Project partners:

Project Funded by Programme LIFELIFE 15 PRE IT/732295

Project LIFE - MediNet

Mediterranean Network for Reporting Emissions and Removals in Cropland and Grassland

Participating Countries/ Project Focus Areas

Formal Participation in the Consortium

Italy

Portugal

Involvement as “Supporting Institutions”

Spain

Greece

France

Malta

Cyprus

Slovenia

Italy

MediNet: General Objective

Improve the transparency, consistency, comparability, completeness and accuracy of cropland and grassland reporting

of emissions and removals in Mediterranean Countries

MediNet: Specific objectives

1. Compilation and systematization of existing knowledge and data, in particular in relation to:– activity data

– mineral soils

– aboveground biomass of perennial crops

2. Sharing experiences and approaches in reporting croplands and grasslands emissions in Mediterranean conditions.

3. Exploring the possible use of common methods and/or reference data and/or data sets for reporting purposes.

4. Identifying information and research gaps

5. Enhance the participation and involvement of agriculture stakeholders in climate change mitigation and adaptation

Project Results

Preparatory Work

Project Results

Activity Data• Review of availability and usefulness of

different data sets available at EU Level for reporting purposes

• Statistics

– Crop Statistics

– Orchards / Vineyard Surveys

– Survey on Agricultural Production Methods

– Organic Farming

• Cartographic information

– CORINE land cover and land-use change

– LUCAS Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey

– LPIS Land Parcel Identification System

Project Results

Biomass Data

• Review of literature on biomass in Mediterranean countries

– Focus on permanent crops and woody grasslands (shrublands)

– Database with results from 150 papers (= 1483 data entries)

– Information harmonization to relevant reporting variables

– Discussion of preliminary results on a participatory workshop (Lisbon, 4-5 December 2017)

– Production of final report

Project Results

Biomass Data

• Growth curves adjusted to existing data

– AGB, BGB, Pruning

• Proposal of new default values for the Mediterranean Region

Biomass Carbon Accumulation Rate

conversions from other uses to permanent crop

Conversion period AGB BGB Total

years U tC.ha-1.y-1 U tC.ha-1.y-1 U tC.ha-1.y-1 U

Olive Trees 20 23% 0.46 27% 0.13 27% 0.59 22%

Vineyards 20 18% 0.28 26% 0.22 26% 0.50 18%

Fruit Trees 20 42% 0.43 46% 0.29 47% 0.72 33%

Shrublands 20 46% 0.39 49% 0.55 50% 0.94 36%

Notes: Assumes no-net change in biomass stocks after conversion period

Current Work

Soil Data

• Review of existing soil data in Mediterranean countries

– Focus on cropland and grassland

– Soil Profile Database

• From literature

• From existing databases

– LUCAS Soil Data

Olive trees Vineyards Fruit trees Annual Crops Pastures Shrublands

INFOSOLO (PT) 64 3 5 216 20 0

CARBOSOL (SP) 51 66 33 387 233 258

SEISnet (SP-Andalucia) 24 2 4 62 0 0

Literature 81 16 3 172 101 116

TOTAL 220 87 45 837 354 374

Soil Profile Database

• Data from 3 existing databases + data from literature

• Harmonised to 0-30cm

LUCAS Soil Data

• Data from 2009 and PT, IT, SP, GR, FR (Mediterranée), SI

– Processing data according to crop type• Cereals 1580 samples

• Fodder 251

• Other annual crops 372

• Olive trees 414

• Vineyards 264

• Fruit trees (except citrus) 72

• Citrus trees 62

• Nut trees 73

• Shrublands 280

• Pastures 838

• Bare land 271

MediNet: Website http://www.lifemedinet.com

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