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Air pollution — key message 2
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As the amounts of acidifying air pollutants have fallen, the area of acid-sensitive ecosystems (such as freshwaters and forest soils) adversely affected in Europe has considerably reduced. Nonetheless, biological recovery in freshwaters is slow. The area of sensitive terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems affected by an excess input of atmospheric nitrogen in the EEA-32 has only diminished slightly between 1990 and 2010. The EU’s long-term objective of not exceeding the so-called critical atmospheric pollutant loads, which ecosystems can tolerate, has not been met.
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Air pollution — SOER 2010 thematic assessment
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Air pollution - key fact 3
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In the EEA-32 countries, the area of sensitive ecosystems exposed to excess acidification from air pollution fell by about 80 % from 1990–2010.
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Air pollution — SOER 2010 thematic assessment
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Key facts
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Soil — key message 2
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Certain regions of Europe are affected by soil salinisation, acidification, landslides or desertification, with considerable economic and environmental consequences. Soil degradation is accelerating in many parts of Europe, exacerbated by human activities such as the inappropriate management of arable land, grassland and forest land.
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Soil — SOER 2010 thematic assessment
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Nature protection and biodiversity - Outlook 2020 (Belgium)
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Acidification and eutrophication outlook in the Flemish Region
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Belgium
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Nature protection and biodiversity - Outlook 2020 (Belgium)
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Nature protection and biodiversity - Drivers and pressures (Belgium)
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Exceedance of critical load for acidification in the Walloon Region
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Nature protection and biodiversity - Drivers and pressures (Belgium)
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Nature protection and biodiversity - Drivers and pressures (Belgium)
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Exceedance of critical load for acidification in the Flemish Region
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Nature protection and biodiversity - Drivers and pressures (Belgium)
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Nature protection and biodiversity - Drivers and pressures (Belgium)
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The related key drivers and pressures on nature protection and biodiversity in Belgium
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Emission trends of acidifying pollutants (EEA member countries, EU-27)
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This chart shows past emission trends of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx) and ammonia (NH3) in the EEA-32 and EU-27 group of countries. In addition - for the EU-27 - the aggregated Member State 2010 emission ceiling for the respective pollutants are shown.
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Maps and graphs
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Contributions by sector for emissions of acidifying pollutants (EEA member countries)
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The contribution made by different sectors to emissions of acidifying pollutants
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Maps and graphs
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Freshwater - State and impacts (Sweden)
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State and impact of freshwater on the natural environment and on human health. Links to further national information on freshwater.
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Sweden
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