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FINANCIAL MECHANISM OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA EEA FM 2009-2014 Program BG03 "Biodiversity and Ecosystems" Assessment and mapping of GRASSLAND ecosystems condition and their services in Bulgaria, Contr. Д-33-90/03.09.2015 Activity 5.2. Field verification of grassland ecosystem types established to maximise precision by at least one field trip In the period from May to October 2016 fieldwork is carried out and the experts collect in situ data for the following indicators: - Ecosystem condition indicators o o o o o o - Vegetation cover Plant species richness Wild animal species richness Red list species (plant/animal) Alien and invasive species presence Matter storage Indicators for assessing Ecosystem Services o Fibers and other materials from plants, algae and animals for direct use or processing (medicinal plants resources) o Primary biomass production for food (mushrooms t/ha) The fieldwork was organized spatially so as to be visited regions whith no or scarce data available so far. A total of 761 polygons are visited and their typology was verified. There was established that 149 of them do not belong for grassland ecosystems, and mainly are arable areas nowadays. For 332 polygons specific information on parameters of the above mentioned indicators for ecosystem condition and services were collected. The collected data is processed and provided to the GIS team for inclusion in the database for spatial information. This document is created with the financial support of the BG03 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services under the Financial Mechanism of the Eu ropean Economic Area. The responsibility for content expressed in the presentation rests solely with the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Ac ademy of Sciences and the website shall in no circumstances constitute an official opinion of the Financial Mechanism of the European Econom ic Area and the Operator of the Programme – Ministry of the Environment and Water. Program Operator: www.bg03.moew.government.bg 1 FINANCIAL MECHANISM OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA EEA FM 2009-2014 Program BG03 "Biodiversity and Ecosystems" Assessment and mapping of GRASSLAND ecosystems condition and their services in Bulgaria, Contr. Д-33-90/03.09.2015 This document is created with the financial support of the BG03 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services under the Financial Mechanism of the Eu ropean Economic Area. The responsibility for content expressed in the presentation rests solely with the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Ac ademy of Sciences and the website shall in no circumstances constitute an official opinion of the Financial Mechanism of the European Econom ic Area and the Operator of the Programme – Ministry of the Environment and Water. Program Operator: www.bg03.moew.government.bg 2