Copernicus Sentinels the game changer?

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1 Setting the workshop scene OTSC-data in IACS and its Copernicus alternatives Philippe Loudjani, Wim Devos, Pavel Milenov, Guido Lemoine, Csaba Wirnhardt, Pär Åstrand JRC D5 MARS CAPland Inter-service brainstorming workshop on Copernicus and the CAP 17 th March 2017, JRC Ispra, Italy 1 Copernicus Sentinels the game changer? The final end of Eternity, and the beginning of Infinity Isaac Asimov, The End of Eternity 2 1

2 Sentinels not ordinary HR sensors Unique combination of characteristics: High temporal resolution Revisit the same territory with unprecedented frequency Wide footprint Consistent wall-to wall coverage over large territories within few months Open free-license Access at no cost and at any time Open new ways and new actor roles for looking at (management, administration and control of) land Allow the Civil Society to become an active observer 3 Purpose of the setting the scene Propose a template for technical brainstorming toward progresses in application Give a taste of the proven potential as catalyst role THE question: How Copernicus (data/services) can contribute to (future) CAP implementation and control systems? At the core: supporting information on the state/activity of the land General structure: Understand the concept of our observation Identify added values(e.g. more effective procedure) Identify long term benefits and/or potential for the future Identify obstacles Bare in mind Legal issues Always keep in mind the full scene (the whole IACS) 4 2

3 Sentinels within IACS: Use Cases proposed by the Paying Agencies 1) Geo-Aid Application and cross-checks 2) On-The-Spot Checks Sample selection 3) On-The-Spot Checks (CwRS and classical) 4) LPIS update -management 5) CAP monitoring and Evaluation JUST EXAMPLES as brainstorm catalyst NOT CONCLUSIONS 5 Use case 1: GSAA/Digital Dossier and cross-checks Concept: Provide up-to-date (current season) information on the land use (farmer activities) within the reference parcel Added-value: More automation and more accurate application Long-term benefits: Better guidance for additional (non-cap domain) data entries Obstacles: Depiction of small parcels is limited. Area quantification not in line with CAP requirements Legal issue: Value of image evidence in the court not yet well regulated 6 3

4 Bulgarian CwRS Pilot (Simulated data COPERNICUS contributing mission) Cadastre (2015) Orthophoto(2011) Current declaration support system (2015) Sentinel data April 2015 Sentinel data July 2015 Sentinel data support 7 Great but how often? Use case 2: OTSC Sampling Concept: Dynamic sampling of dossiers based on current year risk assessment and provisional OTSC results Added-value: Better control by covering agriculture areas not tackled before with the previous sampling approach; More scheme-balanced/targeted sampling Long-term benefits: More effective and efficient OTS control Obstacles: Availability of information countrywide might lead to an increase of OTSC rate, opposite to EU MS wishes Legal issue: Not feasible within the current EU regulation 8 4

5 Sentinels and OTSC Sampling The Netherland Period Oct Sep 2016 S2A: 12 (<20% cloud cover) S1A: 100 (ASC, DESC) Sample based on presence of at least 70% permanent grassland and maize Highest risk where mixed 9 Use case 3: On-The-Spot Checks Concept: Continuous information flow on the status of the land (vegetation growth, farmer activities) for parcels selected for OTSC Added-value: More evidences of anomalies, more efficient CAPI, reduced RFV number Long-term benefits: Effective multi-annual monitoring of farmer practices related to BPS eligibility, greening and cross-compliance Obstacles: Depiction of small parcels is limited. Area quantification not in line with CAP requirements Legal issue: Value of image evidence in the court not yet well regulated 10 5

6 Example of a current CwRS parcel check (1 VHR + 2 HHR) 11 Sentinel imagery could have helped in identifying parcel anomaly (at early stage ) Great but how often? 12 6

7 Use case 4: LPIS update-management Concept: Early warning of the risk for the reference parcels of being non-conformant (unaccounted land change) Added-value: Better planning and conduction of the LPIS update activities; more effective (all year round) eligibility checks Long-term benefits: Improved LPIS ability to act as reference framework for area related cross-checks; convergence of RP toward true unit of management Obstacles: Less reliable results on small parcels; automated methods immature Legal issue: Reluctance from MS as it might open Pandora box of cadastre 13 Risk of land abandonment within LPIS -FP7 Geoland2 Downstream service prototype Red: Parcels flagged as potentially abandoned 14 7

8 France DIAS? Quality check LPIS reference parcels S1A stack to highlight variance Stratify for detailed checks 15 Use case 5: CAP monitoring and evaluation Concept: Capturing trends in land management and territorial development and the assessing impact of EU policy on rural area Added-value: Better territorial management plans and tailored agriculture objectives at local level Long-term benefits: Long-term impact of the EU CAP policy on the land with respect to target objectives (CC, biodiversity, territorial balance...) Obstacles: Successlargely depends on the level of good governance present in the EU MS Legal issue: Reluctance from MS as it might open Pandora box of cadastre and other national data 16 8

9 Monitoring of permanent grasslands Update of regional Rural Development plan strategy Identify measures to implement Cross Border Cooperation project SPATIAL Increase of grassland areas due to policy changes Defined measures 17 Expected outcomes of the workshop Risk and challenges? What could contribute to simplification? What could contribute to performance? Best practices? Specific proposals of where Copernicus can be applied within CAP IACS Follow-up 18 9