Mediterranean areas of both southern Europe and North Africa are subject to dramatic
changes that will affect the sustainability, quantity, quality, and management of water …

Soil water erosion on cultivated lands represents a severe threat to soil resources in the
world, and especially in Mediterranean areas, due to their topographic, edaphic and climatic …

Forest restoration is being scaled up globally to deliver critical ecosystem services and
biodiversity benefits; however, there is a lack of rigorous comparison of cobenefit delivery …

Farmland abandonment is a major problem in parts of Europe, particularly in mountain
areas and semiarid environments. In such places, farmland abandonment represents a …

Intense erosion processes are widespread in the Mediterranean region, and include sheet
wash erosion, rilling, gullying, shallow landsliding, and the development of large and active …

Terracing has long been considered a strategy for soil and water conservation in many
mountainous regions of the world. However, the effectiveness of terracing is limited by many …

Land degradation, and soil and nutrient loss, are significant environmental problems in semi-
arid agricultural environments in the Mediterranean Basin. One land use that is particularly …

Shrubland is a Mediterranean biome characterized by densely growing evergreen shrubs
adapted to fire events. To date, scientific research has focused on the impact of vegetation …

The largest currently compiled database of plot runoff and soil loss data in Europe and the
Mediterranean was analysed to investigate effects of land use on annual soil loss (SL) …

Vineyard landscapes are a relevant part of the European culture, and several authors
concluded that they are the agricultural practice that causes the highest soil loss. Grape …