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Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Cristiano Ballabio, Emanuele Lugato, Luca Montanarella
Soil Erosion in Europe
Dr. Pasquale BORRELLI
European Commission • Joint Research Centre
IES • Land Resource Management Unit
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Soil degradation is a serious problem in Europe. It is driven or exacerbated by human activity such as inadequate agricultural and forestry practices, industrial activities, tourism, urban
and industrial sprawl and construction works. These activities have a negative impact, preventing the soil from performing its broad range of functions and services to humans and
ecosystems. This results in loss of soil fertility, carbon and biodiversity, lower water-retention capacity, disruption of gas and nutrient cycles and reduced degradation of contaminants. In
the Communication of the European Commission entitled ‘Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection’ (COM(2006) 231) 8 main threats to soil were identified. The information
presented here give a brief overview of the results archived on soil erosion (i.e., first threat).
CONTAMINATION ORGANIC MATTER LOSS BIODIVERSITY LOSS COMPACTION SALINISATION FLOODS-LANDSLIDES SEALING
Activities of the Joint Research Centre's 'Soil Degradation by Erosion Research Group' 2013-2015
LAND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO WIND EROSION WIND EROSION SUSCEPTIBILITY OF AGRICULTURAL LAND
RAINFALL EROSIVITY IN EUROPE COVER-MANAGEMENT FACTORQUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF SOIL LOSS
FIRST FOREST HARVESTING MAP FIRST COMPREHENSIVE FOREST SOIL LOSS MAP
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25m MAP OF FOREST HARVESTING AND SOIL LOSS IN ITALY
25m MAP OF SOIL AND CARBON LOSS IN AGRICULTURAL LAND
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erosion susceptibility of European soils. Geoderma 232: 471–478.
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Environmental Conditions on erosion and soil organic carbon
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impacts on soil erosion in the Italian forests: First comprehensive
monitoring and modelling approach. Submitted paper.
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Dr. Panos PANAGOS
European Commission • Joint Research Centre
IES • Land Resource Management Unit
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