Soil degradation is mainly caused by non‐sustainable uses of the land. Forests play a key role in protecting soil and water. In planted forests, soil compaction, erosion or decrease in the organic horizon are often observed when soils are degraded. Optimising the forest management may significantly reduce these adverse impacts on soils
Risk management plans and tools
Soil degradation risk workshop 3: Disseminating the risk management plan
Soil degradation risk workshop 2: Evaluating the risk management plan
Soil degradation risk workshop 1: Practical guidance for developing plans to manage soil degradation risk in forestry
Output
Regional reports
Reports describing how the soil degradation risk was managed in the concerned regions at the beginning of the project, in 2016:
- Forest risk management in Asturias (2016) (ES)
- Forest risk management in Galicia (2016) (ES)
- Forest risk management in the Basque Country (2016) (ES)
- Forest risk management in Portugal (2016) (PT)
Summary report
Report summarising the management of the eight risks in the concerned regions at the beginning of the project, in 2016:
Contacts
- Basque country: Ander Arias (NEIKER) – agonzalez @ neiker.eus – coordinator
- Asturias: Elena Canga (CETEMAS) – ecanga @ cetemas.es
- Galicia: Cristina Fernández (CIF/INGACAL) – cffilgueira @ gmail.com
- Portugal: Manuel Madeira (ISA) – mavmadeira @ isa.ulisboa.pt