SEEMLA publication in SOIL: “Assessment and quantification of marginal lands for biomass production in Europe using soil-quality indicators”
SOIL, an international scientific journal of the European Geosciences Union, has published an article about the Seemla assessment and quantification of marginal lands for biomass production in Europe using soil-quality indicators.
Thanks to the authors for this important achievement:
Werner Gerwin – Research Center Landscape Development and Mining Landscapes, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Frank Repmann – Chair of Soil Protection and Recultivation, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Spyridon Galatsidas – Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, 68200, Greece
Despoina Vlachaki – Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, 68200, Greece
Nikos Gounaris – Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, 68200, Greece
Wibke Baumgarten – Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, 18276 Gülzow, Germany
Christiane Volkmann – Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, 18276 Gülzow, Germany
Dimitrios Keramitzis – Decentralized Administration of Macedonia & Thrace, Thessaloniki, 54655, Greece
Fotis Kiourtsis – Decentralized Administration of Macedonia & Thrace, Thessaloniki, 54655, Greece
Dirk Freese – Chair of Soil Protection and Recultivation, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Short summary:
The need for biomass for energetic or material use is increasing parallel to the need to extend the production of food for a growing world population. This results in conflicts between both land use strategies. Use of marginal lands could solve this conflict, however, the understanding of marginal lands and the knowledge of their potentials are still not fully developed. We present an approach to assess land marginality based on soil quality and an estimation of land potentials all over Europe.
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