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Created : Nov 12, 2009 Published : Jan 01, 2002 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:37 AM

Most areas of the EU area highly fragmented and this has negative implications for biodiversity

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Nov 18, 2005 - Number of flood events (left); number of deaths per flood event (right)

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01 May 2002

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transport | fragmentation | road | infrastructure | rail

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Selection on functioning roads, highways and railways

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Transport infrastructure is a major cause of fragmentation and transport policies should be reconciled with conservation policies.

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Filed under: transport, fragmentation, road, infrastructure, rail

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