permanent covering of the soil surface with impermeable artificial materials such as asphalt and concrete
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This is generally related to urban development and infrastructure construction, which in most cases lead to the absolute loss of the soil resource and of most of its ecosystem services.
Soil sealing is the most intense form of land take and is essentially irreversible, since the formation of soil is so slow, taking generations to accumulate just a few centimetres.
... (d) soil conservation - the objective is to reduce quantitative and qualitative soil damage, in particular by applying agricultural and forestry methods which do not harm the soil, through minimum interference with soil and land, control of erosion and the restriction of soil sealing;...
