Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Balkan Mountains
Forests and protected areas
Fires Hectares burnt in 2013
Protected areas National Parks, Ramsar, Biosphere reserves, World Heritage Sites Nature, Natura 2000 (without purely marin areas), Nature Reserves and EMERALD sites and other protection categories
HUNGARY
Total
1 018
SLOVENIA
Forest
Forest areas
CROATIA
249
1 424
SERBIA
691
3 458
50 km
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
2 560
1 623
MONTENEGRO
Changes in summer soil moisture
1 043
347
Kosovo*
333
7 814
CROATIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SERBIA
FYR MACEDONIA
MONTENEGRO
Kosovo*
3 777
Projected changes in Palmer Drought Severity Index between the periods 1961 to 1990 (baseline) and 2021 to 2050 (scenario)
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
1 234
FYR MACEDONIA
ALBANIA
ALBANIA
100 km
Sources:U.Schwarz,2015, “Hydropower Projects in ProtectedAreas in theBalkanRegion”,River WatchandEuronatur;Perry-CastañedaLibraryMapCollection (lib.utexas.edu,access October2015);EuropeanCommission JointResearchCentre,2014, “ForestFires inEurope MiddleEastandNorthAfrica”;EEA,2015, “SoilMoisture” (eea.europa.eu,accessOctober2015).
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