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ICP Vegetation*

General activities and publications

in 2009/10

ECE/EB.AIR/WG.1/2010/3, annex IV Annual Report

* Supported by Defra, UKhttp://icpvegetation.ceh.ac.uk

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ICP Vegetation Expert Panel Meeting‘Flux-based assessment of ozone effects for air pollution policy’

9-12 November, 2009, JRC-Ispra, Italy

42 experts:12 Parties to the Convention, ICP Vegetation, ICP Forests, TFIAM, CIAM, EMEP, JRC, Convention Secretariat

Agreed on methodology and further data analysis before 23rd TFM

Follow-on discussions and decisions at 23rd TFM (Feb 2010)

Adoption of 10 new/revised flux-based CLs & their application, incl. policy-relevant indicators for IAM

Agreed at 26th ICP M&M TFM, 26th ICP Forests TFM Revision chapter 3 Modelling and Mapping Manual

Flux-based critical levels for ozone

POD6, mmol m

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y = 1.01 – 0.013 * POD6 r 2 = 0.76 p < 0.001

Potato

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23rd Task Force Meeting (CODA-CERVA, Tervuren, Belgium, 1-3 February, 2010)

58 experts from 20 countries, including Cuba and Japan and a representative from EMEP-MSC/East Unfortunately the Secretariat was not able to attend

Main decisions: 10 new/revised flux-based ozone critical levels O3 & food security report (end 2010)

O3, carbon sequestration and CC report (end 2011)

Review mosses as biomonitors of POPs (2011) Pilot study on POPs during 2010/11 moss survey

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Workshop on Climate & Air (Oct. 2009)

Co-benefits for reducing surface ozone concentrations for both air pollution and climate change policies

Stomatal O3 flux: CC factors incorporated

O3 and CC impacts on vegetation are

complex: Non-linearity of interactions

Scaling up

Impacts of ozone on vegetation and feedbacks to climate need to be included in global climate models in order to better predict consequences for C sequestration and hydrological cycles

More large scale, long-term multi-component field studies required (including for parameterisation and validation of model components)

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35 countries in ECE region, including Belarus, Russian Federation, Ukraine (EECCA) and several SEE countries

Task Force Meetings: delegates from Japan, India, Cuba, S. Africa

Ozone biomonitoring: China, Cuba, Japan, S. Africa

SEI-York: secretariat Global Atmospheric Pollution (GAP) Forum

RAPIDC (Regional Air Pollution In Developing Countries – continuation of funding for South Asia, including Malé Declaration countries (2010-2012)

Report ozone impacts on food security: input from South Asia

Participation and Outreach

Malé Declaration

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Publications

Air Pollution and Vegetation: ICP Vegetation Annual Report 2009/2010

Leaflet on N threat

Chapter EMEP Status Report 1/2010; contributions to EMEP Status Report 2/2010 & HTAP 2010 assessment report

5 papers (2 in press)

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24th Task Force Meeting

Thank you for your attention!

31 Jan – 2 Feb 2011, Rapperswil, SwitzerlandForschungsstelle für Umweltbeobachtung (FUB) –

Research Group for Environmental Monitoring