24.1 various tenses 1 The risk of soil erosion (1) assesses / has been assessed / was assessed by using a scenario analysis. Various combinations for climate change (intensity and distribution of rainfall events, land use change, and conservation measures (2) have been / were evaluated using the SWAT model. The result (3) has been / was a range of possible erosion values for the next ten years – the worst possible scenario (4) has indicated / indicated a possible erosion rate increase of up to 25%. In the light of these dramatic findings, we (5) believe / believedthat our analysis (6) may / will contribute to implementing ad-hoc land management strategies to reduce, or even completely prevent, cropland erosion. We hope that our findings) may / will influence policy planning. Future work (8) may / will entail refining our model by exploiting data from satellite sensors.
