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HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
SERBIA
FYR MACEDONIA
ALBANIA
MONTENEGRO
Kosovo*
Forest areas
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
Forests and protected areas
50 km
Fires Hectares burnt in 2013
Forest
Total
1 234
3 458
1 424
1 018
347
7 814
3 777
1 623
249
584
691
2 560
1 043
333
Changes in
summer soil moisture
100 km
-2.0 -1.0 -0.5 0.0
Projected changes in
Palmer Drought Severity Index
between the periods 1961 to 1990
(baseline) and 2021 to 2050 (scenario)
CROATIA
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
SERBIA
FYR MACEDONIA
ALBANIA
MONTENEGRO
Kosovo*
2015, “Hydropower Projects in ProtectedAreas in theBalkanRegion”,River
WatchandEuronatur;Perry-CastañedaLibraryMapCollection access
October2015);EuropeanCommission JointResearchCentre,2014, “ForestFires inEurope
MiddleEastandNorthAfrica”;EEA,2015, “SoilMoisture” accessOctober2015).
*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.
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