Soil erosion in forestland in Europe (using RUSLE2015)

Dataset (2 GIS-maps) (2016) related to soil erosion in Forestland in Europe. One map is the soil loss potential for EU28; the other map is the European Forest Cover Change for 36 European countries.
Soil erosion in forestland in Europe (using RUSLE2015)
Resource Type: 
Datasets
Soil Threats Data
Registration is requested: 
Yes
Publisher: 
European Commission - DG JRC
Year: 
2015
Themes: 
Erosion by water
Erosion by water›Erosion in forestland

Erosion in forestland (Europe)

Description: This study provides a first pan-European analysis that delineates the spatial patterns of forest cover changes in 36 countries. The first dynamic assessment of the soil loss potential in the EU-28 forests is reported. The recently published High-resolution Global Forest Cover Loss map (2000–2012) was reprocessed and validated. Results show that the map is a powerful tool to spatiotemporally indicate the forest sectors that are exposed to cover change risks. The accuracy assessment performed by using a confusion matrix based on 2300 reference forest disturbances distributed across Europe shows values of 55.1% (producer accuracy) for the algorithm-derived forest cover change areas with a Kappa Index of Agreement (KIA) of 0.672.

Title: Soil Erosion in forestland in Europe  (Using Rusle2015)
Spatial coverage: European Union (28 Member States) for soil erosion in forestland 36 countries for the forest cover changes
Pixel size: 100m 
Temporal coverage: 2010

Reference of source (Citations) 

Borrelli, P., Panagos, P., Langhammer, J., Apostol, B., Schütt, B. 2016. Assessment of the cover changes and the soil loss potential in European forestland: First approach to derive indicators to capture the ecological impacts on soil-related forest ecosystems. Ecological Indicators, 60, 1208–1220

Assessment in Forest harvest and effect on soil erosion

Title:Assessments in Forest lands (Detection of harvested area) during the period 2002-2011.

Description: The overall aim of the study is to perform a risk assessment of human-induced accelerated soil erosion processes in the forestland sectors of a test area of the European Union. The selected physiographic unit is Italy, which falls in a Mediterranean region particularly prone to erosion. In Italy, forestland is the second most common type of land use covering about 87,592 km² (29% of the land surface), out of which 42% is currently managed as coppice forest.

Spatial coverage: Italy. 
Pixel size: 10m 
Temporal coverage: 2002-2011


Reference of source (Citations)

  • Borrelli, P., Modugno, S. Panagos, P., Marchetti, M. Schütt, B. Montanarella, L. (2014). Detection of harvested forest areas in Italy using Landsat imagery. Applied Geography 48 , 102-111.
  • Borrelli, P., Märker, M., Panagos, P., Schütt, B. (2014). Modeling soil erosion and river sediment yield for an intermountain drainage basin of the Central Apennines, Italy. Catena, 114, pp. 45–58.

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Soil erosion in forestland in Europe (using RUSLE2015)

 

 

 

 

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Reference of source (Citations) :

  1. Borrelli, P., Panagos, P., Langhammer, J., Apostol, B., Schütt, B. 2016. Assessment of the cover changes and the soil loss potential in European forestland: First approach to derive indicators to capture the ecological impacts on soil-related forest ecosystems. Ecological Indicators, 60, 1208–1220
  2. Borrelli, P., Modugno, S. Panagos, P., Marchetti, M. Schutt, B. Montanarella, L. (2014). Detection of harvested forest areas in Italy using Landsat imagery. Applied Geography 48 , 102-111.
  3. Borrelli, P., Märker, M., Panagos, P., Schütt, B. (2014). Modeling soil erosion and river sediment yield for an intermountain drainage basin of the Central Apennines, Italy. Catena, 114, pp. 45–58.

 

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A.  Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
  • Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L., “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements”; (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
  • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, Joint Research Centre