Impact of land use on vegetation productivity in Europe

Description

Ecosystem degradation threatens biodiversity and resilience to climate change, and tackling it is a major goal of EU environmental policy. Vegetation productivity is a key indicator of ecosystem condition and can be used to monitor the effects of climate, land use and land use change. From 2000 to 2016, productivity in Europe showed a regional pattern of increase and decline, driven in part by climatic variation, but most notably by land use change. Agricultural land management and converting land for agriculture drove productivity increases, whereas urban sprawl caused declines.

Reference information

Websites:

https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/impact-of-land-use-on

Published in Climate-ADAPT: May 2, 2023

Date of publication:

2023

Keywords:

agriculture, biodiversity, climate change adaptation, land use, soil

Climate impacts:

Non specific

Adaptation Approaches:

Sector Policies, Adaptation Plans and Strategies

Sectors:

Agriculture, Biodiversity protection

Geographic characterisation:

Global

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