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Wilderness Quality Index

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Figure Created 02 Jan 2011 Published 03 Jan 2011 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems , Land use ,

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Wilderness Quality Index (including terrain ruggedness) for Europe - eps

Wilderness Quality Index (including terrain ruggedness) for Europe, showing massifs and top 10 % wildest areas - eps

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Temporal coverage:: 2010
Tags:: wilderness , mountains
Geographic coverage:: Albania , Andorra , Austria , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Moldova , Monaco , Montenegro , Netherlands , North Macedonia , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , San Marino , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , United Kingdom
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Corine Land Cover 2000 raster data One of the major tasks undertaken in the framework of the Corine programme has been the establishment of a computerised inventory on land cover

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Overlap between wilderness areas and protected areas under IUCN categories I and II In terms of overall number, Estonia, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden have the most protected areas classified as Category Ia and Ib, and Category II. Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia and Slovenia have the highest number of protected areas under Category III, but not all countries classify protected areas under this category. The United Kingdom is the only country within the 39 EEA member and collaborating countries that has no protected areas in categories I, II or III. No data available for Ireland.

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Protected areas in Europe - an overview Protected areas today cover a relatively large part of Europe, with almost 21 % of the territory of EEA member countries and collaborating countries consisting of protected areas. In spite of this widespread presence of protected areas in all European countries, the topic has not received as much attention on a pan-European level as other environmental issues. We hope this report from the EEA the first we have compiled on the subject will go some way to redressing the balance. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of protected areas and aims to assist policymakers and the wider public in understanding the complexity of the current systems of protected areas.

Europe's ecological backbone: recognising the true value of our mountains Europe's mountain areas have social, economic and environmental capital of significance for the entire continent. This importance has been recognised since the late 19th century through national legislation; since the 1970s through regional structures for cooperation; and since the 1990s through regional legal instruments for the Alps and Carpathians. The European Union (EU) first recognised the specific characteristics of mountain areas in 1975 through the designation of Less Favoured Areas (LFAs). During the last decade, EU cohesion policy and the Treaty of Lisbon have both focused specifically on mountains.

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