Arwyn Jones

Biographic Data

ID6318833
NAMEArwyn Jones
GIVEN NAMESArwyn
FAMILY NAMEJones
SIGNATUREJONES A
AFFILIATIONSJoint Research Centre
ORCID0000-0002-8552-6137
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS31
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Enhancing the SDG 15.3.1 land-cover transition matrix using multidecadal vegetation indicators

    Open AccessCalogero Schillaci, Felipe Yunta et al.ARTICLEJournal of Land Use Science2026

    Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.3.1, ‘Proportion of degraded land,’ assesses land degradation using three core sub-indicators: land productivity, land cover (LC), and soil organic carbon. The LC sub-indicator evaluates global trends through a transition matrix defined in the UNCCD Good Practice Guidance (GPG), classifying land cover changes as degradation, improvement, or stability. However, this approach does not capture intra-class transi…

  • Soil pollution in the European Union – An outlook

    Open AccessDiana Vieira, D C S Vieira et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2024Cited by: 1References: 1

    Soil pollution in the European Union (EU) is poorly quantified, because of several years of reduced attention and limited funding on soil research and monitoring. Moreover, issues such as different monitoring methodologies within Member States (MS), and quantification methods focused on pseudototal rather than the available fraction of pollutants, has been limiting our understanding of risk under soil pollution. Despite that, thanks to efforts fr…

  • Evaluation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 15.3.1 indicator of land degradation in the European Union

    Open AccessCalogero Schillaci, Arwyn Jones et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2023

    Land degradation is the persistent reduction in the capacity of the land to support human and other life on Earth (IPBES, 2018). This process jeopardizes the provision of ecosystem services. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15, ‘Life on Land’, includes efforts to sustainably manage and recover natural ecosystems and restore degraded land and soil. Under the umbrella of SDG 15, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) …

  • The diagnostic continua of the soils of Europe

    Open AccessÁdám Csorba, Arwyn Jones et al.ARTICLEHungarian Geographical Bulletin2022

    Diagnostic horizons, properties and materials are commonly applied building units of national and international soil classification systems. The presence, depth or absence of diagnostic information supports the process of objective soil classification, such as the World Reference Base (WRB). While the diagnostic units and associated descriptive qualifiers convey information that reflect pedogenesis, they also indicate important, and often complex…

  • Maximising climate mitigation potential by carbon and radiative agricultural land management with cover crops

    Open AccessEmanuele Lugato, Alessandro Cescatti et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2020

    To reach the Paris climate targets, the mitigation capacity needs to be maximized across all components of the Earth system, especially land. Mitigation actions through land management, such as cover crops in agricultural soils, are often evaluated in terms of their carbon sequestration potential, while radiative forcing related to surface albedo changes is often ignored. The aim of this study was to assess the mitigation potential of cover crops…

  • Demands on land

    Open AccessRogier P O Schulte, Lilian O’Sullivan et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2019Cited by: 6References: 1

    The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU) has been highly successful in securing the supply of food from Europe’s agricultural land. However, new expectations have emerged from society on the functions that agricultural land should deliver, including the expectations that land should regulate and purify water, should sequester carbon to contribute to the mitigation of climate change, should provide a home for biodiversity an…

  • Gap assessment in current soil monitoring networks across Europe for measuring soil functions

    Open AccessJeroen P van Leeuwen, Nicolas Saby et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2017

    Soil is the most important natural resource for life on Earth after water. Given its fundamental role in sustaining the human population, both the availability and quality of soil must be managed sustainably and protected. To ensure sustainable management we need to understand the intrinsic functional capacity of different soils across Europe and how it changes over time. Soil monitoring is needed to support evidence-based policies to incentivise…

  • Effect of Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions on erosion and soil organic carbon balance

    Open AccessPasquale Borrelli, K Paustian et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2016Cited by: 6References: 54

    Since, the Common Agricultural Policies (CAP) reform in 2003, many efforts have been made at the European level to promote a more environmentally friendly agriculture. In order to oblige farmers to manage their land sustainably, the GAEC (Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions) were introduced as part of the Cross Compliance mechanism. Among the standards indicated, the protection of soils against erosion and the maintenance of soil organ…

  • European Soil Data Centre

    Open AccessPanos Panagos, Marc Van Liedekerke et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2012Cited by: 18References: 28