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HomeAssessment of changes in topsoil properties in LUCAS samples between 2009/2012 and 2015 surveys
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Soil delivers fundamental ecosystem services that support human well-being. These include the provision of food, feed, fuel, fibre and genetic resources, the regulation of storage, filtration and cycling of nutrients and water, cultural (aesthetic, spiritual and recreational) values and supporting the provision of all other services. Policies for sustainable land and soil management should be based on monitoring systems that are able to provide evidence of the impact of land use/land cover changes and climate change in soil condition, both in space and in time. In this context, the topsoil assessment module of the Land Use and Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) is the first harmonised soil monitoring network at European Union (EU) level that uses a common sampling procedure and standard analysis methods. Eurostat has carried out the LUCAS survey every 3 years since 2006. The surveys are based on the visual assessment of environmental and structural elements of the landscape in georeferenced control points, a subsample of which is selected to be visited to collect field-based information. In 2009, a soil assessment module was added within the LUCAS survey with the scope to create a harmonised and comparable dataset of physical and chemical properties of topsoil across the EU to support policymaking. About 20,000 soil points were selected across 27 member states (except Bulgaria and Romania) based on a stratified sampling scheme with land use and terrain information as attributes. At each point, samples were collected from a depth of 20 cm using a common sampling procedure. Subsequently, the samples were analysed for several properties in a single laboratory using standard analytical methods. The same point selection procedure, sampling method and analysis methods were extended in 2012 to Bulgaria and Romania, where samples were collected for about 2,000 soil points. The LUCAS Topsoil Survey was repeated in 2015, year in which 17,613 soil points sampled in the LUCAS 2009 and 2012 surveys were revisited. Furthermore, new soil points at an altitude of 1,000 - 2,000 m were added to the survey (the altitude limit was 1,000 m in LUCAS 2009 and 2012 surveys). The soil module was also extended by the JRC to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia. In total, 27,069 points were selected for the topsoil survey in 2015, of which 25,947 were located in the EU-28 MS.
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- Ämnen: Forskning inom vetenskap och teknik
- Ämne: fodermedel , forskningsrapport , hållbar utveckling , jordanalys , klimatförändring , kosttillskott , livsmedel , medlemsstat i EU , miljöpåverkan , miljöövervakning , urval , vattenanvändning , åkermark
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| ISSN 1831-9424 | ISBN 978-92-76-17430-1 | DOI 10.2760/5503 | Katalognummer KJ-NA-30147-EN-N |
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