Sensitivity to desertification index map

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Map from the DISMED project (Desertification Information System for the Mediterranean) showing the sensitivity to desertification and drought as defined by the sensitivity to desertification index (SDI) based on soil quality, climate and vegetation parameters.

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Last upload:: 11 Feb 2009
Temporal coverage:: 2008
Tags:: climate , thematic assessments , dismed , soil , desertification , mediterranean , soer2010 , land cover , droughts , vegetation
Geographic coverage:: Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the , France , Greece , Italy , Montenegro , Portugal , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain
Methodology:: The adopted methodology is inspired by the one developed in the framework of the MEDALUS project (Mediterranean Desertification And Land Use). Sensitivity to the desertification of the different spatial homogeneous units is defined by an index (ISD: index of sensitivity to the Desertification) obtained from the geometrical average of three indexes of the soil quality, climate and vegetation. This raster version was built from a calculation within three indexes: Soil (Soil Database V2 (JRC)), Vegetation (CLC 2000) and Climate (Aridity index).
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Figure type:: Map

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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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