192
3.2 Changes in the Area and Biodiversity Value of Natural
and Near Natural Habitats Between 2004 and 2014
Unfortunately, the results are much less optimistic for natural and near natural habitats, as based on the data from the Habitat Mapping of NCA CR. Almost all natural
habitat types decreased between 2004 and 2014. Natural and near natural grasslands
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0
Arable land - pastures
Arable land - agriculturalland
with natural elements
Agriculturalland with natural
elements - arable land
Agriculturalland with natural
elements - pastures
Agriculturalland with natural
elements - coniferous forest
Arable land - urban area
Coniferous forest - transitional
woodland/shrub
Transitional woodland/shrubmixed forest
Coniferous forest - mixed forest
Mixed forest - coniferous forest
Mixed forest - broadleaved
forest
Transitional woodland/shrubconiferous forest
Fig. 2 The main changes of Corine LC categories from 1990 to 2018 (km
2
)
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1985
1990
1995
2000
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Total urban areas
Total agriculture
Total grasslands
Total forests
Fig. 3 Area of summarized Corine LC categories between 1990 and 2018 (km
2
)
P. Cudlín et al.