Table 3 Mass account for soil stock, prototype biophysical account table for EU soil formation and erosion between 2000 and 2012.

From: Soil natural capital in europe; a framework for state and change assessment

SEEA Classes

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Artificial surfaces (incl. urban and assoc. areas)

Herbaceous crops

Woody crops

Multiple or layered crops

Grassland

Tree covered areas

Mangrove

Shrub covered areas

Shrubs and/or herb. veg., aquatic or reg. flooded

Sparsely natural vegetated areas

Terrestrial barren land

Permanent snow and glaciers

Inland water bodies

Coastal water bodies and intertidal areas

CORINE classes

1x

21x

22x

24x

231, 321

31x, 324

 

322, 323

41x

333

331, 332, 334

335

51x

42x, 52x

Opening stock of resources (2000)

              

Additions to stock

              

Soil formation (1.4 tonnes/ha)

 

154,650,859

14,417,942

65,302,806

66,705,312

221,286,551

 

23,817,473

 

5,300,489

164,366

   

Soil formation (0.4 tonnes/ha)

 

44,185,960

4,119,412

18,657,945

19,058,660

63,224,729

 

6,804,992

 

1,514,426

46,962

   

Soil deposition (From erosion)

 

265,447,183

87,767,154

176,760,582

110,417,456

32,304,933

 

59,206,778

 

138,881,709

2,208,581

   

Upward reappraisals

              

Reclassifications

              

Total additions to stock

 

420,098,043

102,185,096

242,063,388

177,122,768

253,591,484

 

83,024,250

 

144,182,199

2,372,946

   

Reductions in stock

              

Extraction (construction) sealed?

?

             

Soil eroded redeposited

 

265,447,183

87,767,154

176,760,582

110,417,456

32,304,933

 

59,206,778

 

138,881,709

2,208,581

   

Soil eroded lost to water courses

 

29,494,131

9,751,906

19,640,065

12,268,606

3,589,437

 

6,578,531

 

15,431,301

245,398

   

Downward reappraisals

              

Reclassifications

              

Total reductions in stock

 

294,941,315

97,519,059

196,400,647

122,686,063

35,894,370

 

65,785,309

 

154,313,010

2,453,978

   

Closing stock (2012) 1.4

 

125,156,728

4,666,036

45,662,741

54,436,705

217,697,114

 

17,238,942

 

−10,130,812

−81,032

   

Closing stock (2012) 0.4

 

14,691,828

−5,632,494

−982,120

6,790,054

59,635,292

 

226,461

 

−13,916,875

−198,436

   
  1. Note that soil erosion estimates are limited to rill and sheet erosion and are likely a lower bound.