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Temporary Dataset Download: Land degradation and desertification assessment in the EU

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Schillaci, C., Broothaerts, N., Yunta Mezquita, F., Panagos, P., Jones, A. (2026). A methodology to characterise land degradation and desertification in the European Union – A response to the European Court of Auditors Special Report 33/2018. Publications Office of the European Union.

Schillaci, C., Broothaerts, N., Yunta, F., Panagos, P., Scarpa, S., Jones, A. (2026). Towards a better characterisation of land degradation and desertification in the European Union – An assessment. Publications Office of the European Union.

Panagos P, Broothaerts N, Ballabio C, Orgiazzi A, De Rosa D, Borrelli P, Liakos L, Vieira D, Van Eynde E, Arias Navarro C, Breure T, Fendrich A, Köninger J, Labouyrie M, Matthews F, Muntwyler A, Jimenez JM, Wojda P, Yunta F, Marechal A, Sala S, Jones A. 2024. How the EU Soil Observatory is providing solid science for healthy soils. European Journal of Soil Science 75(3). e13507. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13507

Schillaci, C., Yunta, F., Scarpa, S., Wojda, P., Vieira, D., Panagos, P., Pulina, A., and Jones, A. (2026). Enhancing the SDG 15.3.1 land-cover transition matrix using multidecadal vegetation indicators. Journal of Land Use Science, 21(1): 163–183. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2026.2638216

Prăvălie R, Borrelli P, Panagos P, Ballabio C, Lugato E, Chappell A, Miguez-Macho G, Maggi F, Peng J, Niculiță M, Roșca B, Patriche C, Dumitrașcu M, Bandoc G, Nita I-A, Birsan M-V. 2024. A unifying modelling of multiple land degradation pathways in Europe. Nature Communications 15: 3862. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48252-x

 

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 133398
Date - Time Mon, 09/14/2026 - 10:40
Name of User Jialin LIU
Organization University of Cyprus
Type of Organization Research Organization
-- Other
E-mail liu.jialin@outlook.com
Purpose Analyse degraded land in Cyprus which in accordance with the JRC 2026 reports. This is a part of my postdoc research.
Notes

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