TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving soil and water conservation and ecosystem services by sustainable soil management practices: From a global to an italian soil partnership
AU - Dazzi, Carmelo
AU - Munafò, Michele
AU - Altobelli, Filiberto
AU - Caon, Lucrezia
AU - Vargas, Ronald
AU - Monteleone, Alessandro
AU - Piazza, Maria Grazia
AU - Montanarella, Luca
AU - Calzolari, Costanza
AU - Corti, Giuseppe
AU - Benedetti, Anna
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identify the need to restore degraded soils in order to improve productivity and the provision of ecosystem services. The aim is to support food production, store and supply clean water, conserve biodiversity, sequester carbon, and improve soil resilience in a context of climate change. Within this framework, in order to achieve the SDGs and to correct land management in the long-term, soil management is considered mandatory. The reduction of land degradation should be based on various sustainable soil management practices that improve and maintain soil organic matter levels, increase water infiltration, and improve soil water management. This technical review-a policy paper-summarizes the sustainable and territorial impact of soil degradation, including soil water erosion, from the global level to the European and National levels. Furthermore, with the aim of sharing ongoing soil and water management actions, instruments, and initiatives, we provide information on soil and water conservation activities and prospects in Italy.
AB - The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identify the need to restore degraded soils in order to improve productivity and the provision of ecosystem services. The aim is to support food production, store and supply clean water, conserve biodiversity, sequester carbon, and improve soil resilience in a context of climate change. Within this framework, in order to achieve the SDGs and to correct land management in the long-term, soil management is considered mandatory. The reduction of land degradation should be based on various sustainable soil management practices that improve and maintain soil organic matter levels, increase water infiltration, and improve soil water management. This technical review-a policy paper-summarizes the sustainable and territorial impact of soil degradation, including soil water erosion, from the global level to the European and National levels. Furthermore, with the aim of sharing ongoing soil and water management actions, instruments, and initiatives, we provide information on soil and water conservation activities and prospects in Italy.
KW - Increase soil availability
KW - Land degradation
KW - Soil erosion
KW - Soil sealing
KW - Sustainable soil management
KW - Water conservation
KW - Increase soil availability
KW - Land degradation
KW - Soil erosion
KW - Soil sealing
KW - Sustainable soil management
KW - Water conservation
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/479669
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - 293
EP - 298
JO - Italian Journal of Agronomy
JF - Italian Journal of Agronomy
SN - 1125-4718
ER -