Biologically Defined Soil Organic Matter Pools as Affected by Rotation and Tillage
In: Environmental management: an international journal for decision makers, scientists, and environmental auditors, Band 33, Heft S1
ISSN: 1432-1009
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In: Environmental management: an international journal for decision makers, scientists, and environmental auditors, Band 33, Heft S1
ISSN: 1432-1009
In: Environmental management: an international journal for decision makers, scientists, and environmental auditors, Band 33, Heft S1
ISSN: 1432-1009
In: Review of agricultural economics: RAE, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 247-268
ISSN: 1467-9353
In: Global policy: gp, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 434-441
ISSN: 1758-5899
AbstractSoil degradation is a critical and growing global problem. As the world population increases, pressure on soil also increases and the natural capital of soil faces continuing decline. International policy makers have recognized this and a range of initiatives to address it have emerged over recent years. However, a gap remains between what the science tells us about soil and its role in underpinning ecological and human sustainable development, and existing policy instruments for sustainable development. Functioning soil is necessary for ecosystem service delivery, climate change abatement, food and fiber production and fresh water storage. Yet key policy instruments and initiatives for sustainable development have under‐recognized the role of soil in addressing major challenges including food and water security, biodiversity loss, climate change and energy sustainability. Soil science has not been sufficiently translated to policy for sustainable development. Two underlying reasons for this are explored and the new concept of soil security is proposed to bridge the science–policy divide. Soil security is explored as a conceptual framework that could be used as the basis for a soil policy framework with soil carbon as an exemplar indicator.