Agricultural Land Degradation in Sweden

Sammanfattning

The current status of agricultural soils in Sweden is dominated by a tendency of land abandonment in some areas vs. intensification which leads to soil degradation in other areas, like the south of the country. Overgrazing, slash-and-burn agricultural practices or salinization is currently not a problem for Swedish agriculture. On the other hand, soil compaction and erosion represent problems, mostly in some areas of Sweden. Agricultural soils are also exposed to different soil contaminants, pesticides and microplastics which can have negative or unclear effects in the soil ecosystem.

Nyckelord

Agriculture; Land abandonment; Soil degradation; Sweden

Publicerad i

The handbook of environmental chemistry
2023, volym: 121, nummer: 121, sidor: 299-323
Titel: Impact of Agriculture on Soil Degradation II : A European Perspective
Utgivare: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

SLU författare

• Barreiro, Ana

  • Institutionen för biosystem och teknologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

• Dimitrova Mårtensson, Linda-Maria

  • Institutionen för biosystem och teknologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap
Markvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2022_916
• ISBN: 978-3-031-32051-4
• eISBN: 978-3-031-32052-1

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129605