Causes of loss of semi-natural areas
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Created 08 Jul 2011
Published 13 Jul 2012
Last modified 29 Nov 2012
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Topics:
Biodiversity — Ecosystems
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European data
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Temporal coverage:
- 2000 , 2006
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Tags:
- biodiversity , land , corine land cover , baseline
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Geographic coverage:
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Rights:
- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Figure type:
- Graph
Additional information
Between 2000 and 2006:
• 39 % of semi-natural area was lost due to forest creation and afforestation programmes;
• 22 % of loss was due to conversion to crops or to mixed agriculture with pastures.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/causes-of-loss-of-semi or scan the QR code.
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