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Addressing soil degradation in EU agriculture

Author : Štefan Bojnec
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789279113581
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Addressing soil degradation in EU agriculture written by Štefan Bojnec and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having recognised the environmental challenges of agricultural land use, the European Parliament requested the European Commission in 2007 to carry out a pilot project on "Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation through simplified cultivation techniques" (SoCo). This report presents the findings of a stock-taking of the current situation with respect to soil degradation processes, soil-friendly farming practices and relevant policy measures within an EU-wide perspective. This overview includes the results of the survey on the national/regional implementation of EU policies and national policies, a classification of the described soil degradation processes, soil conservation practices and policy measures, and finally the outcome of the Stakeholder Workshop which took place on 22 May 2008 in Brussels.

Impact of Agriculture on Soil Degradation II

Author : Paulo Pereira
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031320522
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Impact of Agriculture on Soil Degradation II written by Paulo Pereira and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of two volumes that together provide a global overview of the impact of agriculture on soil degradation, tracing the most critical drivers like the use and abuse of agrochemicals, mechanization, overgrazing, irrigation, slash and burn agriculture, and the use of plastics. Soil degradation caused by agriculture practices is a complex issue which depends on the interaction of social, economic, political, and environmental aspects. In this book, expert contributors elucidate the extension of the effects of agriculture on soil degradation in Europe, a continent with different cultures and political backgrounds that affect agricultural practices. Readers will also find in this book authoritative solutions to minimize the effects of agriculture intensification and land-use in this continent. Divided into 12 chapters, the book offers a European perspective on soil quality and sustainable management, including case studies about the impact of chemical agents like fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and soil acidification and microplastics pollution in agriculture practices from countries such as Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Germany, Portugal and Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Ukraine. Given the breadth and depth of its coverage, the book offers an invaluable source of information for researchers, students and environmental managers alike. Chapter “Agricultural Land Degradation in the Czech Republic” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Assessing Global Land Use

Author : Stefan Bringezu
Publisher : UN
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Global Land Use written by Stefan Bringezu and published by UN. This book was released on 2014 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global cropland is expanding with changing trends in both the production and consumption of land-based products, increasing pressure on land resources across the globe. This report discusses the need to balance consumption with sustainable production. It focuses on land-based products and describes methods which enable countries to determine whether their consumption levels exceed sustainable supply capacities.

Down to Earth

Author : European Environment Agency
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Book Synopsis Down to Earth by : European Environment Agency

Download or read book Down to Earth written by European Environment Agency and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoge: 1.Preface - 2.Executive summary - 3.Why is soil important for Europe? How soil protection can contribute sustainable developpment - 3.What's happening to Europe's soils? Major issues - 4.Where are the "hot spots" of soil degradation in Europe? Setting up priorities for intervention - 5.What is being done? Current initiatives for soil protection - 6.What is needed to cope with soil problems? The way forward - 7.Conclusions - 8.References - 9.Acknowledgements.

Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Security in Central and Eastern Europe

Author : M.J. Wilson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401141819
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Security in Central and Eastern Europe by : M.J. Wilson

Download or read book Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Security in Central and Eastern Europe written by M.J. Wilson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture is a crucial component of the economies of many of the countries in transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy and the sector is by no means immune to the environmental and socioeconomic problems confronting the countries as a whole. The concept of sustainable development provides a convenient framework for the formulation of government environmental policy for such countries, especially those of them that aspire to join the EU and would thus be expected to meet EU environmental standards. For agriculture, this inevitably involves appropriate strategies for balancing crop and animal production while protecting the quality of the national soil and water resources. There is thus an urgent need to compile, exchange and evaluate current information on the quality of soils in these countries, and to assess the potential impact of new management practices on the soil and on the wider environment.

Soil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251314268
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Book Synopsis Soil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Download or read book Soil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. This book, released in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (15-17 May 2019) reviews the state-of-the-art information related to all topics related to soil erosion.

Soil Erosion in Europe

Author : John Boardman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470859113
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Soil Erosion in Europe written by John Boardman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a unique and comprehensive assessment of soil erosion throughout Europe, an important aspect to control and manage if landscapes are to be sustained for the future. Written in two parts, Soil Erosion in Europe primarily focuses on current issues, area specific soil erosion rates, on and off-site impacts, government responses, soil conservation measures, and soil erosion risk maps. The first part overviews the erosion processes and the problems encountered within each European country, whilst the second section takes a cross-cutting theme approach. Based on an EU-funded project that has been running for four years with erosion scientists from 19 countries Reviews contemporary erosion processes and rates on arable and rangeland in Europe Looks at current issues, such as socio-economic drivers, controlling factors specific to the country and changes in land use

Enhancing Soil Health to Mitigate Soil Degradation

Author : Douglas L. Karlen
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038423580
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis Enhancing Soil Health to Mitigate Soil Degradation by : Douglas L. Karlen

Download or read book Enhancing Soil Health to Mitigate Soil Degradation written by Douglas L. Karlen and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Enhancing Soil Health to Mitigate Soil Degradation" that was published in Sustainability

Final report on the project 'Sustainable agticulutre and soil conservation (SoCo)'

Author : Štefan Bojnec
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789279124006
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Book Synopsis Final report on the project 'Sustainable agticulutre and soil conservation (SoCo)' by : Štefan Bojnec

Download or read book Final report on the project 'Sustainable agticulutre and soil conservation (SoCo)' written by Štefan Bojnec and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report synthesises the findings of the SoCo project and translates them into conclusions and recommendations. It reviews soil degradation processes, soil conservation practices and policy measures at European level. The analysis is taken to the local scale by means of ten case studies distributed over three macro-regions. Aggregated environmental benefits of adopting particular soil conservation practices are explored with model calculations. Finally, the report discusses the effectiveness and efficiency of instruments for soil protection, maintenance and improvement in Europe, exploring opportunities and critical issues linked to the adoption of conservation practices. The report closes with policy-relevant conclusions as a basis for policy recommendations.

Soil Degradation

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Soil Degradation written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scientific Basis for Soil Protection in the European Community

Author : H. Barth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400934513
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Scientific Basis for Soil Protection in the European Community by : H. Barth

Download or read book Scientific Basis for Soil Protection in the European Community written by H. Barth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PH. BOURDEAU Directorate-General Science. Research and Development. Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. Belgium We are living on a unique planet, the only one in the solar system where life exists. The very existence of life has modified the physical and chemical environment of the earth, its atmosphere and oceans, in a way that makes life sustainable. This system with its complex cybernetic mechanisms has been named GAIA by Lovelock. Man has always interfered with it on a more or less limited scale. This interference is now reaching global proportions such as climate modifications resulting from CO and trace gas 2 accumulation in the atmosphere or the destruction of stratospheric ozone, not to speak of global radioactive contamination. GAIA will probably prevail as a living system but it probably does not give much importance to man's survival as such, and it is man that has to take care of his own survival. In the ecosystem of Planet Earth, soils are the thin interface between lithosphere and atmosphere which constitutes the essential substrate for the terrestrial biosphere, the productivity of which far exceeds that of the oceans, even though the latter cover a much larger area than the continents. Soils themselves are complex systems. They develop through weathering of minerals, are colonised by living organisms which in turn modify their substrate making it suitable for other organisms. This induces a primary ecological succession which eventually reaches a climax, in equilibrium between climate, soil and the biological communities.

Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

Author : Ephraim Nkonya
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319191683
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development by : Ephraim Nkonya

Download or read book Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development written by Ephraim Nkonya and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. The annual global cost of land degradation due to land use and cover change (LUCC) and lower cropland and rangeland productivity is estimated to be about 300 billion USD. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for the largest share (22%) of the total global cost of land degradation. Only about 38% of the cost of land degradation due to LUCC - which accounts for 78% of the US$300 billion loss – is borne by land users and the remaining share (62%) is borne by consumers of ecosystem services off the farm. The results in this volume indicate that reversing land degradation trends makes both economic sense, and has multiple social and environmental benefits. On average, one US dollar investment into restoration of degraded land returns five US dollars. The findings of the country case studies call for increased investments into the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands, including through such institutional and policy measures as strengthening community participation for sustainable land management, enhancing government effectiveness and rule of law, improving access to markets and rural services, and securing land tenure. The assessment in this volume has been conducted at a time when there is an elevated interest in private land investments and when global efforts to achieve sustainable development objectives have intensified. In this regard, the results of this volume can contribute significantly to the ongoing policy debate and efforts to design strategies for achieving sustainable development goals and related efforts to address land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251316848
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings book of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (GSER19) contains all papers presented both orally and in poster format during the symposium (15-17 May 2019, FAO HQ). The papers presented have provided sufficient scientific evidence to show that soil erosion is a global threat to food production systems, available land for future demand, rural livelihoods, human health and biodiversity, and that coordinated effective action needs to be fostered and accelerated to address this issue. Studies presented provided scientific evidence that soil erosion is accelerated by anthropogenic action. In the current context of population increase and climate change, urgent action is needed from governments to support farmers and land-users in the transition to sustainable production systems, and crucial action is needed at global level to raise awareness of the importance of healthy and productive soils, to ensure a sustainable future and the achievement of many of the SDGs targeting hunger, water quality, and life on land, amongst others.

Agriculture and the Environment

Author : European Commission. Directorate-General for Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Agriculture and the Environment written by European Commission. Directorate-General for Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Sustainable Soils

Author : Ian Hannam
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 283170653X
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Sustainable Soils written by Ian Hannam and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development placed a responsibility on States to protect the local, regional and global environment, especially problems shared by the whole community such as soil degradation. The knowledge of the severe degradation situation of the world's soils and of the poor state of the soil legislation led the IUCN to pass a Soil Resolution at its World Congress in October 2000 for the IUCN Environmental Law Program to develop legal guidelines, explanatory material and investigate a global legal instrument for the sustainable use of soils, while paying particular attention to the ecological needs of soil and their ecological functions for the conservation of biodiversity and the maintenance of human life. This book discusses an ecological-based rationale for new international, national and regional legislation and institutional frameworks for sustainable soil, and a basis for the preparation of the instruments.

Strategies to Combat Desertification in Mediterranean Europe

Author : J. L. Rubio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book Strategies to Combat Desertification in Mediterranean Europe written by J. L. Rubio and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2017

Author : Harald Ginzky
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319688855
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2017 written by Harald Ginzky and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an important discussion on soil and sustainable agriculture from a range of perspectives, addressing key topics such as sustainable intensification, the FAO Voluntary Guidelines, and the crucial role of appropriate tenure rights. This second volume of the International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy is divided into four parts, the first of which deals with several aspects of the theme “soil and sustainable agriculture.” In turn, the second part covers recent international developments, the third part presents regional and national reports, and the fourth discusses cross-cutting issues. Given the range of key topics covered, the book offers an indispensable tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field. The “International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy” is a book series that discusses central questions in law and politics with regard to the protection and sustainable management of soil and land – at the international, national and regional level. The Chapter "The Use of Property Law Tools for Soil Protection" by Jessica Owley is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.