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State

Very high

Pressures strongly degrade the state of the environment, over a large extent and with a high degree of severity.

High

Pressures moderately degrade the state of the environment, over a moderate extent and/or with moderate severity.

Low

Pressures minimally degrade state of the environment, over a small extent and/or with low severity.

Very low

Pressures do not degrade, or only negligibly degrade the state of the environment.

Trend

Grade of assessment in comparison to previous assessments.

Unclear

Deteriorating

Stable

Improving

Confidence

Adequate confidence

Adequate high-quality evidence to support the assessment

Somewhat adequate

Reasonable evidence to support the assessment

Limited

Limited evidence to support the assessment

Low

Low or no evidence to support the assessment