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VI. PROJECT ASSESSMENT 

VI.1. LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

1. Proportion of uses at regional scale (%) 
Agricultural:  
Forestry:  
Urban & Unproductive:  
Others    
Name of the reference region/province/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,...)       Bruxus sempervirens; Juniperus communis, etc. 
Evergreen oak woodland          
Deciduous forest   0.5    Quercus pubescens; Acer opalus, Sorbus aria 
Pine forest       32  Pinus sylvestris 
Other conifer forest          
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)          
Degraded lands; Meadows   97; 2.5    61; 3   
Please indicate the reference date (e.g., at the Vtime of project implementation; 25, 50, etc. years before project implementation; etc.):
1830 

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:
No
a) Describe relevant legislation (if any) related to species or habitat protection (add reference dates):
 
b) Natura 2000 and other protected habitats:
 
c) Are there protected ecological corridors ?
No
Date:  
d) Is there a protected area network ?
No
Date:  

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? YES - -  
b) Are project habitats fragmented into a number of patches? YES - -  
c) Habitat patches within the project area are close enough to allow free interchange of species? YES - -  
d) Is there a natural gradation between habitats within the project area? YES - -  
e) Are project edges natural? YES - -  

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:  
Reference period:  
a) Flood frequency - Nil - Nil
YES Once every 1-10 years  YES 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 - Once every > 50 years
b) Date of last recorded flood event (year(s))  1994; 1997   
c) Comments on damages from last recorded flood event     

8. Erosion assessment at landscape/catchment scale
  Before the project Since project implementation
Reference period:  
Reference period: 1995 
a) Erosion/sedimentation rate
(Mg ha-1 year-1) 
  171 t ha-1 year 
b) Method of assessment
(USLE estimation, lake/reservoir/dam sedimentation, measurements at plot/catchment scale, etc.)
  Measurements at catchment scale (deposit range + M 

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