A Soil Erosion Indicator for Supporting Agricultural, Environmental and Climate Policies in the European Union

Panagos, Panos; Ballabio, Cristiano; Poesen, Jean; Lugato, Emanuele; Scarpa, Simone; Montanarella, Luca; Borrelli, Pasquale

doi:10.3390/rs12091365

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“…Citrus plantations also contribute to high erosion rates characterised such as was found in China (Liu et al 2012) and the Mediterranean belt (Cerdà and Jurgensen 2011). In the last three decades, a growth of the soil erosion measurements found that some other crops contribute to high erosion rates (Panagos et al 2020).…”

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Vicia sativa Roth. Can Reduce Soil and Water Losses in Recently Planted Vineyards (Vitis vinifera L.)

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Elevated soil loss and runoff rates can reduce soil fertility; therefore, soil erosion control strategies must be implemented at the hillslope and watershed scale when plantations are established and the soil is bare. In this research, we propose the use of the Vicia sativa Roth. to reduce the soil losses during the first year to control the peak of soil erosion after the plantation in tilled vineyards. To test its efficiency, rainfall simulation experiments were carried out with field surveys in The Casa Pago Gran, in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula. Our results demonstrate that soil properties (organic matter and soil bulk density) and soil erosion (soil loss, runoff and sediment concentration) were significantly different between the control plot (tilled) and with cover crops along with August 2016, 2017 and 2018 measurement periods, but not during January 2016, coinciding with the initial survey before the vetch sown. Runoff initiation was delayed in 3.7 times after 3 years (from 190 till 709 s). The runoff discharge was reduced by the Vicia sativa from 32.87 till 13.68%, the sediment concentration went down from 18.54 till 3.81 gr l−1 and the soil erosion from 3.36 to 0.29 Mg ha−1 year−1. An increase in soil bulk density was registered but did not affect the runoff generation either the soil losses, that was reduced by the plant cover. We conclude that it is necessary to include soil erosion control measures such as the use of Vicia sativa to reduce soil erosion processes during the first stages of the vineyard plantations due to the soil quality improvements and the reduction in soil and water losses.

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“…Also, models help assess the effectiveness/impact of soil and water conservation measures and agricultural, environmental, and climate policies. 118,119 Specific current challenges in the development and application of soil erosion models include (1 the non-linear relationships and thresholds between factors and processes; (2) the heterogeneity of model outputs obtained with different approaches at the same site; (3) the identification of stable areas; (4) the refinement of model predictions with accurate independent metrics of soil loss and deposition; (5) improved indicators of vegetation changes at a high temporal resolution using remote sensing; (6) upscaling model findings from the local scale to larger ones; and (7) integrating soil erosion processes with carbon sequestration, nutrient fluxes, diffuse contamination, and climate change scenarios.…”

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Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

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Kumar³

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Air, Soil and Water Research

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Transdisciplinary approaches that provide holistic views are essential to properly understand soil processes and the importance of soil to society and will be crucial in the future to integrate distinct disciplines into soil studies. A myriad of challenges faces soil science at the beginning of the 2020s. The main aim of this overview is to assess past achievements and current challenges regarding soil threats such as erosion and soil contamination related to different United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) including (1) sustainable food production, (2) ensure healthy lives and reduce environmental risks (SDG3), (3) ensure water availability (SDG6), and (4) enhanced soil carbon sequestration because of climate change (SDG13). Twenty experts from different disciplines related to soil sciences offer perspectives on important research directions. Special attention must be paid to some concerns such as (1) effective soil conservation strategies; (2) new computational technologies, models, and in situ measurements that will bring new insights to in-soil process at spatiotemporal scales, their relationships, dynamics, and thresholds; (3) impacts of human activities, wildfires, and climate change on soil microorganisms and thereby on biogeochemical cycles and water relationships; (4) microplastics as a new potential pollutant; (5) the development of green technologies for soil rehabilitation; and (6) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by simultaneous soil carbon sequestration and reduction in nitrous oxide emission. Manuscripts on topics such as these are particularly welcomed in Air, Soil and Water Research.

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“…The limitations of these strategies are site-specific and determined through the interaction of biochemical and physical factors as well as the social and institutional framework considered [1,20,21]. In Europe, an evidence of the current interest in this matter are the European Commission proposal of alignment of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)with the European Union's environmental, climate, and biodiversity protection commitments set in the European Green Deal [22][23][24] or the recent European Commission evaluation support study on the impact of CAP on sustainable soil management [25].…”

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Soil Water Retention and Soil Compaction Assessment in a Regional-Scale Strategy to Improve Climate Change Adaptation of Agriculture in Navarre, Spain

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the different agricultural management adaptive strategies considered in the framework of a regional climate change adaptation roadmap in Navarre (Spain), from the point of view of soil physical indicators associated to soil compaction and water retention. These indicators were chosen as representative of the potential of these strategies to improve the soil physical condition. That for, the effectiveness of conservation agriculture (CA, crop rotations (ROT), additions of organic matter (ExO), irrigation (IRR) and innovative grassland management (GSS) was assessed by monitoring soil bulk density (BD) and soil available water holding capacity (AWHC) in a network of 159 agricultural fields across homogeneous agro-climatic zones in the region. A sampling protocol designed to compare groups of plots with or without adaptive practices, and with equal soil characteristics within each zone, allowed to determine the effect size of each strategy (measured as response ratios, RR, calculated as the relative value of BD and AWHC in fields with adaptive management vs. without). Both parameters responded to soil and crop management, although the observed effect was highly variable. Only the ExO strategy showed an overall positive effect on BD. ROT, IRR and GSS displayed no effect and, in the case of CA, the effect was negative. In terms of AWHC, although the results within the zones were heterogeneous, the overall effect associated to the strategies ROT, ExO, IRR and GSS was neutral, and only CA resulted in an overall negative effect. The observed variability in terms of the effectiveness of the five strategies tested in this region highlights the need to understand the complexity of interrelationships between management and dynamic soil properties at the regional scale.

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A Soil Erosion Indicator for Supporting Agricultural, Environmental and Climate Policies in the European Union

Cited by 144 publications

References 74 publications

Vicia sativa Roth. Can Reduce Soil and Water Losses in Recently Planted Vineyards (Vitis vinifera L.)

Vicia sativa Roth. Can Reduce Soil and Water Losses in Recently Planted Vineyards (Vitis vinifera L.)

Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

Soil Water Retention and Soil Compaction Assessment in a Regional-Scale Strategy to Improve Climate Change Adaptation of Agriculture in Navarre, Spain

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