Since the 1950s, noteworthy farmland abandonment has been occurring in many developed
countries and some developing countries. This global land use phenomenon has …

Mediterranean areas of both southern Europe and North Africa are subject to dramatic
changes that will affect the sustainability, quantity, quality, and management of water …

In the last decades, there have been large areas of agricultural land that were abandoned in
Europe, producing significant social and environmental impacts. Land abandonment is a …

Soil erosion is a key factor in Mediterranean environments, and is not only closely related to
geoecological factors (lithology, topography, and climatology) but also to land-use and plant …

Farmland abandonment is a major problem in parts of Europe, particularly in mountain
areas and semiarid environments. In such places, farmland abandonment represents a …

Agricultural activities and their complex effects on nature conservation, and the services that
ecosystems deliver to humans are controversial. We present an overview of land …

Soil erosion by water is one of the most important land degradation processes in
Mediterranean environments. This process is strongly linked to problems of flooding and …

The largest currently compiled database of plot runoff and soil loss data in Europe and the
Mediterranean was analysed to investigate effects of land use on annual soil loss (SL) …

Plans to increase the amount of irrigated land in Mediterranean countries should consider
how changes in climate and land-use affect water resources. In this study, both precipitation …

Land-use changes affecting Mediterranean mountains represent the intensification of use in
valley bottoms, accompanied by land-use conflicts, and a generalized abandonment of the …