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II. SITE DESCRIPTION 

II.6. DEGRADATION IMPACTS AND DRIVERS

1. Main degradation impacts
Impact description % Project area affected Impact sevetity Comments
low medium high
Deforestation    - - -  
Species loss    - - -  
Exotic invaders    - - -  
Pest and diseases    - - -  
Soil erosion  100  - YES -  
Flooding    - - -  
Landslides, debris flows    - - -  
Soil salinisation    - - -  
Soil toxicity, pollution    - - -  
Wildfires  61  - - YES Forest fire in 1982 

2. Degradation drivers
Period of activity Still active today? Main root causes
Less intense More intense Equal intese No
Marginal agriculture  Until 1940's  - - - YES Political strife, mismanagement of land 
Overgrazing by wild animals    - - - -  
Overgrazing by domestic animals  Until 1940's  - - - YES Mismanagement of land 
Over-explotation of fuel-wood    - - - -  
Over-explotation of timber wood    - - - -  
Land abandonment  1960's - present  YES - - - Socio-economic changes 
Urbanisation    - - - -  
Pollutants    - - - -  

3. Environmental risk/hazards in the project area
Enviromental risk/hazards in the project area Years of the last recorded events or periods
Prolonged drought periods  -        
Killing frost periods  -        
Frequent and/or severe wildfires  YES 1982       
Extreme rainfall event (erosion, flooding)  -        

REACTION: This research is supported by the "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" programme, under contract EVK2-2002-80025