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10 messages for 2010 — Mountain ecosystems
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European mountain regions provide essential ecosystem services for lowlands and host a great diversity of habitats and species, many adapted to specific extreme climatic conditions. Mountain ecosystems are fragile and vulnerable, and face severe threats from land abandonment, intensifying agriculture, impacts of infrastructure development, unsustainable exploitation and climate change.
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Global centres of crop origin
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10 messages for 2010 - climate change and biodiversity
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The variety of life underpins our social and economic wellbeing and will be increasingly an indispensible resource in the battle against climate change. However, our consumption and production patterns are depriving ecosystems of their capacity to withstand climate change and deliver the services we need from them. As we understand more about the ways that climate change is impacting biodiversity, it becomes clear that we cannot tackle the two crises separately. Their interdependence requires us to address them together.
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Climate change impact indicator for European birds
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How to read the graph: The indicator demonstrates the impact of climate change on widespread bird populations has increased strongly in the past twenty years. The Climatic Impact Indicator (CII) measures the divergence between the population trends of bird species projected to expand their range and those predicted to shrink their range due to climate change.
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Conservation status of forest-related habitat types of European Union interest listed in the EU Habitats Directive in the EU-25 (number of assessments in brackets)
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Conservation status of habitats per biogeographic area in forest ecosystems. Statistics by region on the left, overall statistics on the right.
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Marine Sites of Community Importance (SCIs) in the European Union, December 2009
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The map was temporarily removed from public download until sea regions have been approved.
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Percentage of assessed freshwater animal species in each conservation class in the EU-25 per biogeographic region
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The number of assessed species present in each region
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Distribution of Natura 2000 sites across the 27 EU Member States
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Distribution of Natura 2000 sites across the 27 EU Member States
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Withdrawal of farming in mountain NUTS 3 areas (percentage change in the period 1990–2000)
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