[TP06] Land cover and land use in water protection areas
Key message
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.
Definition
This indicator is based on the indicators
KM23 Water protection areas and agriculture and
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).
Charts
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.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
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.