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Developing accounting methods for land cover changes

News Published 27 Oct 2020 Last modified 23 Nov 2020

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Photo: © European Space Agency

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has developed land accounts that allow for assessing changes in land cover types. These changes can have environmental impacts, such as decline in biodiversity, reduced carbon stocks, or weakened capacity for food production and flood regulation.