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Table 5 EFA Activation in the EU in 2017

From: Spatial analysis of the benefits and burdens of ecological focus areas for water-related ecosystem services vulnerable to climate change in Europe

  EFA
Member State Afforested areas Agroforestry Buffer strips Catch crops or green cover Ditches Fallow land Field margins Hedges or wooded strips Nitrogen fixing crops Ponds Short rotation coppice Terraces Trees in line
Austria     X X X    X X X   
Belgium—Flanders X X X X X X X X X X X   
Belgium—Walonia P X X X X X X X X X X   X
Bulgaria P    X   X X X X   X   X
Croatia P   X X X X   X X X X   X
Cyprus X X X    X    X     
Czech Republic X    X X X X   X   X X X
Denmark    X X   X     X X   
Estonia P     X X   X X   X   X
Finland       X    X   X   
France X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Germany X X X X X X X X X O X X X
Greece P   X   X X    X     
Hungary X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Ireland X   X X X X   X X   X   
Italy X X X   X X X X X X X X X
Latvia P    X   X X O X X    X
Lithuania P    X X X X   X X X   
Luxembourg X X X X   X X X X X X   X
Malta       X    X     
Netherlands P    X X   X X X X X   X
Poland X   X X X X X X X X X   X
Portugal X X     X    X    O  
Romania X   X X X   X X X X X X X
Slovakia P   X X   X X X X   X X X
Slovenia     X   X    X     
Spain X X     X    X     
Sweden     X   X X   X   X   
UK—England    X X   X   X X     
UK—Northern Ireland X X    X X   X X   X   
UK—Scotland    X X FM X X FM X     
UK—Wales X      X   X X   X   
  1. O = available under the ‘other landscape features’ EFA
  2. P = partial—available as an EFA as ‘trees in groups and field copses’
  3. FM = Available as a feature as part of the Field margins EFA
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