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Panagos P, Vieira D, Eekhout JPC, Biddoccu M, Cerdà A, Evans DL, Tavoularis N, Bezak N, Negrel P, Katsoyiannis A, Borrelli P. How the EU Soil Observatory contributes to a stronger soil erosion community. Environ Res 2024; 248:118319. [PMID: 38295975 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
Abstract
New policy developments have emerged in relation to soil conservation after 2020. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023-2027, the proposal for a Soil Monitoring Law and the mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe' have shaped a new policy framework at EU level, which requires updated assessments on soil erosion and land degradation. The EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) successfully organised a scientific workshop on 'Soil erosion for the EU' in June 2022. The event has seen the participation of more than 330 people from 63 countries, addressing important topics such as (i) management practices, (ii) large scale modelling, (iii) the importance of sediments in nutrient cycle, (vi) the role of landslides and (v) laying the foundations for early career scientists. As a follow up, among the 120 abstracts submitted in the workshop, we received fifteen manuscripts, out of which nine were selected for publication in the present special issue. In this editorial, we summarize the major challenges that the soil erosion research community faces in relation to supporting the increasing role of soils in the EU Green Deal.
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Affiliation(s)
- Panos Panagos
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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- Soil and Water Conservation Research Group, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Mobility (CNR-STEMS), Torino, Italy
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- Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, University of València, Department of Geography, Valencia, Spain
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- School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, 4056, Switzerland; Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
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