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Water protection areas (WPA) cover 17.4% of Slovenia's territory. The land use structure in water protection areas is dominated by forest (62.1 %), followed by grassland (13.5 %) and arable land (10.5 %). The amount of built-up land in the water protection areas is increasing, while a decrease in arable land and an increase in the share of organically farmed land indicate positive changes in the direction of extensification of land use.

 


This indicator is based on the indicators
KM23 Water protection areas and agriculture and

VD16 Water protection areas.

The indicator shows the structure and surface area of land use in water protection areas (WPA) in Slovenia and gives the comparison of land use change between 2009 and 2014.
The land use data are clustered into 9 categories; surface area of arable fields, permanent crops, grassland, land under natural forest regrowth, forest, built-up land, wetland, open land and waters are presented for the years 2009 and 2014. The percentage of the aforementioned categories within WPA is also presented. The indicator also shows the percentage and surface area of ecologically cultivated land within WPAs (in 2013).


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Figure TP06-1: Land use structure in water protection areas in Slovenia, 2023
Sources:

Graphic data Land use for the whole of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food; eVode, Slovenian Water Agency, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, 2023.

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Field [ha] Permanent plantation [ha] Grassland [ha] Afforestation [ha] Forest [ha] Build-up areas [ha] Other [ha] Water [ha] Field [%] Plantation [%] Grassland [%] Afforestation [%] Forest [%] Build-up areas [%] Other [%] Water [%]
2023 37336.17 5642.96 47632.03 8441.69 219738.22 20877.79 12288.24 1982.70 10.55 1.59 13.46 2.39 62.08 5.90 3.47 0.56
Figure TP06-2: Land use changes in water protection areas in Slovenia between 2014 and 2023
Sources:

Graphic data Land use for the whole of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food; eVode, Slovenian Water Agency, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, 2023.

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Field[ha] Permanent plantation[ha] Grassland[ha] Afforestation[ha] Forest[ha] Build-up areas[ha] Other[ha] Water[ha]
2014-2023 -915.33 88.46 109.73 -3080.61 6203.02 709.09 2943.34 33.40
Figure TP06-3: All agricultural areas and organic agricultural areas in water protection areas in Slovenia in 2023
Sources:

Graphic data GERK for the whole of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food; Graphic data ECO GERK for the whole of Slovenia (internal data), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food; eVode, Slovenian Water Agency, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, 2023.

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Field[ha] Permanent plantation[ha] Grassland[ha] Other[ha]
all agricultural areas 37452.88 2198.03 41732.31 70.83
organic agricultural areas 1031.21 183.12 8063.54 9.79
Figure TP06-4: Share of agricultural areas in water protection areas (WPA) by statistical regions, 2023
Sources:

Graphic data GERK for the whole of Slovenia, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food; eVode, Slovenian Water Agency, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, 2023.

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WPA[ha] Agricultural areas on WPA[ha] Agricultural areas on WPA[%]
Gorenjska 402238.39 5333.76 13.26
Goriška 379688.68 3953.98 10.41
Jugovzhodna Slovenija 382457.76 4272.82 11.17
Koroška 40591.69 895.44 22.06
Obalno-kraška 451637.39 6626.07 14.67
Osrednjeslovenska 501518.33 12697.63 25.32
Podravska 701823.50 28560.90 40.70
Pomurska 109992.80 6896.11 62.70
Posavska 107804.02 3035.61 28.16
Primorsko-notranjska 183149.82 2606.10 14.23
Savinjska 232613.29 5352.69 23.01
Zasavska 45796.58 1222.96 26.70
Figure TP06-5: Share of organic agricultural areas in water protection areas (WPA) by statistical region, 2023
Sources:

Graphic data ECO GERK for the whole of Slovenia (internal data), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food; eVode, Slovenian Water Agency, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, 2023.

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Agricultural areas on WPA[ha] Organic agricultural areas on WPA[ha] Organic agricultural areas on WPA[%]
Gorenjska 5333.76 312.55 5.86
Goriška 3953.98 1361.06 34.42
Jugovzhodna Slovenija 4272.82 875.06 20.48
Koroška 895.44 87.54 9.78
Obalno-kraška 6626.07 2781.83 41.98
Osrednjeslovenska 12697.63 914.65 7.20
Podravska 28560.90 903.13 3.16
Pomurska 6896.11 210.70 3.06
Posavska 3035.61 280.89 9.25
Primorsko-notranjska 2606.10 738.18 28.33
Savinjska 5352.69 683.08 12.76
Zasavska 1222.96 138.99 11.37
Figure TP06-6: Spatial representation of organic agricultural areas in water protection areas in 2023
Sources:

Graphic data ECO GERK for the whole of Slovenia (internal data), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food; eVode, Slovenian Water Agency, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, 2023.


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