Global Land-cover and Land-cover Change Task

(SB-02)

Brice Mora (GOFC-GOLD LC)brice.mora@wur.nl

GEO-X Ministerial Summit, Geneva, January 14, 2014

Task SB-02Coordination: Prof. Martin Herold (Wageningen U., The Netherlands),

Dr. Brice Mora (GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Office)

Structure

• C1: Global Land Cover Datasets and ServiceCoordinator: Prof. Jun Chen (National Geomatics Center of China)

• C2: Global Land Cover Validation and User EngagementCoordinators: Dr. Chris Steenmans, Dr. Tobias Langanke (European

Environment Agency)

• C3: Global Land Cover Methodology and Capacity Building/OutreachCoordinators: Prof. Martin Herold, Dr. Brice Mora

Task SB-02-C1

Recent Progress and Key Outputs

• Release of global land cover products

Tsinghua U.: GLC maps

ESA /Louvain-la-Neuve: CCI LC state and condition pdcts

FAO: GLC Share

GOFC-GOLD

EEA

Tsinghua U.(Gong)

NGCC

NASAFAO

Task SB-02-C2

Recent Progress and Key Outputs

• Develop harmonized products, translation rules (legend)• Initiate collaboration for GEO portal connecting all major

GLC websites (portals: NGCC, GOFC-GOLD LC)• NGCC released 30m water product for verification• GOFC-GOLD LC / Boston U. VHSR reference dataset• GLC reference data portal by GOFC-GOLD • Crowd sourcing: how to benefit from these initiatives (Geo-

wiki, Oklahoma photo library, etc.)?

Task SB-02-C3

Recent Progress and Key Outputs

• Benefit from sub-tasks C1, C2

- GLC maps and validation data portals

- standardized procedures

- validation tools• Workshops and symposiums, reports, special issues• Capacity development workshops and initiatives

- China

- GOFC-GOLD Regional networks (11)

- REDD+ training material with World Bank

- Boston/USGS workshops

Synergies with other Tasks

Opportunities for collaboration

• BI-01 Global Biodiversity Observation (GEO BON)

Validation web portal can contribute to reach following Aichi targets:

Strategic Goal A: Targets 1, 3, 4

Strategic Goal B: Targets 5, 7

Strategic Goal C: Targets 11

Strategic Goal D: Targets 15

Strategic Goal E: Targets 17, 18, 19

=> Contribution to almost all targets

Challenges and Issues

(evolution since 2012 Work Plan Symposium)

• Several producers, users, applications• Web-portals: connect all major GLC websites to facilitate

data sharing and accuracy assessment of GLC products

- a GEO portal

- data standards (format; validation: sampling design, response design; analysis; legend)

Ideas for Accelerating Implementation of the GEO Work Plan

• Redaction of proposal(s) to develop GEO data portal for GLC data to be further integrated in GEOSS data core

• Workshops on land cover validation• New call among the land cover mapping community• GLC data user survey across the GEO Tasks

SB02 & SB02-C2

• Orange

Wwwhhy?

• GEOSS Strategic Targets (Document 12(Rev1) As accepted at GEO-VI – 2009)

Agriculture, ecosystems and climate

SB02 & SB02-C2(Workplan components)

• Orange • Green

Strategic targets(GEOSS SBAs)

What really needs to be done?(Not completely different from task coordinators suggestions)

• Kick-start and remotivate with stronger coordination (get SB ecosystems, Agriculture and Climate on board)

• GEO Secr support technical document preparation.• Reconnect work plan tasks with strategic targets

(Its not all global validation)• Help orgs find role and added value• Terminology

• Communicate to user communities about developments

Periodic regional land monitoring (pan-European component, reference year 2012)

Sustained stream with documented quality - Pan-European CONTINENTAL component of GIO Land

GEO/GEOSS data sharing principles in action - Copernicus land service portal:http://land.copernicus.eu

Concept: easy and straightforward access to land services Viewing functionality INSPIRE compliant metadata INSPIRE compliant web services FTP download

Intermediate products for some countries already available on request for scientific use (email

gio.land@eea.europa.eu ) Final products available from mid-2014

SB02-C2 Key 2014 Outputs(focusing on Session Theme)

• Clear outline and timeline to develop GEO portal/validation interface for GLC products, using existing tools

• Technical document on GLC validation procedures• Progress in establishing methodology to augment GLC

validation data and approaches by regional and national data

SB02-C2 Cross-Task Activities

• Workshop of SB-02 task participants and additional experts to further develop and draft:– GEO portal/validation interface for GLC products– GEO standardized method for GLC validation and

technical document– approaches of augmenting existing global validation

data by regional and national data