European Union flag
This object has been archived because its content is outdated. You can still access it as legacy.

Description

The ability of soil to deliver ecosystem services — in terms of food production, as biodiversity pools and as a regulator of gasses, water and nutrients — is under increasing pressure. Observed rates of soil sealing, erosion, contamination and decline in organic matter all reduce soil capability. Organic carbon stocks in agricultural soil may have been overestimated by 25%. A coherent soil policy at EU level would provide the framework to coordinate efforts to survey soil status adequately and provide information to preserve soil functions in terms of both adaptation of and mitigation to climate change.

Previous version of assesment: Soil — SOER 2010 thematic assessment.

 

Reference information

Websites:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/soer-2015/europe/soil
Source:

European Environment Agency

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of publication:

2015

Keywords:
degradation, soil protection
Climate impacts:

Droughts, Flooding, Ice and Snow, Storms, Extreme heat

Adaptation Approaches:

Sector Policies, Adaptation Measures and Actions

Sectors:

Agriculture, Forestry

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Language preference detected

Do you want to see the page translated into ?

Exclusion of liability
This translation is generated by eTranslation, a machine translation tool provided by the European Commission.