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1 MAES enlargement workshop
Ispra, January

2 ESMERALDA Israel DG Environment European Environment Agency
Iceland ESMERALDA Israel Serbia Joint Research Centre QuickScan Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina DG Environment Montenegro

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6 Lessons and relevance for MAES
Joined up approach: Towards a Balkan Ecosystem Assessment (ADRION call under Interreg) Israel reported a national ecosystem assessment. They are very keen on any collaboration with MAES/ESMERALDA Turkey offered to host special workshops on mapping and assessment following the MESEU and TRAIN experiences Iceland challenges MAES and INCA on the links between condition and ecosystem services

7 1. Country profile Vegetation cover was approximately 50-60%, but has declined to less than 25%

8 1. Country profile 95% of birchland has ben lost.
Forests now cover 119,600 ha of Iceland – corresponding to 1.16% of the total lands sufrace Natural birch forests 85,000 ha Cultivated forests ,600 ha 30-40% of the country is under severe threat of soil erosion. The loss in vegetation was the combined result of man-made causes and volcanic events.


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