Atlante Nazionale Delle Aree a Rischio Di Desertificazione

Atlante Nazionale Delle Aree a Rischio Di Desertificazione. Costantini, E. A. C., Barbetti, R., Finoia, M., L'Abate, G., Magini, S., Napoli, R., Bonati, G., Fais, A., Nino, P., Tascone, F., Bocci, M., Salvestrini, L., Paolanti, M., Leoni, G., Rivieccio, R., Rastelli, B., Urbano, F., Loj, G., Perciabosco, M., Aramini, G., & Bellino, F. Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria (INEA).

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[Excerpt: Summary] The Italian Ministry for Environment and Territory has funded the implementation of a national Atlas on areas with risk of desertification, in order to have a preliminary tool for the correct implementation of the National Action Plan (PAN) to combat drought and desertification. The PAN has been adopted by the Italian government through the National Committed to Combat Drought and Desertification (CNLSD), established in accordance with UNCCD (ratified by Italy with law n. 170 on June 4th 1997). [\n] Besided C.R.A. - Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo (ISSDS) and Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria, the present research has involved regional representatives for soil science and desertification in the regions Sardegna, Sicilia, Calabria e Puglia. This involvement aimed at matching the various proposed methodologies with regional experiences and validating final results. Furthermore, in the project were involved a few consultants for specific activities. [\n] Limitations in the budget, compared to the relevance of the area to be examined and to the limited time frame of the project, did not allow to carry out specific localized data collection, as well as detailed local surveys on desertification processes and on their evolution over time. We are aware that in Italy there are several experiences on mapping desertification risks and processes, at local, regional, national and Europewide scale, many of them under the ESA (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) approach proposed within the MEDALUS project, although with relevant adaptation and changes. Due to the diversity of results obtained in previous experiences and to the adoption of a national scale in this research (that badly fits into the ESA approach), it was decided to utilize databases already existing in partner institutions and to adopt an innovative approach. One of the objectives of the PAN itself is to promote scientific research in this field. [\n] The adopted methodology considers a desertified area as an area with functional agricultural or forestry sterility, due to degradation processes of soil. The DPSIR (Driving force-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) of the European Environment Agency has been adopted, based on factual evidence suggested by some regional experts, documented and present in available databases. Starting from these, an information system has been implemented, as well as an atlas of indicators and of sensitivity and vulnerability indexes of desertification risks, organised into a system of soil degradation processes (deposition, erosion, urbanization, salinization, aridity). In this way, the atlas, although within the limitation of available databases, did not overlap to previous similar experiences, but rather resulted in an original contribution. [\n] Of the whole Italian area, 51,8\,% is considered to be at risk of desertification, due to climatic and pedoclimatic factors, including the whole area of regions Sicilia, Sardegna, Puglia, Calabria, Basilicata and Campania and part the regions Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Toscana, Marche and Umbria. Within this area, using the data available in the project, 12 impact indexes have been computed, that can be considered as a synopsis of the Atlas. [::] Results show that 21.3\,% of the whole Italian area (41.1\,% of the investigated area) features land degradation phenomena, that are found in area with risk of desertification. [\n] Specifically, [::] 4.3\,% of the whole Italian area (1,286,056 hectare) already shows functional sterility; [::] 4.7% (1,426,041 hectares) is sensitive to desertification phenomena; [::] 12.3\,% (3,708,525 hectares) can be considered vulnerable to desertification. [\n] In the present document the methodologies on which the work is based are described, as well as materials and method used, a synthesis of maps generated and an overview of regional experiences, with an indication of operational strategies to combat the phenomenon. The complete documentation, including regional detailed maps, is reported in the enclosed CD. All references and methodological aspects, with the exception of a few limited cases, are based on the state of the art available at the moment of the implementation of the research (January 2003 - January 2005).

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  title = {Atlante Nazionale Delle Aree a Rischio Di Desertificazione},
  author = {Costantini, Edoardo A. C. and Barbetti, Roberto and Finoia, Mario and L'Abate, Giovanni and Magini, Simona and Napoli, Rosario and Bonati, Guido and Fais, Andrea and Nino, Pasquale and Tascone, Fabrizio and Bocci, Michele and Salvestrini, Luca and Paolanti, Massimo and Leoni, Gabriele and Rivieccio, Rosa and Rastelli, Biagio and Urbano, Ferdinando and Loj, Giosuè and Perciabosco, Marco and Aramini, Giovanni and Bellino, Franco},
  editor = {Costantini, Edoardo A. C. and Urbano, Ferdinando and Bonati, Guido and Nino, Pasquale and Fais, Andrea},
  date = {2007},
  publisher = {{Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria (INEA)}},
  location = {{Roma, Italy}},
  url = {http://mfkp.org/INRMM/article/13766106____to-archive},
  abstract = {[Excerpt: Summary] The Italian Ministry for Environment and Territory has funded the implementation of a national Atlas on areas with risk of desertification, in order to have a preliminary tool for the correct implementation of the National Action Plan (PAN) to combat drought and desertification. The PAN has been adopted by the Italian government through the National Committed to Combat Drought and Desertification (CNLSD), established in accordance with UNCCD (ratified by Italy with law n. 170 on June 4th 1997).

[\textbackslash n] Besided C.R.A. - Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo (ISSDS) and Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria, the present research has involved regional representatives for soil science and desertification in the regions Sardegna, Sicilia, Calabria e Puglia. This involvement aimed at matching the various proposed methodologies with regional experiences and validating final results. Furthermore, in the project were involved a few consultants for specific activities.

[\textbackslash n] Limitations in the budget, compared to the relevance of the area to be examined and to the limited time frame of the project, did not allow to carry out specific localized data collection, as well as detailed local surveys on desertification processes and on their evolution over time. We are aware that in Italy there are several experiences on mapping desertification risks and processes, at local, regional, national and Europewide scale, many of them under the ESA (Environmentally Sensitive Areas) approach proposed within the MEDALUS project, although with relevant adaptation and changes. Due to the diversity of results obtained in previous experiences and to the adoption of a national scale in this research (that badly fits into the ESA approach), it was decided to utilize databases already existing in partner institutions and to adopt an innovative approach. One of the objectives of the PAN itself is to promote scientific research in this field.

[\textbackslash n] The adopted methodology considers a desertified area as an area with functional agricultural or forestry sterility, due to degradation processes of soil. The DPSIR (Driving force-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) of the European Environment Agency has been adopted, based on factual evidence suggested by some regional experts, documented and present in available databases. Starting from these, an information system has been implemented, as well as an atlas of indicators and of sensitivity and vulnerability indexes of desertification risks, organised into a system of soil degradation processes (deposition, erosion, urbanization, salinization, aridity). In this way, the atlas, although within the limitation of available databases, did not overlap to previous similar experiences, but rather resulted in an original contribution.

[\textbackslash n] Of the whole Italian area, 51,8\,\% is considered to be at risk of desertification, due to climatic and pedoclimatic factors, including the whole area of regions Sicilia, Sardegna, Puglia, Calabria, Basilicata and Campania and part the regions Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Toscana, Marche and Umbria. Within this area, using the data available in the project, 12 impact indexes have been computed, that can be considered as a synopsis of the Atlas. [::] Results show that 21.3\,\% of the whole Italian area (41.1\,\% of the investigated area) features land degradation phenomena, that are found in area with risk of desertification.

[\textbackslash n] Specifically, [::] 4.3\,\% of the whole Italian area (1,286,056 hectare) already shows functional sterility; [::] 4.7\% (1,426,041 hectares) is sensitive to desertification phenomena; [::] 12.3\,\% (3,708,525 hectares) can be considered vulnerable to desertification.

[\textbackslash n] In the present document the methodologies on which the work is based are described, as well as materials and method used, a synthesis of maps generated and an overview of regional experiences, with an indication of operational strategies to combat the phenomenon. The complete documentation, including regional detailed maps, is reported in the enclosed CD. All references and methodological aspects, with the exception of a few limited cases, are based on the state of the art available at the moment of the implementation of the research (January 2003 - January 2005).},
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