SERENA EJPSOIL IE EROSION SOIL LOSS

Fahy, Alan; O'Sullivan, Lilian; Bondi, Giulia; Shahrokh, Vajihe

doi:10.5281/zenodo.13987790

Published October 24, 2024 | Version v1

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SERENA EJPSOIL IE EROSION SOIL LOSS

1. Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

The internal EJP SOIL project SERENA contributed to the evaluation of soil multifunctionality aiming at providing assessment tools for land planning and soil policies at different scales. By co-working with relevant stakeholders, the project provided co-developed indicators and associated cookbooks to assess and map them, to report both on soil degradation, soil-based ecosystem services and their bundles, under actual conditions and for climate and land-use changes, at the regional, national, and European scales.

The dataset corresponds to a map of potential soil loss (Mg/ha/yr) due to erosion risk. The map is the result of applying the Erosion cookbook developed in SERENA/EJP-Soil. The map is created by calculating the erosion factor by the RUSLE model.

Further research into the P-factor and R-factor values is necessary to produce a more reliable erosion map for Ireland. This would enhance the accuracy of soil erosion assessments and support more effective soil conservation strategies.

Notes

The data are derived from the calculation of indicators based on a standard methodology established as part of the EJP Soil SERENA programme. Please keep in mind that:

It is the result of a modelling exercise and does not necessarily reflect reality.
Despite the efforts made to provide reliable data, the results may contain inconsistencies, depending in particular on the raw data available and level of accuracy of the techniques chosen and their prior knowledge .
It is necessary to consider how the results have been obtained in order to decide on their relevance in relation to the intended purpose of reuse.
These results are interesting from a scientific point of view, but their use for environmental management and policy issues should be done keeping the previous aspects in mind and complementing when necessary the provided results with the best available data.

==> Finally, it is the responsibility of the users of this information to decide whether it is appropriate to use these data and whether the data meet their needs. The authors of this resource can in no way be held responsible for the results obtained from the use of this data.

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