1.2 Contact details of resource persons and institutions involved in the assessment and documentation of the Approach

Name of project which facilitated the documentation/ evaluation of the Approach (if relevant)

Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through Land Care (EU-RECARE )

Name of the institution(s) which facilitated the documentation/ evaluation of the Approach (if relevant)

Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation) - Poland

1.3 Conditions regarding the use of data documented through WOCAT

When were the data compiled (in the field)?

03/04/2015

The compiler and key resource person(s) accept the conditions regarding the use of data documented through WOCAT:

Yes

1.4 Reference(s) to Questionnaire(s) on SLM Technologies

2.1 Short description of the Approach

The prevention of soil sealing is an approach in which stakeholders are making spatial planning decisions based on the new map of soil sealing, in case of protecting the most valuable soils.

2.2 Detailed description of the Approach

Detailed description of the Approach:

Aims / objectives: The aim of this approach is to show how spatial planning decisions, should be made by taking into account the soil sealing problem. As the consequence of urbanization pressure, the urban sprawl is crossing municipal boundaries of Poznań. In the whole study site area, 53,3 % are arable lands, located mostly on loams, silts or sandy clay soils. Wielkopolska province has got the highest farm productivity per ha in Poland. Based on EEA data, sealed surfaces constitute 16 % of the city area. Soil sealing problem is a consequence of the urban sprawl process, which affects mainly the municipalities near by the Poznań city borders. To support decision-making in municipalities spatial planning offices, the data from the soil sealing maps is used to select the most appropriate areas to build new houses mostly on low quality soils.

Methods: Land use maps of at least 10-meter resolution are produced for two historical periods
through classification of the satellite images and using available local land use
information. The information on land use change is superimposed on maps
characterizing soil quality in order to detect to what extend the urbanization took place
on valuable soils. The new sealed area, reflecting the built up sprawl of at least last 15
years, consists with expansion of the following land use classes: continuous residential
area, commercial/industrial area and transport facilities. The soils under these new land
use types fully lost their environmental functions. In the soil sealing forecasts the
Cellular Automata-based Metronamica model is used. The final maps consist of the spatial planning aspect, soil sealing area and the scientific comment about the soil sealing problem.

2.5 Country/ region/ locations where the Approach has been applied

2.7 Type of Approach

• project/ programme based

2.8 Main aims/ objectives of the Approach

The Approach focused on SLM only

The main aim of this Approach is to utilize soil agricultural maps and provide information on quality of sealed soils. Send those maps to the municipal authorities, with a scientific comment on the problem. For the whole province, these maps should be made based on the digital soil maps in scale 1:25 000.

The SLM Approach addressed the following problems: The best type of soil is being sealed by new house constructions sites. People from the city center are moving out to municipalities which are near by the border of the city. They are building their houses mostly on agricultural fields in a chaotic way, in much cases on the highest quality soils. This urban sprawl process, affects negatively the soil ecosystem services by the soil sealing and also decrease the quality of inhabitants life.

2.9 Conditions enabling or hindering implementation of the Technology/ Technologies applied under the Approach

3.1 Stakeholders involved in the Approach and their roles

3.2 Involvement of local land users/ local communities in the different phases of the Approach

	Involvement of local land users/ local communities	Specify who was involved and describe activities
initiation/ motivation	none	The project was introduced throught RECARE project
planning	interactive	Wielkopolska province, the Office of spatial planning in Poznań. They firstly had chosen in which municipalities there is the biggest soil sealing problem
implementation	none	Wielkopolska province, the Office of spatial planning in Poznań. It is implemented in the spatial planning strategy in the Wielkopolska province.
monitoring/ evaluation	self-mobilization	Institute of soil science and plant cultivation in Pulawy. There is a discussion on a regular basis with the stakeholders.
Research	none

3.4 Decision-making on the selection of SLM Technology/ Technologies

Specify who decided on the selection of the Technology/ Technologies to be implemented:

• SLM specialists alone

Explain:

Decisions on the method of implementing the SLM Technology were made by by SLM specialists alone (top-down)

4.1 Capacity building/ training

Was training provided to land users/ other stakeholders?

Yes

• office workers form the Office of spatial planning

4.2 Advisory service

Do land users have access to an advisory service?

Yes

Describe/ comments:

Advisory service is quite adequate to ensure the continuation of land conservation activities

4.3 Institution strengthening (organizational development)

Have institutions been established or strengthened through the Approach?

• yes, a little

Specify the level(s) at which institutions have been strengthened or established:

• local

Specify type of support:

• capacity building/ training

Give further details:

On the first workshop.

4.4 Monitoring and evaluation

Is monitoring and evaluation part of the Approach?

Yes

Comments:

technical aspects were ad hoc monitored by government through observations; indicators: Advisory meetings

area treated aspects were ad hoc monitored by government through observations; indicators: only in municipalities with the highest soil sealing threat

management of Approach aspects were regular monitored by project staff through observations; indicators: advisory meetings

There were no changes in the Approach as a result of monitoring and evaluation

There were no changes in the Technology as a result of monitoring and evaluation

4.5 Research

Was research part of the Approach?

Yes

Specify topics:

• technology

Give further details and indicate who did the research:

Research was carried out on station

5.1 Annual budget for the SLM component of the Approach

Comments (e.g. main sources of funding/ major donors):

Approach costs were met by the following donors: international non-government: 90.0%; local government (district, county, municipality, village etc): 10.0%

5.4 Credit

Was credit provided under the Approach for SLM activities?

No

6.1 Impacts of the Approach

6.2 Main motivation of land users to implement SLM

6.3 Sustainability of Approach activities

Can the land users sustain what has been implemented through the Approach (without external support)?

• yes

If yes, describe how:

Yes, they can continue the Approach activities without support. But we are opened for cooperation/consulting if there will be a need to make some improvements in this Approach.

6.4 Strengths/ advantages of the Approach

Strengths/ advantages/ opportunities in the compiler’s or other key resource person’s view
The analysis are made base on the low scale maps : 1:5000 and 1:25000. (How to sustain/ enhance this strength: Update the land use information in spatial data format)

6.5 Weaknesses/ disadvantages of the Approach and ways of overcoming them

Weaknesses/ disadvantages/ risks in the compiler’s or other key resource person’s view	How can they be overcome?
The commune authorities don't think about long therm consequences in soil loss. They don't see soil sealing as a threat.	Raise the awareness about soil ecosystem services, especially about soil sealing threat. Showing them on the maps, the results of various prediction model, in which the urban sprawl will be still uncontrolled.

7.1 Methods/ sources of information