Percentage area of habitats, by country, where acidity critical loads are exceeded.
|
Deposition dataset year |
Percentage habitat area exceeded by country: |
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|
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
NI |
UK |
|
|
1995-1997 |
75.8 |
90.0 |
68.2 |
76.8 |
72.6 |
|
1998-2000 |
71.6 |
83.1 |
52.6 |
67.2 |
60.8 |
|
1999-2001 |
71.9 |
83.0 |
51.6 |
66.8 |
60.3 |
|
2001-2003 |
72.3 |
82.4 |
43.0 |
67.4 |
55.0 |
|
2002-2004 |
72.3 |
82.3 |
44.8 |
69.2 |
56.2 |
|
2003-2005 |
71.8 |
83.2 |
44.5 |
67.1 |
55.9 |
|
2004-2006 |
66.8 |
81.2 |
48.0 |
68.1 |
56.7 |
|
2005-2007 |
66.1 |
81.0 |
46.1 |
68.5 |
55.4 |
|
2006-2008 |
64.3 |
79.2 |
40.7 |
68.6 |
51.4 |
|
2007-2009 |
63.6 |
77.4 |
32.9 |
69.4 |
46.3 |
|
2008-2010 |
63.2 |
74.9 |
31.5 |
69.6 |
45.2 |
|
2009-2011 |
63.8 |
74.5 |
33.9 |
71.0 |
46.8 |
|
2010-2012 |
62.8 |
74.2 |
32.2 |
67.8 |
45.3 |
|
2011-2013 |
62.1 |
74.4 |
31.0 |
69.4 |
44.5 |
|
2012-2014* |
61.3 |
73.4 |
31.0 |
67.1 |
44.1 |
| 2013-2015 | 60.6 | 72.4 | 31.4 | 66.9 | 44.1 |
|
Reduction in % area exceeded 1995-2015 |
15.2 |
17.6 | 36.8 | 9.9 |
28.5 |
*These results updated in 2017 following a minor update to the deposition data.
Average Accumulated Exceedance (AAE: keq ha-1 year-1) of acidity critical loads by country
|
Deposition dataset year |
AAE (keq ha-1 year-1) by country: |
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|
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
NI |
UK |
|
|
1995-1997 |
1.33 |
1.36 |
0.47 |
0.80 |
0.78 |
|
1998-2000 |
1.00 |
0.84 |
0.28 |
0.46 |
0.51 |
|
1999-2001 |
0.98 |
0.82 |
0.27 |
0.46 |
0.50 |
|
2001-2003 |
1.04 |
0.82 |
0.23 |
0.51 |
0.50 |
|
2002-2004 |
0.94 |
0.79 |
0.24 |
0.46 |
0.48 |
|
2003-2005 |
0.93 |
0.84 |
0.24 |
0.42 |
0.47 |
|
2004-2006 |
0.77 |
0.74 |
0.24 |
0.42 |
0.43 |
|
2005-2007 |
0.74 |
0.73 |
0.21 |
0.45 |
0.40 |
|
2006-2008 |
0.68 |
0.61 |
0.17 |
0.44 |
0.35 |
|
2007-2009 |
0.62 |
0.54 |
0.12 |
0.45 |
0.3 |
|
2008-2010 |
0.59 |
0.49 |
0.12 |
0.47 |
0.29 |
|
2009-2011 |
0.62 |
0.48 |
0.15 |
0.53 |
0.31 |
|
2010-2012 |
0.6 |
0.47 |
0.14 |
0.46 |
0.3 |
|
2011-2013 |
0.59 |
0.47 |
0.13 |
0.46 |
0.29 |
|
2012-2014* |
0.55 |
0.46 |
0.13 |
0.39 |
0.28 |
| 2013-2015 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.15 | 0.38 | 0.28 |
|
Reduction in AAE 1995-2015 |
0.79 | 0.91 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 0.50 |
*These results updated in 2017 following a minor update to the deposition data.
Percentage area of UK habitats where acidity critical loads are exceeded
|
Deposition dataset year |
Percentage habitat area with exceedance of acidity critical loads: |
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|
Acid grassland |
Dwarf shrub heath |
Bog |
Montane |
Coniferous woodland (managed) |
Broadleaved woodland (managed) |
Unmanaged woodland |
Freshwaters |
All habitats |
|
|
1995-1997 |
92.0 |
70.3 |
88.0 |
95.8 |
79.4 |
75.8 |
69.5 |
29.9 |
72.6 |
|
1998-2000 |
84.9 |
49.5 |
78.8 |
91.3 |
69.9 |
68.4 |
57.2 |
24.2 |
60.8 |
|
1999-2001 |
84.7 |
47.9 |
76.1 |
93.4 |
70.2 |
69.1 |
58.2 |
23.9 |
60.3 |
|
2001-2003 |
79.5 |
40.7 |
61.6 |
82.5 |
66.5 |
69.6 |
58.5 |
21.9 |
55.0 |
|
2002-2004 |
80.3 |
42.3 |
60.1 |
89.4 |
68.4 |
70.8 |
60.1 |
21.3 |
56.2 |
|
2003-2005 |
80.4 |
41.5 |
59.3 |
92.9 |
68.2 |
70.1 |
59.1 |
21.7 |
55.9 |
|
2004-2006 |
82.5 |
45.1 |
71.7 |
96.3 |
64.2 |
61.5 |
48.3 |
21.7 |
56.7 |
|
2005-2007 |
81.9 |
41.5 |
76.4 |
94.4 |
63.6 |
60.5 |
46.7 |
21.3 |
55.4 |
|
2006-2008 |
78.9 |
35.4 |
73.3 |
85.6 |
60.5 |
57.2 |
43.4 |
20.6 |
51.4 |
|
2007-2009 |
73.9 |
28.5 |
63.7 |
71.4 |
57.1 |
55.9 |
42.1 |
19.0 |
46.3 |
|
2008-2010 |
72.2 |
28.1 |
57.9 |
70.1 |
55.6 |
55.6 |
42.0 |
18.5 |
45.2 |
|
2009-2011 |
74.8 |
30.6 |
54.9 |
71.6 |
58.0 |
57.0 |
43.3 |
18.9 |
46.8 |
|
2010-2012 |
73.0 |
29.3 |
54.4 |
65.3 |
56.7 |
55.0 |
41.5 |
19.0 |
45.3 |
|
2011-2013 |
73.4 |
28.5 |
50.1 |
62.3 |
56.2 |
53.5 |
40.5 |
18.8 |
44.5 |
|
2012-2014* |
72.6 |
27.8 |
55.5 |
62.7 |
54.9 |
51.6 |
38.5 |
18.6 |
44.1 |
| 2013-2015 | 73.0 | 28.1 | 52.4 | 65.0 | 55.8 | 51.0 | 37.9 | 18.2 | 44.1 |
|
Reduction in % area exceeded 1995-2015 |
19.0 |
42.2 | 35.6 | 30.8 | 23.6 | 24.8 | 31.6 | 11.7 |
28.5 |
Note: The area of freshwaters exceeded is based only on the catchment areas of the 1752 stream and lake sites included in the critical loads database.
*These results updated in 2017 following a minor update to the deposition data.
Average Accumulated Exceedance (AAE) of acidity critical loads for UK habitats
|
Year |
AAE (keq ha-1 year-1) by habitat: |
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|
Acid grassland |
Dwarf shrub heath |
Bog |
Montane |
Coniferous woodland (managed) |
Broadleaved woodland (managed) |
Unmanaged woodland |
Freshwaters |
All habitats |
|
|
1995-1997 |
1.15 |
0.47 |
0.76 |
0.81 |
1.13 |
1.20 |
0.87 |
0.36 |
0.78 |
|
1998-2000 |
0.80 |
0.28 |
0.53 |
0.57 |
0.68 |
0.88 |
0.58 |
0.23 |
0.51 |
|
1999-2001 |
0.77 |
0.26 |
0.50 |
0.59 |
0.68 |
0.90 |
0.61 |
0.21 |
0.50 |
|
2001-2003 |
0.70 |
0.24 |
0.46 |
0.60 |
0.72 |
1.01 |
0.68 |
0.18 |
0.50 |
|
2002-2004 |
0.67 |
0.22 |
0.41 |
0.64 |
0.74 |
0.94 |
0.65 |
0.17 |
0.48 |
|
2003-2005 |
0.68 |
0.21 |
0.39 |
0.62 |
0.73 |
0.94 |
0.65 |
0.17 |
0.47 |
|
2004-2006 |
0.68 |
0.22 |
0.44 |
0.66 |
0.58 |
0.66 |
0.44 |
0.17 |
0.43 |
|
2005-2007 |
0.64 |
0.19 |
0.45 |
0.53 |
0.56 |
0.65 |
0.43 |
0.16 |
0.40 |
|
2006-2008 |
0.57 |
0.16 |
0.42 |
0.39 |
0.49 |
0.56 |
0.36 |
0.13 |
0.35 |
|
2007-2009 |
0.49 |
0.12 |
0.34 |
0.28 |
0.43 |
0.53 |
0.34 |
0.12 |
0.30 |
|
2008-2010 |
0.47 |
0.12 |
0.33 |
0.28 |
0.42 |
0.52 |
0.34 |
0.11 |
0.29 |
|
2009-2011 |
0.51 |
0.14 |
0.35 |
0.31 |
0.46 |
0.56 |
0.36 |
0.12 |
0.31 |
|
2010-2012 |
0.50 |
0.13 |
0.35 |
0.26 |
0.43 |
0.51 |
0.32 |
0.12 |
0.30 |
|
2011-2013 |
0.51 |
0.13 |
0.34 |
0.25 |
0.42 |
0.47 |
0.30 |
0.12 |
0.29 |
|
2012-2014* |
0.48 |
0.12 |
0.33 |
0.25 |
0.39 |
0.43 |
0.27 |
0.12 |
0.28 |
| 2013-2015 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.11 | 0.28 |
|
Reduction AAE 1995-2015 |
0.66 | 0.34 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.61 | 0.25 |
0.50 |
*These results updated in 2017 following a minor update to the deposition data.