20th World Congress of – Database

The Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has been present in the 20th World Congress of (20WCSS). Thanks to all participants who have visited us at Booth No #2 where you could find the following posters plus a range of books, atlases, DVDs and other publications. Presentations. Find below the presentations delivered by ...

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Towards climate-smart sustainable … – Commission

The addresses 6 expected impacts with targeted activities in response to societal, scientific, policy and operational challenges. A first annual workplan based on the roadmap is provided as part of the proposal. The consortium unites a unique group of 26 leading research institutes and universities in 24 countries.

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Batjes, N. H. 1996. Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of …

Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world. Journal of , 47, 151‐163. Commentary on the impact of Batjes (1996): by P.J. Loveland, F. Conen & B. van Wesemael @article{Loveland2014BatjesNH, title={Batjes, N. H. 1996. Total carbon and nitrogen in the soils of the world. Journal of , 47, 151‐163.

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degradation processes occurring in the Union include erosion, organic matter decline, compaction, salinisation, landslides, contamination, sealing and biodiversity decline. Effective protection policies can only be based on a detailed assessment of the costs of non-action, and the potential economic benefits from enhanced ...

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Citizen | SpringerLink

countries and regions differ in many ways, the most obvious being the 24 official languages spoken across . However, related to citizen practice, additional differences can be identified: socio-geographical differences, such as the degree of individualism versus collectivity espoused; political differences regarding the level of democracy expressed; and cultural ...

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Improved appreciation of the functioning and importance of …

Here we report details of the research initiative " Crust International" (SCIN) focusing on the biodiversity of biological crusts (BSC, composed of bacteria, algae, lichens, and bryophytes) and on functional aspects in their specific environment. Known as the so-called "colored soi …

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agricultural management: Towards climate‐smart …

The Joint Programme (EJP) was set up to contribute to these goals by developing knowledge, tools and an integrated research community to foster climate-smart sustainable agricultural management that provides a diversity of ecosystem service, such as adapting to and mitigating climate change, allowing sustainable food ...

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by water erosion

Published 25 Oct 2016. erosion by water is one of the major threats to soils in the Union, with a negative impact on ecosystem services, crop production, drinking water and carbon stocks. The Commission's Thematic Strategy has identified erosion as a relevant issue for the Union, and has proposed an ...

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Governance in current Union Law and in the …

Current legal framework for protection. The Union (EU) is a unique economic and political union between 27 countries. The Member States of the Union have agreed, as a result of their membership of the EU, to transfer some of their powers to the EU institutions in specified policy areas.

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erosion

greatest loss of compared to other erosion processes (e.g. wind erosion). Recent policy developments in the Commission (the Thematic Strategy, the Common Agricultural Policy, 2020, and the 7th Environmental Action Programme) call for quantitative assessments of loss rates at the level.

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Journal list menu – Wiley Online Library

In the event that an author is not able to cover the costs of reproducing colour figures in colour in the printed version of the journal, Journal of offers authors the opportunity to reproduce colour figures in colour for free in the online version of the article (but they will still appear in black and white in the print ...

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The State of – A contribution of the JRC to …

The core of this report was prepared for the Assessment on , which forms part of the 'The Environment - state and outlook 2010 Report' (SOER) 20102, coordinated by the Environment Agency (EEA). This Reference Report uses data from the Data Centre (ESDAC), managed on behalf of EU institutions by the JRC.

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Patterns in microbial diversity across – PubMed

We analysed microbial biodiversity metrics and distribution of potential functional groups along a gradient of increasing land-use perturbation, detecting over 79,000 bacterial and 25,000 fungal OTUs in 715 sites across 24 countries. We found the lowest bacterial and fungal diversity in less-disturbed environments (woodlands) compared ...

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Celebrating the work of Early Career Researchers in …

All of these were originally published in the Journal of (EJSS) between 2016 and 2021*. As a reflection of the diversity of ECRs within , the topics that comprise our selection stem from a vast spectrum of sub-disciplines, from machine learning through to archaeology via mechanistic interface interactions.

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Reply to “The new assessment of loss … – ScienceDirect

1. Assessment of erosion by water at scale: necessity and usefulness. The request of developing a pan- assessment for loss by water erosion comes from policy makers who aim to have dynamic tools to monitor the impact of various policies such as the Thematic Strategy, Common Agricultural Policy, and Climate Action on Land use and to develop indicators on the ...

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degradation in the Mediterranean region …

This paper reviews and summarises the scientific literature and relevant official reports, with the aim to advance this knowledge by synthesizing, mapping, and identifying gaps regarding the status, causes, and consequences of degradation processes in the Mediterranean region. This is needed as scientific underpinning of efforts ...

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Changing patterns of water content and relationship with …

moisture data were retrieved from the Space Agency’s ERA5-Land dataset, which presents monthly averaged volumetric (m 3 m-3) water content at 0–7 cm, 7–28 cm, 28–100 cm and 100–289 cm intervals, using a 0.1° × 0.1° grid (Sabater, 2019).

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[PDF] The State of – Semantic Scholar

@inproceedings{Panagiotis2012TheSO, title={The State of : A contribution of the JRC to the Environment Agency’s Environment State and Outlook Report— SOER 2010}, author={Panagos Panagiotis and B. P. Sara and Bouraoui Faycal and Bosco Claudio and Dewitte Olivier and Gardi Ciro and Erhard Markus and Hervas De Diego ...

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Editor’s Choice 2022: Journal of

The Journal of has a well-deserved reputation for high quality and rigorous reporting of research. This selection shows the variety of papers from around world that are providing novel insights into the physics, chemistry and biology that underpin processes, and are directly applicable to decision-making in the real world.

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Eurosoil 2025 – The Confederation of …

The next EUROSOIL Meeting will be celebrated in the beautiful city of Seville (Spain) on 8-12 September 2025. The week before the EUROSOIL 2025, we will also organize for the first time a Judging Contest in the dream city of Granada. Therefore this, together with Seville, will be a great opportunity to visit the mythical Andalusia ...

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Indicators for pan- assessment and monitoring of …

The Database (Heineke et al., 1998) provides a harmonised and spatial coverage of types and descriptions, based on FAO nomenclature, at a resolution of 1:1 m scale (ca. 1 km ×1 km) in all participating countries. The basic spatial units are the mapping units (SMU)—polygons representing areas of the same ...

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Status of local contamination

’ A report by the JRC in collaboration with the Information and Observation Network (Eionet) national reference centres for Authors Ana Payá Pérez, Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio 2018 Infographic showing the most frequent words in national/regional laws and strategies addressing contamination and non-related to EU policies.

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Wildfires : Burned soils require attention

To accomplish an post-fire erosion assessment, this study involved three main sources of data (Fig. 1), a meta-data resulting from bibliographic research on field and modelling post-fire studies, previous erosion assessments at scale for baseline estimations, and spatial data for the determination of wildfires impact on ecosystems and the correspondent vegetation ...

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This review provides a summary of studies analysing metal concentrations in soils and solution at roadsides. The data collected during 27 studies covering a total of 64 sites across a number of countries were summarised. Highest median values of Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn were determined in the top layer at the first 5 m ...

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