DATASET

Soil erosion control

Collection: MAES : Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services 

Description

Soil erosion control is a key ecosystem service delivered by terrestrial ecosystems, mainly through vegetation cover. Two indicators are used to quantify capacity and use of the service. A first dimensionless indicator measures the capacity of ecosystems to avoid soil erosion by assigning values ranging from 0 to 1 at pixel level, covering the EU-28 territory for the year

2010. A second indicator measures how much soil is retained by vegetation based on the difference between soil erosion in presence of vegetation and soil erosion in absence of vegetation. The quantification is based on an application of the RUSLE model.

Contact

Email
joachim.maes (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

  • Joachim Maes

How to cite

Maes, Joachim (2010): Soil erosion control. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4ccdbbf0-fc7c-4fd7-bd8b-f11a06f5df0b

Keywords

ecosystem services erosion soil

Data access

Download baseline 2010
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  • This compressed zipfile SEC.zip contains data at 100 m resolution assessed for the year 2010. SEC, or the capacity to avoid soil erosion is a dimensionless value between 0 and 10.

Download baseline 2010
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  • This compressed zipfile ASE.zip contains data at 100 m resolution assessed for the year 2010. ASE or avoided soil erosion is expressed in tonne soil retained per year.

Publications

Publication
An assessment of soil erosion prevention by vegetation in Mediterranean Europe: current trends of ecosystem service provision
Bastos De Morais Guerra C, Maes J, Geijzendorffer I, Metzger M. An assessment of soil erosion prevention by vegetation in Mediterranean Europe: current trends of ecosystem service provision. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 60; 2016. p. 213-222. JRC92664
Publication
Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: Trends in ecosystems and ecosystem services in the European Union between 2000 and 2010
Maes J, Fabrega Domenech N, Zulian G, Lopes Barbosa A, Vizcaino Martinez M, Ivits E, Polce C, Vandecasteele I, Mari Rivero I, Bastos De Morais Guerra C, Perpiña Castillo C, Vallecillo Rodriguez S, Baranzelli C, Ribeiro Barranco R, Batista E Silva F, Jacobs C, Trombetti M, Lavalle C. Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: Trends in ecosystems and ecosystem services in the European Union between 2000 and 2010. EUR 27143. Luxembourg (Luxembourg): Publications Office of the European Union; 2015. JRC94889

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((-11.5 81.4, 43.2 81.4, 43.2 35.3, -11.5 35.3, -11.5 81.4))

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2010-01-01 2010-01-01

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-03-26
Modified date
2021-03-26
Issued date
2010-07-26
Landing page
http://biodiversity.europa.eu/maes 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Economy and finance, Environment, Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/4ccdbbf0-fc7c-4fd7-bd8b-f11a06f5df0b
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