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VI. PROJECT ASSESSMENT
VI.1. LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
1. Proportion of uses at regional scale (%)
Agricultural:		18
Forestry:		81
Urban & Unproductive:		1
Others		0
Name of the reference region/province/county:
the area is within Sardinia sub-region called "Goc

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	Cistus monspeliensis; Cistus salvifolium; Erica arborea; Phyllirea latifolia; Calicotome spinosa; Genista corsica; Juniperus oxicedrus; Arbutus unedo.
Evergreen oak woodland
Deciduous forest			22	Quercus pubescens; Quercus ilex
Pine forest
Other conifer forest			18	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)
young coniferous stands sheltering mediterranean oaks coppices			60	Cedrus atlantica; Pinus nigra; Quercus pubescens; Quercus ilex

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):
the area is included in the Parco regionale marghine e planargia and in CIS number itb011102: Catena del Marghine e Goceano
b) Natura 2000 and other protected habitats:
yes
c) Are there protected ecological corridors ?
Yes
Date:
d) Is there a protected area network ?
Yes
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?		-	-	the area is part of the Goceano regional forest property
b) Are project habitats fragmented into a number of patches?	-		-
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:	before 1965

Reference period:	until 2004

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))

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

VI. PROJECT ASSESSMENT