{"id":19200,"date":"2022-06-22T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=19200"},"modified":"2022-07-03T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T09:33:08","slug":"land-take-europe-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/land-take-europe-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe has lost 3,600 km2 of soil due to land take in seven years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Between 2012 and 2018, soil loss mainly affected suburbs and semi-rural areas that play a key role in ecological balance with severe consequences for the climate, the European Environment Agency says<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3,581 square kilometers<\/strong>, ore more than double the size of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgeografia.com\/en\/europe\/largest-cities-europe.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London&#8217;s metropolitan area<\/a>, is the measure of soil consumption recorded in Europe between 2012 and 2018, according to data released in the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/publications\/land-take-and-land-degradation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by the EEA, the <strong>EU Environment Agency<\/strong>. Analyzing the numbers on 662 functional urban areas (i.e., cities plus their suburbs) in the EU-27 and the United Kingdom, the researchers thus delineated the scale of a worrying phenomenon that impacts the lives of the majority of individuals. The surveyed zones, in fact, account for less than a quarter of Europe&#8217;s land area but are home to 75 percent of the continent&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lnizKHNdlP\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/eu-soil-law\/\">EU ready to work on soil law: &#8220;Net consumption must go to zero by 2050&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;EU ready to work on soil law: &#8220;Net consumption must go to zero by 2050&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/eu-soil-law\/embed\/#?secret=gFRAVILKwo#?secret=lnizKHNdlP\" data-secret=\"lnizKHNdlP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>Commuting zones are most affected<\/h5>\n<p>According to the authors, nearly 80 percent of land consumption has occurred in <strong>commuting zones<\/strong> or, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:Commuting_zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official definition<\/a>, suburbs closely connected to the urban system where at least 15 percent of residents work in the city. These semi-rural spaces, the report says, &#8220;are often important for wildlife, carbon sequestration, flood protection, and supply of food and fibres.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>These areas, where land use is less efficient (&#8220;Commuting zones have much more artificial areas per person than cities&#8221;), are therefore at the center of <strong>a particularly dangerous phenomenon<\/strong> with possibly devastating consequences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;&#8221;Continuing land take destroys biodiversity and makes Europe <strong>increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters<\/strong>&#8220;, the authors say. Indeed, &#8220;Stopping land degradation and restoring wetlands, <a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/peatlands-project-bohemian-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peatlands<\/a>, coastal ecosystems, forests, grasslands, and farmland are key to preventing biodiversity decline and adapting to climate change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19162\" style=\"width: 761px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19162\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19163\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-tipo-di-terreni.jpg\" alt=\"Le vittime del consumo di suolo (tipi di terreno) in Europa 2012-18. Fonte: \u00a9 European Environment Agency, 2022. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.\" width=\"751\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-tipo-di-terreni.jpg 751w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-tipo-di-terreni-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-tipo-di-terreni-705x453.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victims of land consumption (land types) in Europe 2012-18. Source: \u00a9 European Environment Agency, 2022. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Romania and Slovakia hit negative records<\/h5>\n<p>In the analysis by land type, arable land is the most affected category with a 1,694 km2 impact, or <strong>47 percent of the land consumed<\/strong> in Europe between 2012 and 2018. Pasture land came next with 1,276 km2, or 36 percent. Forest loss affected only 338 km2.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The major land use pressure causing these changes&#8221;, the report says, &#8220;is <strong>the expansion of industrial and commercial units<\/strong>, the sprawl of residential areas and the expansion of construction sites.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Among the hardest hit countries is <strong>Romania<\/strong>, where land consumption has affected about 9 percent of the suburban area. <strong>Slovakia<\/strong>, on the other hand, holds the highest record for urban land acquisition (3.9 percent). Among the least damaged nations are Malta, Greece and Slovenia. <strong>Italy<\/strong> records recorded low percentages: 1.81 percent in cities, 2.13 percent in commuting areas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19164\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19164\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19165\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-paesi.jpg\" alt=\"I Paesi pi\u00f9 colpiti dal consumo di suolo in Europa 2012-18. Fonte: \u00a9 European Environment Agency, 2022. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.\" width=\"625\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-paesi.jpg 625w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-paesi-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-paesi-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/consumo-suolo-paesi-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Countries most affected by land consumption in Europe 2012-18. Source: \u00a9 European Environment Agency, 2022. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Soil sealing affects nearly 1,500 km2<\/h5>\n<p>One of the most worrying trends is still <strong>soil sealing<\/strong>. This process has affected <strong>1,467 km2<\/strong> with serious consequences for climate and environment. Impermeable soil cover, in fact, impacts carbon sequestration. According to the authors, the loss recorded in the seven years under review <strong>amounted to 4.2 million tons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to damaging its biodiversity, moreover, soil sealing in urban floodplains increases the effects of <strong>flooding<\/strong> by preventing the absorption of water into soils. In these areas, the researchers point out, sealing in the period 2012-18 <strong>increased by 2.4 percent<\/strong>, covering about 146,000 hectares. Among the main causes are the development of new industrial, commercial and public areas. As well as the expansion of residential areas and construction sites.<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UTwobkwORJ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/call-eu-soil-law\/\">European law on soil, full of proposals for the EU call<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;European law on soil, full of proposals for the EU call&#8221; &#8212; Re Soil Foundation\" src=\"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/articles\/call-eu-soil-law\/embed\/#?secret=UgCCnKfZbs#?secret=UTwobkwORJ\" data-secret=\"UTwobkwORJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5>Europe needs to set binding targets for soil<\/h5>\n<p>At the moment, the study points out, there are no binding policies on land consumption and soil sealing in Europe. New rules, however, could be approved soon as the <strong>EU Soil Strategy<\/strong> calls for member countries to set reduction targets until neutrality is achieved in 2050. When, hopefully, the total consumed area should no longer exceed the restored amount.<\/p>\n<p>No less important is the <strong>Biodiversity Strategy<\/strong>, which calls for the regeneration of ecosystems affected by the phenomenon. Also supporting the call is the analysis of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which identifies urban sprawl as one of the main causes of loss of natural diversity globally. Under these premises, the researchers conclude, &#8220;Europe cannot continue its recent land take trends, as the continuous <strong>loss of ecosystem functions<\/strong> renders it increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters, while it continues to lose biodiversity.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 2012 and 2018, soil loss mainly affected suburbs and semi-rural areas that play a key role in ecological balance with severe consequences for the climate, the European Environment Agency 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