Table 9.1 - Lowland dry grasslands in 19 European countries
Country | Permanent pasture a | Cropland c | Landuse ratio1 | Dry grassland of potential conservation interest2,b | Number of sites | Percentage of permanent pasture |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 4030 | 7000 | 0.38 | 247 | 4 | 6.1 |
Austria | 19 930 | 15 260 | 0.42 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 |
Belgiume | 5564 | 8233 | 0.45 | 6 | >35 | 0.1 |
Bulgariad | 19 990 | 41 620 | 0.56 | >3000 | >10 | 15.0 |
former Czechoslovakia | 16 730 | 50 600 | 0.53 | 10 377 | 6 | 62.0 |
Denmarkd | 2079 | 25 484 | 0.64 | <100 | nd | 4.8 |
Francee | 111 980 | 192 340 | 0.55 | 490 | >100 | 0.4 |
Germany | 53 290 | 120 020 | 0.49 | 1603 | >300 | 3.0 |
Hungary | 11 730 | 52 870 | 0.69 | 2500 | 57 | 21.3 |
Ireland | 46 940 | 9330 | 0.80 | 2300 | nd | 5.0 |
Italy | 48 800 | 119 750 | 0.56 | 2053 | 21 | 4.2 |
The Netherlandse | 10 800 | 9110 | 0.53 | 6 | 10 | 0.1 |
Poland | 40 380 | 147 150 | 0.60 | 6057 | 55 | 15.0 |
Portugal | 8380 | 31 730 | 0.43 | 540 | 9 | 6.4 |
Romania | 47 780 | 100 200 | 0.62 | 352 | 5 | 0.7 |
Spain | 103 000 | 200 890 | 0.60 | 23 000 | 63 | 22.3 |
Switzerlandd | 16 990 | 4120 | 0.51 | 8 | nd | 0.0 |
UK (England only) | 111 800 | 66 000 | 0.73 | 3815 | 184 | 3.4 |
former Yugoslavia | 63 520 | 77 300 | 0.55 | 2794 | 21 | 4.4 |
Totals/average | 743 713 | 1 279 007 | 0.56 | >60 000 | >850 | 9.2 |
Notes (size of areas in square kilometres):
nd: no data. Sources: a FAO; b Nature Conservation Bureau; c Eurostat; d national inventories; e CORINE Biotopes Data