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| 2. According to site conditions and degradation impacts, were the objectives appropriate and
well-chosen? |
| Yes |
| Explain briefly: |
Mobile sand dunes may be adequately stabilized through forestation with Pinus pinaster and Pinus pinea, with companion shrub species |
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| 3. According to site conditions and degradation impacts, were the methods (site preparation, species selection, prior actions,...) appropiate and
well-chosen? |
| Yes |
| Explain briefly: |
Specific traditional methods for site preparation in mobile sand dunes were used and the choosen species were adequate to site characteristics |
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| 4. Do ecological health and integrity appear to be improved, enhanced? |
| Yes |
| Explain briefly: |
Although pine trees are close to decrepitude in some areas, plant species diversity is still high and, in some observed patches, increasing |
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| 5. Does the general ecological trajectory appear dynamic? |
| Yes |
| Explain briefly: |
A good relationship between stand age and understory successional stage is clear over the all area |
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| 6. Any signs of threshold crossings? |
| No |
| Explain briefly: |
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| 7. Consequences of the restoration project on the soil (physical properties, biological activities,
functions,...): |
| Soil surface was consolidated, soil organic matter and above ground biomass significantly increased |
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| 8. Consequences on ecosystem structure,
including forest cover, horizontal layers, etc. : |
| Plant cover increased from open space to a multi-layered forest community |
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| 9. Consequences on ecosystem functions : productivity, dissemination, etc.
: |
| The stand become an important habitat for the protected species Chamaeleo chamaeleon |
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| 10. Actions needed and next monitoring actions to be considered. Please explain in your own words and indicate your recommendations, e.g.,
for |
| a.- Research/Development: |
Biodiversity and function of undesrstory, as well as increment of natural imputs, should be monitored; Successional stage with reference to sand dune plant communities should be assessed |
| b.- Demonstration, communication and education: |
There is a potencial for public awareness actions concerning the importance of peri-urban forests and management of dune areas suffering public pressure |
| c.- Public policy: |
Alienation of forest area to urban expansion should be stopped |
| d.- Other: |
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