Module 3 - Soil Threats and Solutions › 3.5 - Soil Sealing
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Learning Objectives

By the end of this topic, you can: 

  1. Define soil sealing and distinguish it from related concepts. You will also be able to identify soil sealing across diverse ecosystems and land uses. 

  2. Describe the main drivers of soil sealing and its impact on the ability of soil to provide ecosystem services. 

  3. Name different strategies to prevent or remediate soil sealing, and discuss the implementation of prevention, limitation, compensation, and de-sealing in Europe. 

The goal of this topic is to help you understand what soil sealing is, how widespread it is, why it happens, and how it affects soil functions. You will also learn how soil sealing can be identified and explore common measures used to mitigate its negative impacts on soil.