The European Environment Agency (EEA) "Soil monitoring report" presents a comprehensive set of common indicators to assess soil health as well as risk-based thresholds to inform protection...
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Soil is a vital component of natural capital, hosting rich biodiversity and providing critical ecosystem services, such as food production, water purification and carbon storage. However...
There is potential for loss of soil due to intense rainfall events and land management in both forests and agricultural areas. Just released are a dataset and two applications...
This book shows how virtually all forms of natural capital, but particularly “blue” natural capital – skies and seas – has been degrading in the Middle...
Conventional agricultural practices – especially conventional tillage – are a major driver of soil erosion globally. While soil may not frequently considered...
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science, as it has proven...
Soil erosion control is a key ecosystem service delivered by terrestrial ecosystems, mainly through vegetation cover. Two indicators are used to quantify capacity and use...
In the upper catchments of Southeast Asia, land use change from forest to agricultural systems generated land degradation and conflicts between uplanders and lowlanders. More sustainable cropping...
An increasing population pressure, a rapid integration in the market economy, and new national environmental protection policies are fueling the transformations of former slash and bum systems towards...