FAO calls for actions to reduce global soil erosion

Soil is a finite resource which is vital for producing food, sequestrating carbon, regulating water and nutrients, filtering contaminants, enhancing biodiversity, storing heritage, and regulating climate (Arshad and Martin 2002). Global soils are continuously degraded because of population growth, economic development, and climate change (Montanarella et al. 2016). Soil erosion is a major form of soil degradation as more than 1 billion hectares globally are affected by some form of erosion (e.g., water, wind, and gully) (Lal 2003). Human activity and the related land use changes (deforestation and cropland increase) are the main reasons for a 2.5% increase of soil erosion by water between 2001 and 2012 (Borrelli et al. 2017).

PANAGOS Panagiotis;  BORRELLI Pasquale;  ROBINSON David; 

2020-09-23

SPRINGER

JRC116804

1381-2386 (online),   

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11027-019-09892-3,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC116804,   

10.1007/s11027-019-09892-3 (online),