EAN: 9783510654253

SOIL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS KARTONIE...

In 2015  the UN formulated seventeen global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  among them
ending poverty  eliminating hunger  protecting the planet and ensuring peace and prosperity.
Although judicious management of soils is critical to advancing most of these goals  the word
soil is not once mentioned in any of these laudable goals. SDG#15  for example  mentions land
degradation but does not specifically focus on soils. In line with previous UN programs  SDGs
thus reflect an utter lack of awareness of the importance of the most basic of all natural
resources on which depends all terrestrial life - soils. Consequently  this book aims to
document the importance of soil and soil protection to reaching these Sustainable Development
Goals. This fifteen-chapter book  authored by experienced and knowledgeable researchers from
around the world  is a synthesis of the knowledge and state-of-the-science  linking soil
properties and processes to specific SDGs. The volume highlights individual soil related
aspects of these SDGs  such as the contribution of soil science  soil management and use 
measures to minimize erosion  climatic effects  carbon sequestration by soils  soil restoration
the role hydrology plays in sustainable soil management  ways to preserve soil structure of
fertile volcanic soils. Soil and water pollution  which must be controlled in order to preserve
soil and environmental health are also discussed. Other chapters deal with how to convince the
general public of the usefulness of the SDGs and point out how the public may contribute to
them  ways to manage Chernozems and the role IUSS plays in furthering and implementing the soil
related measures are also discussed herein.

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