| Description |
This indicator shows the area impacted by drought by monitoring negative anomalies in vegetation productivity in areas with a severe soil moisture deficit during the growing season (more than one standard deviation from the long-term average - observed through remote sensing data at 500×500 meters resolution of the Copernicus EMS European Drought Observatory of the European Commission Joint Research Centre. The indicator covers only agricultural droughts with soil moisture deficits causing reduced vegetation productivity due to insufficient precipitation, as opposed to hydrological droughts, which occur when low water supplies become apparent in streams, reservoirs, and groundwater levels, usually after many months of meteorological drought. |
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| Rationale |
Indicator is used to monitor progress towards SDG 15 on protecting, restoring and promoting sustainable use of land which is embedded in the European Commission’s Priorities under ‘Sustaining our quality of life: food security, water and nature’. |
| Content and progress |
SDG 15 seeks to protect, restore and promote the conservation and sustainable use of terrestrial, inland-water and mountain ecosystems. This includes efforts to sustainably manage forests and halt deforestation, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, halt biodiversity loss and protect threatened species. |
| Long-term objective |
The Soil Strategy for 2030 has set the goal of no net land take by 2050. |
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| Description |
This indicator shows the area impacted by drought by monitoring negative anomalies in vegetation productivity in areas with a severe soil moisture deficit during the growing season (more than one standard deviation from the long-term average - observed through remote sensing data at 500×500 meters resolution of the Copernicus EMS European Drought Observatory of the European Commission Joint Research Centre. The indicator covers only agricultural droughts with soil moisture deficits causing reduced vegetation productivity due to insufficient precipitation, as opposed to hydrological droughts, which occur when low water supplies become apparent in streams, reservoirs, and groundwater levels, usually after many months of meteorological drought. |
|---|---|
| Rationale |
Indicator is used to monitor progress towards SDG 15 on protecting, restoring and promoting sustainable use of land which is embedded in the European Commission’s Priorities under ‘Sustaining our quality of life: food security, water and nature’. |
| Content and progress |
SDG 15 seeks to protect, restore and promote the conservation and sustainable use of terrestrial, inland-water and mountain ecosystems. This includes efforts to sustainably manage forests and halt deforestation, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, halt biodiversity loss and protect threatened species. |
| Long-term objective |
The Soil Strategy for 2030 has set the goal of no net land take by 2050. |
Source 1
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European Environment Agency |
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