Connectivity elements and mitigation measures in policy …

The current use of erosion models was investigated through an exploratory survey of 46 model applications covering 18 countries. This novel analysis of erosion model applications revealed a variation in parameterisation, incorporation of landscape elements and mitigation measures with implications for connectivity and ...

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Security for the Union – ScienceDirect

Here, we discuss the implications of security for the Union's sustainability and the possible implementation of this concept in the future EU sustainable management strategies. Capability. capability is related to functions and the capacity of soils to deliver specific ecosystem services (Stavi et al., 2016).

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Assessment of the cover changes and the loss potential …

Despite the ongoing intensive exploitation of the forest resources and documented impacts on the soils and related functions (Cerdà et al., 2010, Borrelli et al., 2013a), today researchers still lack a well-grounded knowledge about the impacts that the forest management activities have on the functions within ...

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loss due to : A …

The methodology to perform this first pan- estimate of the total loss due to crop harvesting rests on crop statistics aggregated at regional and national level and texture data obtained through the interpolation of ca. 20,000 topsoil samples of the Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) (Orgiazzi et al., 2018). Other ...

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long‐term field experiments: knowledge gained about …

We conclude that LTEs are valuable for finding ways forward in protecting soils as well as finding evidence-based alternative management practices for the future; however, experiments should focus more on biological quality indicators as well as GHG emissions to enable better evaluation of trade-offs and mutual benefits of ...

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Three post-doc scientists (f_m_x) in multiscale erosion …

An established collaboration with Commission Observatory (Led by JRC), the University of Basel and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Working place. The place of work is University Roma Tre at Leonardo Murialdo campus. The affiliation will be with the Department of , Section for Geology, 00146, Rome RM, Italy.

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Author Guidelines – Journal of – Wiley …

The Journal of (EJSS) is an international journal that publishes outstanding papers in that advance the theoretical and mechanistic understanding of physical, chemical and biological processes and their interactions in soils acting from molecular to continental scales in natural and managed environments, as ...

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Countries across make progress on tackling …

The scientists call for a common framework to help national governments in their efforts to prevent and remediate contamination. Tracking progress across . An average of 3.6 contaminated sites per square kilometre of artificial surface are registered in the country inventories of EU Member States.

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Machine learning in space and time for modelling organic …

This project was funded by The Nature Conservancy and received co-funding from the Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 774378 (project CIRCASA - Coordination of International Research Cooperation on CArbon Sequestration in Agriculture), as well as the Craig and Susan McCaw Foundation.

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Systems | Free Full-Text | Assessing the Role of Soils …

The general concept of sustainable development has been specified in terms of goals, targets, and indicators by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, adopted in 2015, followed by the Green Deal of the Union in 2019. The focus on targets and indicators does, however, not address the issue as to how these goals can be achieved for land-related SDGs in the real world, and attention in ...

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Agricultural Soils – Special Demands Related to …

salinization. The incremental loss and deterioration of 's resource is expected to continue, and will probably increase as a result of climate and land-use changes. From the Environmental Agency it was estimated that 220 million ha of (11% of the degraded soils worldwide) are degraded due to one or several of

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Influence of climate, , and land cover on plant species …

From ESDAC, we included only predictors of ecological relevance for plant species with full spatial coverage, namely, the 3D Hydraulic Database of (Tóth et al. 2017), the Database derived data (Hiederer 2013a, b) and the Topsoil Organic Content for (Jones et al. 2005). SoilGrids variables were chosen based on ...

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Five decades of erosion research in “terroir”. The State …

Spain, Germany, and the continental average showed similar erosion rates. Overall, the Mediterranean is more threatened by erosion than the rest of . Download : Download high-res image (128KB) Download : Download full-size image; Fig. 8. erosion rates in vineyards by country or regions.

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Status of local contamination – Publications …

Publication metadata. is specified as the top layer of the Earth’s crust, formed by mineral particles, organic matter, water, air and living organisms. It is the interface between earth, air and water, and hosts most of the biosphere ( Commission, 2006). Soils must be understood as the base for life and for supporting livelihoods.

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JRC support (EJP …

LUCAS Module b) the development of -relevant indicators c) the exchange of data d) the data flows to ESDAC e) the cooperation towards the implementation of the Observatory and f ) research topics of common interest. The rep ort also includes the JRC recommendations for this collaboration. Finally, the report

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