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In 2018, more than half of Slovenia's land area was covered by forests (56% or 58% including shrubland), while other mostly natural vegetation accounted for 3%. Farmland occupied 34% of land area, while slightly less than 4% was artificial land, and less than 1% was water. In the periods 1996–2000, 2000–2006 and 2006–2012, land cover and land use changes were relatively small (they occurred on 0.12%, 0.13% and 0.09% of the entire territory, respectively). In the latest period 2012–2018 land cover and land use changes slightly increase (they occurred on 0,44 % ot the entire territory). The majority of detected changes were related to forest management, resulting from the 2014 ice damage.


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Figure TP01-1: Structure of land cover and land use categories, Slovenia, 2018
Sources: 
CORINE Land Cover 2018. Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenian Environment Agency, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia, European Environment Agency (2018)
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water bodies and wetlands[%]

open spaces with little or no vegetation[%]

natural grassland and moors[%]

transitional woodland/ shrub[%]

coniferous forest[%]

broad-leaved forest[%]

mixed forest[%]

complex cultivation patterns[%]

pastures[%]

annual crops with permanent crops[%]

artificial areas[%]

total[ha]

water bodies and wetlands[ha]

open spaces with little or no vegetation[ha]

natural grassland and moors[ha]

transitional woodland/ shrub[ha]

coniferous forest[ha]

broad-leaved forest[ha]

mixed forest[ha]

complex cultivation patterns[ha]

pastures[ha]

annual crops with permanent crops[ha]

artificial areas[ha]

2018

0.59

1.35

1.94

2.40

12.08

21.62

22.25

21.88

5.28

7.11

3.50

2027095.98

11859.93

27457.90

39237.55

48671.15

244939.65

438322.40

450968.97

443611.88

106994.17

144124.51

70907.87

Figure TP01-2: Changes in total area of land cover-land use categories, Slovenina, by period, 1996-2000, 2000-2006, 2006-2012, 2012-2018
Sources: 
CORINE Land Cover 2018. Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenian Environment Agency, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia, European Environment Agency (2018)
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2012-2018[ha]

2006-2012[ha]

2000-2006[ha]

1996-2000[ha]

water and wetland areas

183.96

0

45.82

-75.15

forest and semi-natural areas

-278.40

-412

-672.16

-280.53

agriculture areas

-503.96

20

-211.09

112.67

artificial areas

598.39

393

837.42

243.00

Figure TP01-3: Changes in total area of land cover categories, Slovenia, by period, 1996-2000, 2000-2006, 2006-2012, 2012-2018
Sources: 
CORINE Land Cover 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018
; European Environment Agency, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenian Environment Agency, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia; European Environment Agency, 2007
; European Environment Agency, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2012
; calculations Slovenian Environment Agency (SprePok-SI); European Environment Agency, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2018; calculations Geodetic Institute of Slovenia, 2019
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artificial areas[ha]

agriculture areas[ha]

forest and semi-natural areas[ha]

water and wetland areas[ha]

1996-2000

243.00

112.67

-280.53

-75.15

2000-2006

837.42

-211.09

-672.16

45.82

2006-2012

393

20

-412

0

2012-2018

598.39

-503.96

-278.40

183.96

Figure TP01-4: Flows of land cover changes, Slovenia (LEAC, EEA methodology)
Sources: 
CORINE Land Cover 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018
; European Environment Agency, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenian Environment Agency, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia; European Environment Agency, 2007
; European Environment Agency, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2012
; calculations Slovenian Environment Agency (SprePok-SI); European Environment Agency, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2018; calculations Geodetic Institute of Slovenia, 2019
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changes total[ha]

2012-2018[ha]

2006-2012[ha]

2000-2006[ha]

1996-2000[ha]

forests management

10852.72

7323.13

656.09

1863.95

1009.55

sprawl of economic sites and infrastructures

2521.06

578.55

564.45

1073.23

304.82

water bodies creation and management

387.80

253.14

5.05

54.51

75.10

changes due to natural and multiple causes

287.07

80.52

0

14.61

191.94

urban residential sprawl

84.60

33.11

22.44

17.67

11.37

withdrawal of farming

87.64

34.08

0

5.62

47.94

urban land management

1003.71

241.08

372.40

0

390.23

agriculture internal conversions

111.68

92.18

0

0

19.50

conversion from forested & natural land to agriculture

495.79

104.85

63.11

0

327.83