European Farm-Level Ecosystem Service Maps For 2019

Environmental Information Data Centre provides modelled average per-farm ecosystem service values for European NUTS3 regions in 2019. The dataset quantifies carbon sequestration, food production economic output, and nitrogen export, stored in vector GeoPackage files. Values were modelled for five sub-country case studies and upscaled to NUTS3 regions where evidence supported the transfer.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of food production economic output across NUTS3 regions to identify agricultural productivity hotspots.
• Model relationships between nitrogen export values and regional environmental characteristics to assess pollution risks.
• Investigate the absence of carbon sequestration data (returned as NULL) to understand modelling limitations for this service across Europe.

Strengths

• Provides three key modelled ecosystem service metrics: carbon sequestration, food production output, and nitrogen export.
• Covers Europe at the NUTS3 regional level, offering sub-national spatial granularity.
• Based on a methodology involving five detailed sub-country case studies for model calibration.

Limitations

• Carbon sequestration values are NULL for all regions, indicating the upscaling criteria were not met and this service is not quantified.
• Upscaling from five case studies may introduce uncertainty or bias for regions with differing agricultural or environmental conditions.
• Represents a single snapshot year (2019), limiting analysis of trends or changes over time.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Values modelled for five sub-country case studies and upscaled to NUTS3 regions where evidence supported transfer.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

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Geography

Europe (NUTS3 regions)