semi-natural and natural vegetation nationwide VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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CarHAB PROJECT GOALS FOR VEGETATION MAPPING At a scale of 1/25 000 (matching other French large scale data: RGE®)
Minimum object area : 5000 m² Homogeneous specifications throughout metropolitan France Urban and artificial areas will be excluded Intensive farming areas will bear specific information (series) Nomenclature will be based on dynamico-catenal phytosociology VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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A TWO STEPS MAPPING PROCESS Pre-map describing the appearance of the vegetation = First delineation of national territory
Final vegetation map
Preliminary map filled out by • Field operators specialized in dynamico-catenal phytosociology • Habitat modeling VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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CarHAB PROJECT SCHEDULE
2011
Start
12/2011
2012
2013
2014
Test phase Methodology Production improvement
Prod 3 Co.
Prod 6 Co.
Prod 6 Co.
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2018
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2025
Production of preliminary map Production of vegetation map
First Results
Prod 13 Co./yr
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End of the CarHAB project V1
02. PRELIMINARY MAPPING
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A TWO LAYERS PRELIMINARY MAP A layer describing the appearance of the vegetation created using techniques of photo-interpretation and remote sensing
A layer of spatialized environmental variables influencing biotopes built using environmental modeling
Combination methods between these two layers are still to be defined
Preliminary map will be allocated between three partners VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information
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With adjustments
National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture
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Rocks Scree and mixed grass/rock Open lawns Low productivity lawns Average productivity lawns High productivity lawns Rocky heathlands Dense heathlands Open water Snowfields and glaciers Open forests Heathlands with shrubs – tall grass
Nomenclature will be available soon
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PRELIMINARY MAP NOMENCLATURE Working group on preliminary map nomenclature Chairman: L. Commagnac (IGN)
High altitude open environments nomenclature
Forest nomenclature Chairwoman: F. Benest (IGN)
Chairwoman: S. Luque (IRSTEA)
Low altitude open environments nomenclature Chairman: B. Etlicher (EVS-ISTHME)
Bring scientists of different fields together (GIS, remote sensing, phytosociology, etc.) and make them share the same goal VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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OTHER ENVIRONMENT TYPES Coastline and open waters
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Bare soils (rocks)
OTHER ENVIRONMENT TYPES
Bare soils (rocks) are already detected by IRSTEA of Grenoble
Coastline and open water environments will be obtained from the hydrological layer of the BDTopo® produced by the IGN
IGN will put together the “appearance” layers VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAYER Elevation
Slope
Aspect
Data calculated using DEM VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAYER Geology or pedology
Climate (e.g. rain)
Other data VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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OTHER PARTNERS INVOLVED
Final nomenclature set up
Field mapping
National museum of natural history
French society of phytosociology
Universities of Brest (UBO), Bordeaux, Clermont Ferrand and Rennes VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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National Botanical Conservatories
• Universities • Others
WORK ORGANIZATION Preliminary map will be delivered per county (administrative unit)
Production takes into account homogeneous ecological area
Ecological partition of the territory (Dupias et Rey) is used for work on environmental layer and final nomenclature (regional catalogue of series and geoseries) VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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Document pour un zonage des régions phyto-écologiques, Georges Dupias et Paul Rey, CNRS, 1985
2012 ACHIEVEMENTS
Five test areas were set up Belledonne mountain range, Isère county, Rhône-Alpes region Pilat mountain range and Forez lowland, Loire county, Rhône-Alpes region Sologne (mosaic of forest and ponds) and Pays Fort (lowland), Cher county, Centre region
Preliminary mapping was carried out for forest and high altitude open environments VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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TEST AREAS LOCATION
BELLEDONNE
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TEST AREAS LOCATION
FOREZ
PILAT
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TEST AREAS LOCATION
SOLOGNE
PAYS FORT
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FOREST PRELIMINARY MAP EXAMPLE
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HIGH ALTITUDE OPEN ENVIRONMENTS
Crédit : IRSTEA Genoble VEGETATION MAPPING IN EUROPE
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PROJECTED SCHEDULE Forest map program
CarHAB project
Début Début
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03. CONCLUSIONS
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CONCLUSION
An ambitious project still in a phase of methodology definition
A scientific community sharing the same goal of vegetation, series and geoseries mapping
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
