in: Orienteering; General
Overall, the impacts were mainly visual and the general composition of the vegetation in the survey plots did not change. No impacts were observed on rare plants or aquatic environments. The results provided valuable information for planning and designing future events.
This study concludes that the impacts of APOC 2002 on the BVWP are negligible in the long term, in spite of having been mildly significant in the short term. The impacts were mitigated naturally, localized, and fully reversible. However, it should be emphasized that the vegetation recovery time was a key factor. There should be enough time left for the vegetation to recover before the same sites (for controls, start and finish) are used in another event of similar magnitude
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