We present the version 1.2 of the recently published [Nature communications 8, 2013 (2017)] RUSLE-based Global Soil Erosion Modelling platform (GloSEM). Unlike version 1.1, effects of permanent crops, managed pasture and temporary disturbed forest loss are spatially defined based on a probabilistic land by using allocation approach and their implications for soil erosion are assessed in the advanced version 1.2. For 2012, we estimated an annual total soil erosion of 38.9 Pg/a. This constitutes an increase of ca. 8% compared to the previous version (35.9 Pg/a) which is due to an increase of soil erosion mainly related to the new areas classified as managed pasture and to a lesser extent to permanent crop and forest disturbances.
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7916-2_1
