Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in ITALY (USLE)

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In an attempt to identify erosion-prone areas in the Mediterranean, a project was initiated in Italy that aims to assess erosion risk at national level. The project forms part of the Soil Map of Italy Project, a major initiative aimed at compiling a 1:250,000 scale soil map and associated database for Italy. This is urgently needed for environmental protection and planning the sustainable use of land resources in the country.

An approach based on the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) was adopted. The results presented here give a brief overview of the results of the project.

A brief description of the methods used.
An overview of the results so far.
Download the final report.
Credits.

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