@article{fdi:010088732,
  title = {{S}oil erosion control in a pasture-dominated {M}editerranean mountain environment under global change},
  author = {{M}arien, {L}. and {C}iampalini, {R}. and {L}icciardello, {F}. and {G}iuffrida, {E}. {R}. and {P}astor, {A}. {V}. and {H}uard, {F}. and {R}aclot, {D}amien},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}oil erosion control is critical to global food production and ecosystem health worldwide, and particularly in the {M}editerranean region, which is prone to erosion and is expected to be strongly affected by climatic and anthropogenic changes. {I}n this paper, we explore how land use and management ({LUM}) can mitigate climate change impacts and increase agricultural attractiveness in pasture-dominated {M}editerranean mountain environments. {O}ne originality of the proposed research is to combine {LUM} scenarios incorporating environmental and socio-economic behaviour with distributed process-based modelling to simulate the impacts of global change. {S}pecifically, soil erosion for different combinations of current and plausible future climate and {LUM} conditions were simulated on a small watershed located in eastern {S}icily ({I}taly) using the {L}and{S}oil model. {LUM} scenarios were established as a modulation of environmental protection and agricultural production/diversification. {T}he main management distinctions tested in this paper included intensive versus extensive practices for pasture, and conventional versus conservative practices for cereals and orchards. {S}imulations showed that the impact of climate change was very low and not significant in the studied watershed (i.e., -1.78% of erosion on average). {U}nder current climate and compared to the baseline, {LUM} scenarios reported an increase in erosion for the business-as-usual ({S}1, +6.0%), market-oriented ({S}2, +57.2%) and sustainability-oriented ({S}4, +0.9) scenarios, respectively, whereas the nature-oriented scenario led to a slight reduction in erosion ({S}3, -11.3%). {O}ur results also emphasised that agricultural diversification coupled with adaptations in practices and management can improve the attractiveness of agriculture in pasture-dominated environments while maintaining soil protection at an acceptable level.},
  keywords = {agriculture diversification ; global change ; {M}editerranean pasture lands ; mitigation measures ; soil erosion modelling ; soil protection ; {ITALIE} ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{L}and {D}egradation and {D}evelopment},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[15 ]},
  ISSN = {1085-3278},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1002/ldr.4982},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088732},
}