Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services-goods and
resources-ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to …

In recent years, toxic pollution from heavy metal (loid) s in soil has become a severe
environmental problem worldwide. The migration and transformation of heavy metal (loid) s …

Afforestation has been proposed as an effective method of carbon (C) sequestration;
however, the magnitude and direction of soil C and nitrogen (N) dynamics following …

Soil and water losses due to agricultural mismanagement are high and non-sustainable in
many orchards. An experiment was set up with rainfall simulation at 78 mm h–1 over 1 hour …

Globally, grazing exclusion (GE) is an effective management practice to restore degraded
grasslands and improve carbon (C) stock. However, the C dynamics in grasslands …

Although soil erosion in vineyards is key to understanding the sustainability of agricultural
management, there is not a worldwide definitive state-of-the-art review. It is accepted that …

Erosion and vegetation change intertwine in affecting soil organic carbon (SOC), yet their
separate effects have not been explicitly disentangled, precluding a precise assessment of …

It is needed to find the proper management from a biophysical point of view to promote
sustainable agriculture. However, it is also necessary that farmers accept new strategies that …

Spatial modelling of gully erosion at regional level is very relevant for local authorities to
establish successful counter-measures and to change land-use planning. This work is …