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Cause of loss of wetlands

Figure Created 29 Jul 2011 Published 18 Jul 2012 Last modified 06 Nov 2017

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems

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Some 35 % of the change in wetland areas between 2000 and 2006 was due to conversion to agriculture and 49 % to forest creation and afforestation.
Of the wetland area converted to other land uses between 1990 and 2000, 2 % were artificialised (e.g. urban areas), 7 % became agricultural, 12 % water bodies, and 79 % forest and semi-natural areas (EEA, 2009).

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