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The graph shows a breakdown of the industrial and commercial activities causing soil contamination as % of the number of sites for each branch of activity
The map is based on The Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment (PESERA) model, which uses a process-based and spatially distributed model to estimate soil erosion risk by water across Europe
Predicted changes in soil organic carbon for croplands 1990–2080. The image on the left shows changes due to climate change only while the map on the right shows changes as a result of variations in net primary production and the advent of new technologies related to crop management (e.g. machinery, pesticides, herbicides, agronomic knowledge of farmers) and breeding (development of higher yielding varieties through improved stress resistance and/or yield potential) that result in yield increases.
Left: example of a forecast of topsoil moisture (15 July, 2008), right: subsoil available water capacity derived from modelling data.
(1) Belgium: data refer to Flanders (2) Germany: 'Industrial Activities' also include 'Accidents' and 'Other'; 'Municipal Waste Disposal' also includes 'Industrial Waste Disposal' (3) Bulgaria: Others include storage of pesticides, contaminated soils by mining and industrial activities (a) minor accidents are not included (b) the percentage share refers to the total number of identified, suspected sites (c) data refers exclusively to abandoned sites (not in operation) (d) Municipal waste disposal also includes industrial waste disposal
SOER2010-title: Contamited sites in Europe, 2006. The graphs shows the status of identification and clean‑up of contaminated sites in Europe as reported to the European Environment Agency through the Eionet priority data flows on contaminated sites. While trends vary across Europe, it is clear that the remediation of contaminated sites is still a significant undertaking.
Sensitivity to desertification and drought in the Mediterranean basin.
The graph shows annual site remediation expenditures in selected European countries as EUR per capita
The graph shows the estimated allocation of public and private expenditure for site remediation.Values on top indicate total annual management expenditure in Million euro
The graph shows a breakdown of the main sources causing soil contamination by country as % of the number of sites where preliminary investigations have been completed
Notes: At 309 intensive monitoring plots
The graph shows remediation technologies applied in the surveyed countries as percentages of number of sites per type of treatment
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