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Corine Land Cover 2000 raster data: Version 16 (04/2012) - Raster data on land cover for the CLC2000 inventory
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Net Change in land cover 2000-2006: The figure presents the land cover change in the analysed countries for different land types between the years 2000-2006
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Corine land cover 2000 by country: The maps illustrate Corine Land Cover 2000 for each country for all 44 classes.
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Increasing fragmentation of landscape threatens European wildlife: Roads, motorways, railways, intensive agriculture and urban developments are breaking up Europe’s landscapes into ever-smaller pieces, with potentially devastating consequences for flora and fauna across the continent, according to a new joint report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). The report, 'Landscape fragmentation in Europe', demonstrates how areas of land are often unable to support high levels of biodiversity when they are split into smaller and smaller parcels.
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Corine Land Cover 2000 raster data: Version 15 (08/2011) - Raster data on land cover for the CLC2000 inventory
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Corine Land Cover 1990 raster data: Version 15 (08/2011) - Raster data on land cover for the CLC1990 inventory
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Corine Land Cover 2000 seamless vector data: Version 15 (08/2011) - Corine land cover 2000 is the year 2000 update of the first CLC database which was finalised in the early 1990s as part of the European Commission programme to COoRdinate INformation on the Environment (Corine)
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Land cover 2006 and changes country analysis: Based on common template, EEA has analyzed the Corine Land cover 2006 data and provides graphs and maps with concise characterization of land cover changes in 38 EEA member and collaborating countries. Provided information does not represent reporting from the Countries, however it is based on validated CLC2006 data.
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Land take (CSI 014) - Assessment published Feb 2011: Land take by the expansion of residential areas and construction sites is the main cause of the increase in the coverage of urban land at the European level. Agricultural zones and, to a lesser extent, forests and semi-natural and natural areas, are disappearing in favour of the development of artificial surfaces. This affects biodiversity since it decreases habitats, the living space of a number of species, and fragments the landscapes that support and connect them. The annual land take in 36 European countries was 111 788 ha/year in 2000-2006. In 21 countries covered by both periods (1990-2000 and 2000-2006) the annual land take increased by 9 % in the later period. The composition of land taken areas changed, too. More arable land and permanent crops, forests, grasslands and open spaces and less pastures and mosaic farmland were taken by artificial development then in 1990-2000.
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Analysing and managing urban growth: Over the last decades, continuous urban expansion at rates much higher than population growth has resulted in a massive urban footprint on Europe – fragmenting rural space, blocking ecosystem services and increasing the demand for transport and energy.
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