Soil Conservation in Europe: Wish or Reality?

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1547-1551

  Panagos, Panos ^a   Imeson, Anton ^b   Meusburger, Katrin ^c   Borrelli, Pasquale ^a   Poesen, Jean ^d   Alewell, Christine ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b 3D Environmental Change ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CAP; land degradation; soil erosion; soil loss; soil protection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; LAND USE; SOILS;

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONSERVATION MEASURES; ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL PROTECTION;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84971406156     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2538     Document Type: Article

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