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1. Definition
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Name
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DEPOPULATION
CAUSED BY THE DEGRADATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Spanish
NAP)
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Brief definition
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The degradation
of the natural resources is one of the causes of depopulation
of rural areas and abandonment of traditional management
practices.
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Unit of measure
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No indicator
has been found to assess this factor.
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Spatial scale
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Regional
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Temporal scale
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Annual or less than annual measures.
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2. Position within the
logical framework DPSIR
3. Target and political
pertinence
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Objective
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Identification
and mapping of ESAs, predicting the areas in which
the degradation process will be more important. Prioritisation
of mitigation actions to combat desertification.
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Importance with
respect to desertification
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Depopulation
of rural areas is a socio-economic factor involved
in land degradation processes, causing increase in
risk of erosion, fires and pests.
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International
Conventions and agreements
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Secondary objectives of the indicator
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For the Spanish NAP it is very important to approach
the desertification process from a socio-economic
point of view.
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4. Methodological description
and basic definitions
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Definitions and
basic concepts
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Depopulation
is included as a conceptual indicator because is a
generalised perception by people that rural depopulation
is desertification. However no effective informative
measure has been found.
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Benchmarks Indication
of the values/ranges of value
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Methods of measurement
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Limits of the
indicator
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Linkages with
other indicators
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Fire
risk, Land use evolution.
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5. Evaluation of data
needs and availability
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Data required
to calculate the indicator
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Data sources
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Data banks.
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Availability of data from national and international
sources
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From the National and Regional Statistics Institutes
and Population Census.
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6. Institutions that
have participated in developing the indicator
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Main institutions
responsible
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Dirección General
de Conservación de la Naturaleza (DGCN), Secretaría
de Medio Ambiente, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Spain.
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Other contributing
organizations
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7. Additional information
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Bibliography
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Programa de Acción
Nacional contra la Desertificación (DGCN, Ministerio
de Medio Ambiente, Spain).
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Other references
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Desertification
Indicators for the European Mediterranean Region (Enne,
G. and Zucca,C. 2000).
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Contacts Name
and address
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Leopoldo Rojo
Serrano <LRojo@mma.es>
Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Gran Vía de San Francisco 4
28005 Madrid (Spain)
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