summarizes the total amount of unmanaged and overgrown
agricultural land within each of the protected territories.
The largest amount of abandoned agriculture lands are
located in areas with Eutric Podzolivisols (De) which results in
total of 624,340 ha of parcels containing unmanaged and
overgrown agriculture lands. The total estimated agriculture
area within these parcels is 239,310 ha. The highest amount of
unmanaged (72,131 ha) and overgrown (12,815 ha) of agricultural
land is in De19-2a soil category which can be characterized
as slightly acidic, with medium type of soil texture.
The majority of soils in Latvia can be characterized as slightly
acidic especially the Dystric Histosols (Od) which range from
pH 4.2 for the topsoil to pH 4.1 for subsoil. Depending on site
characteristics, this level of acidity might have an impact on
the overall cost for the SRWC establishment, due to the
additional lime inputs needed to balance out pH level. Dystric
Histosols (Od), however, constitute less than 1% (2401 ha) of
the total abandoned agricultural land estimated as suitable for
SRWC under this study. The pH level for Eutric Podzoluvisols
(De) is higher e from pH 5.3 for the topsoil and pH 5.1 for the
subsoil, thus can be characterized as less acidic. Mollic Gleysols
(Gm) also has low acidity from pH 6 for topsoil and pH 6.4
for subsoils. Eutric Podzoluvisols (De) has better filtration capacity
when compared to Mollic Gleysols (Gm) and Dystric
Histosols (Od). Agricultural lands located in areas with high
water levels (43 ha in total) Table 4, were classified as unsuitable
for SRWC and were removed from the final