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ANNEX 2: MAPS
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Wales
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Belgium
Austria
Switzerland
Balkan
Marine (the Netherlands)
1. Wales
ABOVE: Figure 1 Distribution of the UK NEA Broad Habitat
types. Source: Phase 1 Habitat data (CCW 2004).
RIGHT=> Figure 2 Habitat (biotope) diversity in marine
habitats of Wales. a) intertidal zone; b) subtidal areas.
Source: Jackson et al. (2010). Crown copyright all rights
reserved, Countryside Council for Wales.
Source: Smart et al. (2010) with the permission of the NERC
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
Figure 3 Terrestrial habitat complexity/diversity; total
species richness per 1 km2 and mean species richness per
plot, for 1 km2 sample plots from the Countryside Survey.
Figure 4 Net Primary Production of landcover, inferred
from remotely-sensed vegetation mean reflectance values
across Wales in 2007. Source: MARS Remote Sensing
Database— European Commission, Joint Research Centre,
compiled by Isabelle Durance, Cardiff University.
Figure 5 Potential for regulation of surface runoff by land
cover in highly erodible areas of Wales. Run-off regulation
potential modelled by Isabelle Durance, Cardiff University,
using values for rainfall pattern, slope and soil texture.
Source: Wales Environment Research Hub unpublished
data.
Figure 6 Areas important for carbon storage in soils. Based
on the soil map of Wales and Phase 1 vegetation data.
Source: CCW (2010).
Figure 7 Trends in biological quality of streams in Wales
between 1990 and 2008. Source: Environment Agency
Wales data mapped by I Durance, Cardiff University.
A further programme of research in The Countryside
Council for Wales, in collaboration with Environmental
Systems Ltd of Aberystwyth, has mapped the following
ecosystem services in Wales:
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Figure 8 Visual and sensory evaluation of Wales, LANDMAP
landscape values. *Source: copyright Countryside Council
for Wales (CCW 2003).
Figure 9 Broadleaved woodland habitat networks in Wales,
as predicted by least-cost modelling (Latham et al. 2008).
■ Areas important for carbon storage in soils
■ Areas important for carbon storage in vegetation
■ Areas important for carbon storage (in soil or vegetation)
■ Potential factors contributing to high surface water
runoff
■ Areas potentially contributing to the regulation of
surface
water runoff
■ River catchments and flood risk areas
■ Agricultural intensity
■ Range of fishing activities
■ Areas important for current renewable energy provision
■ Areas with potential for additional renewable energy
provision
■ Areas important for current fibre provision
■ Recreation resources: legally accessible resource
■ Promoted areas and routes
■ Outdoor recreation opportunities and health deprivation.