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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,...)       12   
Evergreen oak woodland          
Deciduous forest   10  Quercus pubescens, Fagus sylvatica  30  Quercus pubescens, Fagus sylvatica 
Pine forest       46  Pinus nigra ssp nigra, Pinus Montana, Pinus sylvestris 
Other conifer forest       12  Cedrus atlantica 
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)          
Bare soil   90       
Please indicate the reference date (e.g., at the Vtime of project implementation; 25, 50, etc. years before project implementation; etc.):
before 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):
 
b) Natura 2000 and other protected habitats:
Natura 2000 and Biosphere reserve (since 1994) (MAB) 
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 - Agriculture; Please, describe:;  

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 YES Nil
- 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 - Once every > 50 years
b) Date of last recorded flood event (year(s))     
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:  
a) Erosion/sedimentation rate
(Mg ha-1 year-1) 
   
b) Method of assessment
(USLE estimation, lake/reservoir/dam sedimentation, measurements at plot/catchment scale, etc.)
   

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