APIENs Webinar Series - 17th, 26th and 30th March

The purpose of UK APIENs (Air Pollution Impacts on Ecosystem Networks) is to monitor and report the negative impacts of air pollution (e.g. acidification, eutrophication, ozone damage or changes in biodiversity) on ecosystems that are representative of freshwater, natural and semi-natural habitats and forests in the UK. It was formed in 2018 by integrating UK national air quality and ecosystem monitoring networks and surveys to meet monitoring (Article 9) and reporting (Article 10) obligations under the EU National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NECD 2016/2284) by the UK government. Future reporting will be under the transposed UK NEC Regulations Part 5, aligned to the 4-yearly European reporting cycle. Integrated data from APIENs will provide the evidence to determine the state of, and provide baseline against which any changes and potential recovery in ecosystem response to emissions reductions.

In this webinar series on UK APIENs, we invite you to join us in examining and discussing the pressures and indicators for monitoring air pollution impacts on ecosystems in the UK.

 Agenda

Wednesday 17th March10:00 – 11:40

Welcome and Introduction to UK APIENs and speakers

  1. UK APIENS: Pressures on ecosystems. Part I – monitoring atmospheric air pollutants (acidifying and Eutrophying atmospheric pollutants).  - Dr. Yuk Sim Tang | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk), Dr. Christine Braban | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk)
  2. UK APIENS: Pressures on ecosystems. Part II – modelling and mapping critical level/load exceedance (acidification and eutrophication).  - Ed Rowe | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk), Dr. Kasia Sawicka | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk)

To register please visit this link.

Friday 26th March: 10:00 – 11:40

Welcome and Introduction to UK APIENs and speakers

  1. UK APIENS: Air pollution impacts terrestrial habitats (acidification and eutrophication) – indicators and metrics - Ed Rowe | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk), Prof. Laurence Jones | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk)
  2. UK APIENS: Novel approach to monitoring ecosystem change – earth observations/remote sensing - Dr. Clare Rowland | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk)

To view the seminar click in this link at 10:00 the 26th. Meeting ID: 991 3602 8260, Password: 161468

Tuesday 30th March: 10:00 – 11:40

Welcome and Introduction to UK APIENs and speakers

  1. UK APIENS: Air pollution impacts freshwater habitats (acidification and eutrophication) – indicators and metrics. - Don Monteith | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk)
  2. UK APIENS: Ground level ozone – indicators for non-cropland vegetation? - Dr. Felicity Hayes | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (ceh.ac.uk)

To view the seminar click in this link at 10:00 the 30th. Meeting ID: 968 3638 8239, Password: 755193

 

This work was funded through a research partnership agreement between Defra, Natural England and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) number ECM_54322, which builds upon work supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.