Agost

Institution: 
UA
Main ecosystem type: 

Mature and young pine forests, alpha grass steppe, shrubland

Main land use: 

Abandoned crops, active crops, urban areas

Main degradation driver: 

Wood gathering; shrub removal for alpha grass cultivation; series of cultivation and land abandonment; urbanisation; clay mining

Restoration actions applied: 

Pine afforestations in the 50s and 90s; land abandonment

Stakeholders: 

Agost municipality; local and regional forest offices; hunting association; farmers cooperatives; local environmental NGOs; Agost catchment authority

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