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DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150106
	Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences
	Ferreira, Carla S. S.; Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh; Destouni, Georgia; Ghajarnia, Navid; Kalantari, Zahra
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0048-9697
EISSN	1879-1026
卷号	805
英文摘要	Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of contaminants and transfer of mass and energy between spheres. Unsustainable management practices and climate change are threatening the natural capital of soils, particularly in the Mediterranean region, where increasing population, rapid land-use changes, associated socio-economic activities and climate change are imposing high pressures on the region's shallow soils. Despite evidence of high soil susceptibility to degradation and desertification, the true extent of soil degradation in the region is unknown. This paper reviews and summarises the scientific literature and relevant official reports, with the aim to advance this knowledge by synthesizing, mapping, and identifying gaps regarding the status, causes, and consequences of soil degradation processes in the European Mediterranean region. This is needed as scientific underpinning of efforts to counteract soil degradation in the region. Three main degradation categories are then considered: physical (soil sealing, compaction, erosion), chemical (soil organic matter, contamination, salinisation), and biological. We find some degradation processes to be relatively well documented (e.g. soil erosion), while others, such as loss of biodiversity, remain poorly addressed, with limited data availability. We suggest establishment of a continuous, harmonised soil monitoring system at national and regional scale in the Mediterranean region to provide comparable datasets and chart the spatial extent and temporal changes in soil degradation, and corresponding economic implications. This is critical to support decision making and fulfilment of related sustainable development goals. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
英文关键词	Mediterranean; Soil degradation; Soil erosion; Soil sealing; Soil organic matter; Soil biodiversity
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences
WOS类目	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
WOS记录号	WOS:000704385400004
来源期刊	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/281171
作者单位	Stockholm University; Stockholm University; Royal Institute of Technology
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ferreira, Carla S. S.,Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh,Destouni, Georgia,et al. Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences[J],2022,805.
APA	Ferreira, Carla S. S.,Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh,Destouni, Georgia,Ghajarnia, Navid,&Kalantari, Zahra.(2022).Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,805.
MLA	Ferreira, Carla S. S.,et al."Soil degradation in the European Mediterranean region: Processes, status and consequences".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 805(2022).