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Name	Riparian Zones Green Linear Elements
Acronym	GLE
Description	Riparian zones products support the monitoring and protection of the transitional areas occurring between land and freshwater ecosystems. These zones are characterised by distinctive hydrology, soil and biotic conditions and strongly influenced by the stream water. Green Linear Elements are ecologically significant, structural landscape elements which act as important dispersion vectors of biodiversity. The product provides reliable and detailed geospatial information on the occurrence and spatial distribution of: Small linear vegetation features such as hedgerows, scrub and tree rows with a minimum length of 100m and a width of up to 10m; Isolated patches of trees and scrub with a size between 500 m² and 0.5 ha. Green linear elements including trees and hedgerows with 100m minimum length and 500 m² Minimum Mapping Unit.
Note
Status	Operational
Group	LLC Riparian Zones
Area	Europe
Component	Priority Area Monitoring
Service	Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Entrusted Entities	European Environment Agency Joint Research Centre
Created on	Nov. 6, 2017, 1:53 p.m.
Last updated on	April 8, 2024, 11:56 a.m.

UID	Requirement	Level of definition	Relevant for	Criticality	Barriers	Note	Created on	Last updated on
219	Orthoimagery - Very High Resolution - Up-to-date - Homogenous	Reasonable	Product generation	Useful	Availability Costs Coverage Data policy Timeliness Update Frequency	Visual interpretation of Green Linear Elements (hedgerows/scrub and trees) requires at orthoimagery with at least 2.5m and homogenous spatio-temporal coverage of the Riparian Zones within the EEA 39 countries.	Nov. 14, 2020, 10 p.m.	May 23, 2024, 8:41 a.m.
146	Land Cover	Reasonable	Product generation	Essential	Accuracy Availability Coverage Data policy Update Frequency	Large scale mapping of Green Linear Elements.	June 11, 2018, 7:09 p.m.	June 23, 2022, 12:16 p.m.
218	Topographic maps	Reasonable	Product generation	Desirable	Availability Coverage Data policy Timeliness Update Frequency	Desirable support for the generation and validation of local products (e.g. Riparian Zones, Urban Atlas)	June 11, 2018, 7:30 p.m.	June 23, 2022, 12:18 p.m.
146	Land Cover	Firm	Calibration and validation	Essential	Accuracy Availability Costs Coverage Data policy Metadata Resolution Update Frequency		Nov. 21, 2020, 11:02 p.m.	June 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m.
145	Habitats, biotopes and protected sites	Firm	Product generation	Essential	Accuracy Costs Update Frequency	Delineation of Riparian Zones depends on respective definition and requires the consideration of multipe hydrological and geomorphological parameters.	June 11, 2018, 7:02 p.m.	June 23, 2022, 12:20 p.m.