REPORT 5.1New RECARE report published  'Measures for Preventing, Mitigating and Remediating Soil Threats in Europe - a Literature Review'

A new RECARE report has been publised 'Measures for Preventing, Mitigating and Remediating Soil Threats in Europe - a Literature Review'. This comprehensive review, compiled by Zhanguo Bai and collegues of the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC), presents an extensive literature review of measures for preventing, mitigating and remediating soil threats in Europe and the wider world that has been conducted using a wide range of data sources and personal communication with RECARE project partners. The review focuses on actual measures being applied around the world to prevent, mitigate or remediate the 12 soil threats as specified by RECARE. The existing measures are presented for each of the RECARE soil threats.

Whereas measures for control of erosion by water and wind, desertification, and contamination can easily be found, much less information is available for arresting decline in organic matter in peat and mineral soils, flooding, landslides, soil sealing, or loss of soil biodiversity.

The report can be downloaded here