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Land and Ecosystem Degradation and Desertification: Assessing the Fit of Responses (LEDDRA)

LEDDRA aims to advance the comprehensive study of the socio-environmental fit of responses to land and ecosystem degradation and desertification (LEDD) in various contexts. It adopts the ecosystem approach and an integrated methodology with continuous feedbacks between theory, methods and applications.
Acronym

LEDDRA

Reference code

ENV.2009 243857

Description

It focuses on response assemblages (combinations of response types and prevailing environmental, socio-economic and institutional conditions that contribute to or detract from sustainable land management and societal welfare), the associated costs and benefits to diverse stakeholders, barriers to and opportunities for adoption, and knowledge transfer processes. Optimal response assemblages comprise coordinated, mutually supportive and complementary measures that preserve the ecological and the community resilience of affected areas.

LEDDRA develops the theory of responses to LEDD, in general, and in cropland, grazing land and forests/shrubland, in particular, and the study of knowledge transfer for diverse stakeholder types. It negotiates the links between land degradation, ecosystem services decline and biodiversity change, the links between biophysical and human determinants, welfare impacts, and responses to drought (drought preparedness).

It improves existing and develops new integrated methodologies for assessing the impacts and fit of various types of responses to LEDD and the socio-ecological vulnerability of affected regions, and for identifying response assemblages in different European and other cultural-institutional contexts drawing on applications in selected sites in EU and ICPC countries.

It analyzes the policy context to offer recommendations for policy and land management actions at the international, EU and national levels. To better organize, show case, disseminate and add value to project results, a web-based information system will be developed to make findings accessible to a wide range of stakeholders with different levels of expertise.

Principal investigators:
  • Cerda Bolinches, Artemio
  • PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
  • Coordinador/a Curs
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Non-UV principal researchers

Eleni Brissouli

Start date
2010 April
End date
2014 March
Funding agencies:

TR07 - VII PROGRAMA MARCO – ENERGÍA FP7-ENERGY-2007-2-TREN. - European Union FP7

Results

PUBLICATIONS

 

The impact of the farming, abandonment and agricultural intensification on loss of water and soil. the example of the northern slopes of the Serra Grossa, Eastern Spain 

Author(s): María Burguet; Paulo Pereira; Victoria Arcenegui; A. Giménez Morera; F. A. González Peñaloza; Fuensanta García-Orenes; Artemi Cerdà
Published in: Universidad de La Rioja reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2012
Permanent ID: Handle:10251/34266; Digital Object Identifier:10.18172/cig.1276; Handle:10261/92836

Positive and negative feedbacks and free-scale pattern distribution in rural-population dynamics. 

Author(s): Paz Errea; J. Escós; Maite Gartzia; Hugo Saiz; Concepción L. Alados
Published in: Public Library of Science PLoS ONE 2014
Permanent ID: PubMed Central ID:PMC4256442; PubMed ID:25474704; Handle:10261/109387; Digital Object Identifier:10.1371/journal.pone.0114561

Social Capital and Social-Ecological Resilience in the Asteroussia Mountains, Southern Crete, Greece 

Author(s): Vassilis Detsis; Theodoros Iosifides; Minas Metaxakis; Thanasis Kizos
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.5751/es-06208-190140

Evaluación de cambios en los pastos del Pirineo Central y su relación con los componentes agropastorales 

Author(s): Gartzia, Maite
Published in: Universidad de Zaragoza instname: 2017
Permanent ID: Handle:10261/153322

Alpine Ecology in the Iberian Peninsula: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Learn? 

Author(s): Ana I. García-Cervigón; Carlos Lara-Romero; Maite Gartzia; Laszlo Nagy; Oriol Grau; Concepción L. Alados; Isabel C. Barrio; C. Guillermo Bueno; Josep M. Ninot; Ignacio Munilla; Antonio Gazol; María B. García; Regino Zamora; Federico Fillat; Cristina Chocarro; Alba Anadon-Rosell; Sara Palacio
Published in: Mountain Research and Development reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela 2013
Permanent ID: Handle:10459.1/47462; Digital Object Identifier:10.1659/mrd-journal-d-13-00052.1; Handle:10261/88362; Handle:10347/22311

Assessment of the effects of biophysical and anthropogenic factors on woody plant encroachment in dense and sparse mountain grasslands based on remote sensing data 

Author(s): Fernando Pérez-Cabello; Maite Gartzia; Concepción L. Alados
Published in: Sage Publications instname: 2014
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.1177/0309133314524429; Handle:10261/97450

Improving the Accuracy of Vegetation Classifications in Mountainous Areas 

Author(s): Gartzia, Maite; Alados, Concepción L.; Pérez-Cabello, Fernando; Bueno, C. Guillermo
Permanent ID: Handle:10261/72005

Do conservative agriculture practices increase soil water repellency? A case study in citrus-cropped soils 

Author(s): Antonio Giménez-Morera; Félix A. González-Peñaloza; Félix A. González-Peñaloza; Antonio Jordán; Lorena M. Zavala; Victoria Arcenegui; Artemi Cerdà
Published in: Elsevier reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2012
Permanent ID: Handle:10251/47915; Digital Object Identifier:10.1016/j.still.2012.06.015

Effects of DEM horizontal resolution and methods on calculating the slope length factor in gently rolling landscapes 

Author(s): Georg Hörmann; Jens Kiesel; Honghu Liu; Nicola Fohrer
Published in: Elsevier BV 2011
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.1016/j.catena.2011.07.003

Exploring Long-Term Impact of Grazing Management on Land Degradation in the Socio-Ecological System of Asteroussia Mountains, Greece 

Author(s): Kate Kounalaki; Penny Vassiliou; Costas Kosmas; Mina Karamesouti; Vassilis Detsis; Luca Salvati
Published in: MDPI AG Land, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 541-559 (2015) 2015
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.3390/land4030541

Use of barley straw residues to avoid high erosion and runoff rates on persimmon plantations in Eastern Spain under low frequency–high magnitude simulated rainfall events 

Author(s): Massimo Prosdocimi; Antonio Jordán; Agata Novara; Antonio Giménez-Morera; Saskia Keesstra; Artemi Cerdà; Eric C. Brevik; Majid Mahmoodabadi; Coen J. Ritsema; Óscar González-Pelayo; Fuensanta García Orenes; Paulo Pereira
Published in: CSIRO Publishing reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2016
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.1071/sr15092; Handle:10251/77484

Straw mulch as a sustainable solution to decrease runoff and erosion in glyphosate-treated clementine plantations in Eastern Spain. An assessment using rainfall simulation experiments 

Author(s): Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; S. Di Prima; Manuel Pulido; Artemio Cerdà; Antonio Giménez-Morera; Saskia Keesstra; Saskia Keesstra; Agata Novara
Published in: HAL CCSD reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2019
Permanent ID: Handle:10251/145408; Digital Object Identifier:10.1016/j.catena.2018.11.007

Policies can help to apply successful strategies to control soil and water losses. The case of chipped pruned branches (CPB) in Mediterranean citrus plantations 

Author(s): Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Manuel Pulido; M. Kapović-Solomun; Artemi Cerdà; Agata Novara; Saskia Keesstra; Saskia Keesstra; Antonio Giménez-Morera
Published in: Elsevier BV reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2018
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.052; Handle:10251/148354

Long-term organic farming on a citrus plantation results in soil organic carbon recovery 

Author(s): Manuel Pulido; S. Di Prima; David Salesa; Saskia Keesstra; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Agata Novara; Pete Smith; Enric Terol; Luciano Gristina; Antonio Giménez-Morera
Published in: Universidad de la Rioja reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2019
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.18172/cig.3794; Handle:10251/155308

Changes in soil infiltration rates after wildfires in the Sierra Grossa and the Massis del Caroig, Eastern Spain 

Author(s): Cerda Bolinches, Artemio; Ubeda, X.; Keesstra, S.D.; Mataix Solera, J.; Jordan, A.; Pereira, P.
Published in: Wageningen UR Book of Abstracts Wageningen Soil Conference 2015. Wageningen: Wageningen UR 2015

Hydrological and erosional impact and farmer’s perception on catch crops and weeds in citrus organic farming in Canyoles river watershed, Eastern Spain 

Author(s): Antonio Giménez-Morera; Saskia Keesstra; Saskia Keesstra; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Artemi Cerdà
Published in: Elsevier reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2018
Permanent ID: Handle:10251/141291; Digital Object Identifier:10.1016/j.agee.2018.02.015

An economic, perception and biophysical approach to the use of oat straw as mulch in Mediterranean rainfed agriculture land 

Author(s): Artemi Cerdà; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Antonio Giménez-Morera; Saskia Keesstra; Saskia Keesstra
Published in: Elsevier BV reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2017
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.08.028; Handle:10251/149640

Runoff initiation, soil detachment and connectivity are enhanced as a consequence of vineyards plantations. 

Author(s): Paulo Pereira; Antonio Jordán; Antonio Giménez-Morera; Artemi Cerdà; S. Di Prima; Manuel Pulido; Saskia Keesstra; Saskia Keesstra; María Fernández-Raga; Agata Novara; Erik Brevik; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Permanent ID: PubMed ID:28735211; Digital Object Identifier:10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.036; Handle:10251/148459

Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin 

Author(s): Feliciana Licciardello; Xavier Úbeda; Damien Raclot; C. Marín; María Fernández-Raga; Encarnación V. Taguas; Miguel A. Campo-Bescós; Eugenio Cavallo; Teodoro Lasanta; Y. Le Bissonnais; N. Mathys; Álvaro Gómez-Gutiérrez; Vicente Andreu; M. Mercedes Taboada-Castro; Vito Ferro; Susana Bernal; M.T. Taboada-Castro; José M. Nicolau; Antonio Canatário-Duarte; Yolanda Cantón; Ana Lucía; Mariano Moreno-de las Heras; Julián Campo; Artemio Cerdà; Noemí Lana-Renault; E. Gimeno; N. Moustakas; Ramón Bienes; Juan Albaladejo; Elvira Díaz-Pereira; Costas Kosmas; Patricio Cid; Saskia Keesstra; Matija Zorn; Rafael Giménez; V.M. Marín-Moreno; José María Senciales-González; Sébastien Klotz; Roberto Lázaro; Marcella Biddoccu; Carla Ferreira; J. Farguell; Emmanouil A. Varouchakis; María Martínez-Mena; Dhais Peña-Angulo; José Luis Rubio; Lea Wittenberg; H. Bahri; Estela Nadal-Romero; Luis Merino-Martín; George P. Karatzas; Helena Gómez-Macpherson; C. Le Bouteiller; G. Desir; Orestis Kairis; Maria Jose Marques; Joan Estrany; Francesca Todisco; José Andrés López-Tarazón; José A. Gómez; Susanne Schnabel; Óscar González-Pelayo; Vincenzo Pampalone; Tíscar Espigares; Victor Castillo; A. Zabaleta; Jérôme Latron; José Martínez-Fernández; Javier Casalí; M. L. Rodríguez-Blanco; Francesc Gallart; Albert Solé-Benet; José Carlos González-Hidalgo; José Damián Ruiz-Sinoga; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino; Asunción Romero-Díaz; Nicola Cortesi; Luciano Mateos
Published in: MDPI VOLUME=11;ISSUE=6;ISSN=20734433;TITLE=Atmosphere 2020
Permanent ID: Handle:10400.11/7168; Digital Object Identifier:10.3390/atmos11060609; Handle:10261/215641; Handle:2117/342061; Handle:2183/25877; Handle:10486/702849; Handle:10459.1/70044

Impact of Farmland Abandonment on Water Resources and Soil Conservation in Citrus Plantations in Eastern Spain 

Author(s): Oren Ackermann; Enric Terol; Artemi Cerdà; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Published in: MDPI AG reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia 2019
Permanent ID: Digital Object Identifier:10.3390/w11040824; Handle:10251/160767