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Project General Description Data Sources Climate Topography Geology Soils & Ecology Degradation, Impacts & Drivers Restoration Goals Planning & Financing Technical Monitoring & Assessment Landscape & Environmentetal Assessment Socio-Economic Assessment Summary Judgements Units Documents / Images Unit Description Specific Enviromenmtal Characteristics Promotion of autogenic restoration Prior action on brush vegetation Site preparation Planting & Seedling Maintenance Works Plantation/Seeding Results Structure & Biodiversity Functions & Processes Stand/Unit Health

Units 1  2  IV. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION BY RESTORATION UNITS IV.2. SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS 1.- Microclimate: Unknown  2.- Geology: Schist  3.- General Topography Hilly  a) Elevation (m): 720  b) Slope (%): 10 - 25  c) Aspect: NW  4.- Soil description (see Annex 1): Orthi-dystric Leptosols  5.- Soil depth (cm): 10 - 30  6.- Water reserve (mm): n/a  7. -Texture: Sandy loam to clay loam  Does texture become heavier down the profile? No Is this a gradual or abrupt change?   8. Rock fragments (in brackets % rock-fragment cover) - Bare to slightly stony (<20) Stony (20-60) - Very stony (>60)  9. Carbonates - Non calcareous - Moderately calcareous - Slightly calcareous - Extremely calcareous 10. pH Acid (<5.5) - Slightly acid (6.5-5.5) - Neutral (6.5-7.5) - Slightly basic (7.5 -8.5) - Very basic (> 8.5) 11. Nutritional status: - Good  - Medium  - Low  Limitant(s) nutrient(s). Describe:   12. Compactation/cementation grade - Strongly  - Indurated Moderately - Not cemented nor compacted - Surface compaction only 13. Drainage - Excessive - Somewhat excessive Good drainage - Poorly drained - Permanent water layer at surface 14. Erosion (before the project): Erosion/accumulation type: n/a  Erosion/accumulation intensity: n/a  15. Land use / cover type Previous land use: Shrubland  Previous plant formation: Atlantic / Mediterranean shrubland  Actual land use: Pinus pinaster forest  16. Main degradation impact (select from section II.6 and give details): Soil erosion due to mismanagement of land (agriculture and pasture)

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