OPENAIRE OpenAire Datacite Archivio della Ricerca - Università degli Studi Roma Tre DOAJ Crossref Europe PubMed Central PubMed Central European Union Open Data Portal Nature Communications Open Access 2024-05-08 2024-09-17 Abstract<p>Land degradation is a complex socio-environmental threat, which generally occurs as multiple concurrent pathways that remain largely unexplored in Europe. Here we present an unprecedented analysis of land multi-degradation in 40 continental countries, using twelve dataset-based processes that were modelled as land degradation convergence and combination pathways in Europe￢ﾀﾙs agricultural (and arable) environments. Using a Land Multi-degradation Index, we find that up to 27%, 35% and 22% of continental agricultural (~2 million km2) and arable (~1.1 million km2) lands are currently threatened by one, two, and three drivers of degradation, while 10￢ﾀﾓ11% of pan-European agricultural/arable landscapes are cumulatively affected by four and at least five concurrent processes. We also explore the complex pattern of spatially interacting processes, emphasizing the major combinations of land degradation pathways across continental and national boundaries. Our results will enable policymakers to develop knowledge-based strategies for land degradation mitigation and other critical European sustainable development goals.</p Degradation (telecommunications) Soil Degradation Science Soil Science 01 natural sciences Environmental protection Article Environmental science 12. Responsible consumption Agricultural and Biological Sciences Agricultural land Sustainable development 11. Sustainability Arable land Environmental resource management Biology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 2. Zero hunger Global and Planetary Change Global Analysis of Ecosystem Services and Land Use Geography Ecology Q 1. No poverty Life Sciences Agriculture 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 15. Life on land Computer science Soil Erosion and Agricultural Sustainability Land Tenure and Property Rights in Agriculture Threatened species Environmental degradation Habitat Archaeology Land Fragmentation 13. Climate action FOS: Biological sciences Environmental Science Physical Sciences Land use Telecommunications 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries Land degradation Remus Prăvălie, Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Cristiano Ballabio, Emanuele Lugato, Adrian Chappell, Gonzalo Míguez-Macho, Federico Maggi, Jian Peng, Mihai Niculiţă, Bogdan Roșca, Cristian Valeriu Patriche, Monica Dumitraşcu, Georgeta Bandoc, Ion-Andrei Niță, Marius-Victor Bîrsan, 2024-05-08 journalpaper Abstract<p>Land degradation is a complex socio-environmental threat, which generally occurs as multiple concurrent pathways that remain largely unexplored in Europe. Here we present an unprecedented analysis of land multi-degradation in 40 continental countries, using twelve dataset-based processes that were modelled as land degradation convergence and combination pathways in Europe￢ﾀﾙs agricultural (and arable) environments. Using a Land Multi-degradation Index, we find that up to 27%, 35% and 22% of continental agricultural (~2 million km2) and arable (~1.1 million km2) lands are currently threatened by one, two, and three drivers of degradation, while 10￢ﾀﾓ11% of pan-European agricultural/arable landscapes are cumulatively affected by four and at least five concurrent processes. We also explore the complex pattern of spatially interacting processes, emphasizing the major combinations of land degradation pathways across continental and national boundaries. Our results will enable policymakers to develop knowledge-based strategies for land degradation mitigation and other critical European sustainable development goals.</p A unifying modelling of multiple land degradation pathways in Europe 11590/484290 https://doi.org/11590/484290 101086179