Annual impact of soil losses due to urbanisation

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Graph showing annual impact of soil losses, due to urbanisation, on the production capability of agriculture between 1990 and 2000 based on an analysis of CORINE Land Cover Data

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Temporal coverage:

1990 , 2000

Tags:

soer2010 , soil , loss of land , soil sealing , urbanisation , thematic assessments

Geographic coverage:

Austria , Belgium , Czechia , Estonia , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain

Methodology:

Changes in the area of agricultural land were assessed from CORINE 1990 /2000 using GIS. Wheat yields were based on data from the JRC MARS project at NUTS3 level.

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Percent

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Soil — SOER 2010 thematic assessment Nearly all of the food and fibres used by humans are produced on soil. Soil is also essential for water and ecosystem health. It is second only to the oceans as a global carbon sink, with an important role in the potential slowing of climate change. Soil functions depend on a multitude of soil organisms which makes it an important part of our biodiversity. Nevertheless, soil in many parts of Europe is being over-exploited, degraded and irreversibly lost due to impacts from industrial activities and land use change, leading to soil sealing, contamination, erosion and loss of organic carbon. Due to these problems, legislation for the protection of soils has been proposed at EU level.

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