A new research project in the field of soil erosion has just started this January. The aim of this project is to develop an integrated approach for soil erosion mapping, modelling and prediction, for temperate region from Romania, based on remote sensing and GIS techniques. The project is funded by UEFISCDI and hosted by the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography.
Why is important such a project? Because soil is an essential natural resource that plays a critical role in ecosystem functioning and human livelihood, providing significant environmental, social and economic functions (according to FAO, 2019). The high pressure exerted over soil in the last centuries caused one of most significant environmental problems worldwide: soil erosion. As a critical component of land degradation, soil erosion represents a global threat for agricultural productivity (Montgomery, 2007), food security and biodiversity (FAO & ITPS, 2015; Liu & Zhang, 2019), being classified as a global environmental issue (Blanco, Hardtke, Rostagno, Del Valle, & Metternicht, 2017; Panagos, Meusburger, Ballabio, Borrelli, & Alewell, 2014; Poesen, 2018; Vanmaercke et al., 2021).
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