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VI. PROJECT ASSESSMENT
VI.1. LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
1. Proportion of uses at regional scale (%)
Agricultural:		53
Forestry:		21
Urban & Unproductive:		24
Others	Water lines, Dams, Water captions	2
Name of the reference region/province/county:
Mogadouro County

2. Which ecosystems/habitats once occurred and now occur in the project area?

	Before the project		Present
	% of project area	Main species	% of project area	Main species
Mixed Mediterranean evergreen woodland forest
Mediterranean shrublands (macchia, matorral, garrigue, phrygana,...)	100	Pterospartum tridentatum, Lavandula spp., Erica spp., Cytisus spp., Cistus ladanifer	0
Evergreen oak woodland
Deciduous forest
Pine forest	0	Pinus pinaster	95	Pinus pinaster
Other conifer forest	0	Pseudotsuga menziesii	5	Pseudotsuga menziesii
Savannah-type ecosystem (e.g., dehesa)
Steppes
Permanent grassland, prairie
Annual grassland
Riparian ecosystem
Orchards, tree crops, etc.
Annual winter crops
Annual summer crops
Bare land (fallows)

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

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):

b) Are they narrow (limiting agricultural mechanisation)?
No
c) What is their current degree of conservation?
	-	Good
	-	Medium
	-	Poor
d) Have they been repaired within the framework of the project?
No

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):
Decreto Regulamentar N.º 8/98, of 11/05/1998 - Creates the Parque Natural do Douro Internacional
b) Natura 2000 and other protected habitats:
Parque Natural do Douro Internacional
c) Are there protected ecological corridors ?
Yes
Date:
d) Is there a protected area network ?
Yes
Date:	1998

5. Landscape pattern: (Please, provide maps if possible and indicate it in section I.2.3.)

	Yes	No	Partly	Description
a) Is the project area connected to other similar ecosystem/habitat(s) in the surrounding area?		-	-	The project area is connected with Castanea sativa, Pinus pinaster and Eucalyptus globulus stands, as well as with Olea europea and agricultural fields
b) Are project habitats fragmented into a number of patches?		-	-	Fire breaks, forest roads and national roads divide the project area, creating patches; Also, P. menziesii stands are scattered in patches inside the P. pinaster area
c) Habitat patches within the project area are close enough to allow free interchange of species?		-	-
d) Is there a natural gradation between habitats within the project area?	-		-
e) Are project edges natural?		-	-


6. Are there negative visual impacts?
a) Resulting from project implementation (e.g., terracing or subsoiling impacts):
No
Description:
b) Resulting from project maintenance works
No
Description:
c) Resulting from exploitation works
No
Description:
d) Resulting from other works
No
Description:

7. Flooding assessment at landscape/catchment scale

Before the project

Since project implementation

Reference period:	n/a

Reference period:	n/a

a) Flood frequency

Nil

Once every 1-10 years

Once every 10-20 years

Once every 20-50 years

Once every > 50 years

b) Date of last recorded flood event (year(s))

Unknown

c) Comments on damages from last recorded flood event

Unknown

8. Erosion assessment at landscape/catchment scale

Before the project

Since project implementation

Reference period:	n/a

Reference period:	n/a

a) Erosion/sedimentation rate
(Mg ha-1 year-1)

Unknown

b) Method of assessment
(USLE estimation, lake/reservoir/dam sedimentation, measurements at plot/catchment scale, etc.)

Unknown

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

VI. PROJECT ASSESSMENT