Recommendations for Soil Management in Croatia

A trend of rapid forest and particularly agricultural land area reduction due to diff erent types of degradation has been present worldwide in the last decades, and so also in Croatia, whereat soil losses caused by land reallocation are especially dramatic. Besides that, we are witnesses of diff erent forms of soil degradation associated with climate changes from acidifi cation, dehumifi cation, pollution, erosion to desertifi cation. To protect soils from all types of impairment, this highly important natural resource should be managed in a sustainable way. Hence, the objectives of this work were to present the land potential of Croatia, identify existing processes of soil damages and expressed threats, and off er recommendations for systematic land management, including organizational, administrative and practical measures.