The topography of tectonically active regions shows a dynamic feedback between tectonics that moves rock masses, and surface processes that redistribute them from the hillslopes to the fluvial network shaping the land-

<p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span>SERENA </span></span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span>Project aims to improve the effectiveness of European policies on the environment, and </span><span>in particular on</span><span> soil, through the analysis of soil-based ecosystem services and soil threats in </span><span>some of</span> <span>European agricultural landscapes. The need for </span><span>sustainable and effective</span> <span>agro</span><span>-management </span><span>methods, </span><span>practices and techniques to contribute to the improvement of soil quality and to mitigate the effects of global change scenarios foresee has been widely recognized.</span> <span>In addition to the identification and evaluation of indicators for soil-based ecosystem services and</span> <span>soil threats, the project also foresees to define relevant scenarios </span><span>based on</span> <span>the best </span><span>available scientific knowledge</span><span>, useful for </span><span>evaluati</span><span>ng</span><span> the dynamics of </span><span>a variety of</span><span> land degradation impact</span><span>s</span><span> on ecosystem services.</span><span> A specific study is devoted to</span><span> the </span><span>available knowledge on </span><span>expected projections that main drivers, </span><span>as</span><span> climate change, demographic trends, changes in land use/land cover and land management could produce in agricultural soils.</span> <span>The </span><span>first </span><span>outcomes of </span><span>the </span><span>scenario analysis, and the resulting implications on soil health and </span><span>on </span><span>ecosystem services, will be </span><span>then </span><span>discussed with end-users</span> <span>to co-construct </span></span><span xml:lang="IT-IT" data-contrast="none"><span>relevant</span> <span>scenarios</span><span> to support planning and </span><span>decision</span><span>-making </span><span>processes</span></span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span>. This</span><span> approach considers that t</span><span>he collaboration with end-users </span><span>plays a key role</span><span> to address the evaluation of </span><span>impacts</span><span> of soil related policies striving to achieve national and global environmental targets, including Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals, involving broadly decision-makers</span></span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span> and stakeholders</span><span>, helping their effectiveness</span><span>.</span></span></p>

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