Soil quality is threatened by the increase in human population and by the fact that most of
the cultivable land is intensively used. The initial interest in this topic focused on defining soil …

Soil is an important component for monitoring the sustainability of land use in relation to both
the conservation of natural resources and biodiversity of ecosystems. Recent research has …

The current and projected anthropogenic global warming and the attendant increase in the
severity and extent of soil degradation may exacerbate the intensity and duration of drought …

Abstract Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in September 2015
aim to end hunger and poverty, to protect the Planet, and to ensure peace and prosperity for …

Global climate change and human activities are expected to have far-reaching implications
for the associations between ecosystem services (ESs), especially in arid regions. Here …

Management systems influence soil quality over time. A randomized block design in 2
(tillage system)× 3 (crop rotation) factorial arrangement was laid-out to evaluate the impact …

Human societies rely on the vast diversity of benefits provided by nature, such as food,
fibres, construction materials, clean water, clean air and climate regulation. All the elements …

We present here an indicator of soil quality that evaluates soil ecosystem services through a
set of 5 subindicators, and further combines them into a single general Indicator of Soil …

Urban‐induced habitat conversion drastically changes soil life in a variety of ways. Soil
sealing, human disturbance, habitat fragmentation, industrial and vehicular pollution are the …

Abstract An environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was performed to compare four
typical milk production systems of the Po Valley: drinking milk (A); Parmigiano-Reggiano …