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[TP01] Land cover and land use
Key message
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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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
