II. SITE DESCRIPTION
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II.6. DEGRADATION IMPACTS AND DRIVERS
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1. Main degradation impacts |
Impact description |
% Project area affected |
Impact sevetity |
Comments |
low |
medium |
high |
Deforestation |
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- |
- |
- |
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Species loss |
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- |
- |
- |
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Exotic invaders |
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- |
- |
- |
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Pest and diseases |
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- |
- |
- |
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Soil erosion |
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- |
- |
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Flooding |
|
- |
- |
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Landslides, debris flows |
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- |
- |
- |
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Soil salinisation |
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- |
- |
- |
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Soil toxicity, pollution |
|
- |
- |
- |
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Wildfires |
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- |
- |
- |
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2. Degradation drivers |
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Period of activity |
Still active today? |
Main root causes |
Less intense |
More intense |
Equal intese |
No |
Marginal agriculture |
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- |
- |
- |
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Overgrazing by wild animals |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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Overgrazing by domestic animals |
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- |
- |
- |
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Over-explotation of fuel-wood |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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Over-explotation of timber wood |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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Land abandonment |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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Urbanisation |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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Pollutants |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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3. Environmental risk/hazards in the project area |
Enviromental risk/hazards in the project area |
Years of the last recorded events or periods |
Prolonged drought periods |
- |
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Killing frost periods |
- |
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Frequent and/or severe wildfires |
|
1958 |
1934 |
1922;25 |
1895 |
Extreme rainfall event (erosion, flooding) |
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1982 |
1979 |
1972 |
1891 |
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