Assessment and Governance of Sustainable Soil Management
Hansjürgens, Bernd
Assessment and Governance of Sustainable Soil Management - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (310 p.)
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The role of soils for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is multifarious. Soils are the essential basis for food and biomass provision in support of food security (SDG 2) and energy security (SDG 7). Soil carbon sequestration is paramount for climate action (SDG 13). Soil-mediated water purification and retention, nutrient and matter cycling, and soils habitat functions are essential for maintaining ecosystem services and biodiversity (SDG 15). Healthy soils perform well in all these functions simultaneously. However, the globally increasing demand for food, fiber, and bio-based products poses massive challenges to soil health. Minimizing trade-offs between biomass production and soil health requires systemic approaches to assessment and governance of sustainable soil management in agriculture and food systems. It provides interdisciplinary insights into key questions: What are the impacts of agricultural management practices on sustainability targets in specific geophysical and socio-economic contexts? What are the opportunities and risks of future trends such as climate change, digitalization, and emerging technologies for soil management and soil health? How can institutions and governance instruments be improved to enable decision makers to take action on sustainable soil management? The book was initiated in the frame of the National German research program 'BonaRes-Soil as a sustainable resource for the bioeconomy', and it is meant to trigger interdisciplinary thinking.
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English
books978-3-03921-480-8 9783039214792 9783039214808
10.3390/books978-3-03921-480-8 doi
land management risk assessment carob N leaching Syria earthworms subsoil desertification alfalfa yield potential tenant dynamic programming soil policy monitoring resource scarcity soil management crop-livestock interactions German Constitutional Law gross income Germany spatially explicit creation ethics bayesian network agricultural practices conventional farming soil soil degradation combination of modern and indigenous knowledge Costa Rica yield soils rent price fertilization sustainability assessment societal acceptance property rights justifying soil protection subsoil loosening behavioural studies governance agricultural policy water infiltration sealing soil protection soil framework directive rent proportion soil remediation so-called organic fertilizer soil compaction nutrient composition phosphorus resource use efficiency soil pressures soil threats Europe soil functions literature review sustainability conservation agriculture institutions environmental zones soil health landowner soil governance zero tillage coffee by-products production arid oasis Laudato si' soil food web land compaction farmer motivations agricultural innovation crop rotation modelling Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response sustainability framework contamination sustainable soil management agricultural yields Nicaragua sustainable agriculture ecosystem services legal comparison
Assessment and Governance of Sustainable Soil Management - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (310 p.)
Open Access
The role of soils for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is multifarious. Soils are the essential basis for food and biomass provision in support of food security (SDG 2) and energy security (SDG 7). Soil carbon sequestration is paramount for climate action (SDG 13). Soil-mediated water purification and retention, nutrient and matter cycling, and soils habitat functions are essential for maintaining ecosystem services and biodiversity (SDG 15). Healthy soils perform well in all these functions simultaneously. However, the globally increasing demand for food, fiber, and bio-based products poses massive challenges to soil health. Minimizing trade-offs between biomass production and soil health requires systemic approaches to assessment and governance of sustainable soil management in agriculture and food systems. It provides interdisciplinary insights into key questions: What are the impacts of agricultural management practices on sustainability targets in specific geophysical and socio-economic contexts? What are the opportunities and risks of future trends such as climate change, digitalization, and emerging technologies for soil management and soil health? How can institutions and governance instruments be improved to enable decision makers to take action on sustainable soil management? The book was initiated in the frame of the National German research program 'BonaRes-Soil as a sustainable resource for the bioeconomy', and it is meant to trigger interdisciplinary thinking.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-03921-480-8 9783039214792 9783039214808
10.3390/books978-3-03921-480-8 doi
land management risk assessment carob N leaching Syria earthworms subsoil desertification alfalfa yield potential tenant dynamic programming soil policy monitoring resource scarcity soil management crop-livestock interactions German Constitutional Law gross income Germany spatially explicit creation ethics bayesian network agricultural practices conventional farming soil soil degradation combination of modern and indigenous knowledge Costa Rica yield soils rent price fertilization sustainability assessment societal acceptance property rights justifying soil protection subsoil loosening behavioural studies governance agricultural policy water infiltration sealing soil protection soil framework directive rent proportion soil remediation so-called organic fertilizer soil compaction nutrient composition phosphorus resource use efficiency soil pressures soil threats Europe soil functions literature review sustainability conservation agriculture institutions environmental zones soil health landowner soil governance zero tillage coffee by-products production arid oasis Laudato si' soil food web land compaction farmer motivations agricultural innovation crop rotation modelling Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response sustainability framework contamination sustainable soil management agricultural yields Nicaragua sustainable agriculture ecosystem services legal comparison