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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