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VI. PROJECT ASSESSMENT
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VI.1. LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
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1. Proportion of uses at regional scale (%) |
Agricultural: |
36 |
Forestry: |
20 |
Urban & Unproductive: |
8 |
Others |
Uncultivated, marsh land, water lines |
36 |
Name of the reference region/province/county: |
Lagos County |
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2. Which ecosystems/habitats once occurred and now occur in the project area? |
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Before the project |
Present |
% of project area |
Main species |
% of project area |
Main species |
Mixed Mediterranean evergreen woodland forest |
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Mediterranean shrublands (macchia, matorral, garrigue, phrygana,...) |
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Evergreen oak woodland |
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Deciduous forest |
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Pine forest |
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100 |
Pinus pinea |
Other conifer forest |
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Savannah-type ecosystem (e.g., dehesa) |
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Steppes |
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Permanent grassland, prairie |
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Annual grassland |
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Riparian ecosystem |
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Orchards, tree crops, etc. |
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Annual winter crops |
100 |
Triticum spp. |
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Annual summer crops |
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Bare land (fallows) |
100 |
Cistus ladanifer, Cistus populifolius, Erica spp. |
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Please indicate the reference date (e.g., at the Vtime of project implementation; 25, 50, etc. years before project implementation; etc.): |
At the time of project implementation |
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3. In the project area, are there any abandoned agricultural terraces? |
No |
a) Date of abandonment of most of them -year(s) or decade(s): |
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b) Are they narrow (limiting agricultural mechanisation)? |
No |
c) What is their current degree of conservation? |
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Good |
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Medium |
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Poor |
d) Have they been repaired within the framework of the project? |
No |
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4. Are there protected areas in the project area: |
Yes |
a) Describe relevant legislation (if any) related to species or habitat protection (add reference dates): |
Ministerial Council Resolution n.º 66/2001 - Rede Natura 2000 |
b) Natura 2000 and other protected habitats: |
Costa Sudoeste |
c) Are there protected ecological corridors ? |
Yes |
Date: |
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d) Is there a protected area network ? |
Yes |
Date: |
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5. Landscape pattern:
(Please, provide maps if possible and indicate it in section I.2.3.)
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Yes |
No |
Partly |
Description |
a) Is the project area connected to other similar ecosystem/habitat(s) in the surrounding area? |
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West limit of the Perímetro Florestal connects to Pinus pinaster forest. Also, the project old Pinus pinea (unit 1) patches are scattered around, being sorrounded by young Pinus pinea areas (unit 2), as well as small Cupressus spp. and Acacia pycnant |
b) Are project habitats fragmented into a number of patches? |
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After the 1982 forest fire, the surviving Pinus pinea areas remained scattered along the Perímetro area. The burned areas where replanted with Pinus pinea in 1989 (unit 2), which is also scattered in patches in between the surviving areas. Fire break |
c) Habitat patches within the project area are close enough to allow free interchange of species? |
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- |
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d) Is there a natural gradation between habitats within the project area? |
- |
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e) Are project edges natural? |
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Project edges to the East and South are Social areas |
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6. Are there negative visual impacts? |
a) Resulting from project implementation (e.g., terracing or subsoiling impacts): |
No |
Description: |
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b) Resulting from project maintenance works |
No |
Description: |
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c) Resulting from exploitation works |
No |
Description: |
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d) Resulting from other works |
No |
Description: |
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7. Flooding assessment at landscape/catchment scale |
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Before the project |
Since project implementation |
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a) Flood frequency |
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Nil |
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Nil |
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Once every 1-10 years |
- |
Once every 1-10 years |
- |
Once every 10-20 years |
- |
Once every 10-20 years |
- |
Once every 20-50 years |
- |
Once every 20-50 years |
- |
Once every > 50 years |
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Once every > 50 years |
b) Date of last recorded flood event (year(s)) |
Unknown |
Unknown |
c) Comments on damages from last recorded flood event |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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8. Erosion assessment at landscape/catchment scale |
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Before the project |
Since project implementation |
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a) Erosion/sedimentation rate
(Mg ha-1 year-1) |
Unknown |
Unknown |
b) Method of assessment
(USLE estimation, lake/reservoir/dam
sedimentation, measurements at plot/catchment scale, etc.) |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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