SoilTrEC: a global initiative on critical zone research and integration

Menon, Manoj; Rousseva, Svetla; Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P.; van Gaans, Pauline; Panagos, Panos; de Souza, Danielle Maia; Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala; Lair, Georg J.; Weng, Liping; Bloem, Jaap; Kram, Pavel; Novak, Martin; Davidsdottir, Brynhildur; Gisladottir, Gudrun; Robinson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-4867; Reynolds, Brian; White, Tim; Lundin, Lars; Zhang, Bin; Duffy, Christopher; Bernasconi, Stefano M.; de Ruiter, Peter; Blum, Winfried E. H.; Banwart, Steven A.. 2014 SoilTrEC: a global initiative on critical zone research and integration. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21 (4). 3191-3195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2346-x

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Abstract/Summary

Soil is a complex natural resource that is considered non-renewable in policy frameworks, and it plays a key role in maintaining a variety of ecosystem services (ES) and life-sustaining material cycles within the Earth's Critical Zone (CZ). However, currently, the ability of soil to deliver these services is being drastically reduced in many locations, and global loss of soil ecosystem services is estimated to increase each year as a result of many different threats, such as erosion and soil carbon loss. The European Union Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection alerts policy makers of the need to protect soil and proposes measures to mitigate soil degradation. In this context, the European Commission-funded research project on Soil Transformations in European Catchments (SoilTrEC) aims to quantify the processes that deliver soil ecosystem services in the Earth's Critical Zone and to quantify the impacts of environmental change on key soil functions. This is achieved by integrating the research results into decision-support tools and applying methods of economic valuation to soil ecosystem services. In this paper, we provide an overview of the SoilTrEC project, its organization, partnerships and implementation.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2346-x
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Emmett
ISSN:	0944-1344
Additional Keywords:	Critical zone, ecosystem services, soil processes, integrated modelling. thematic strategy
Date made live:	14 Mar 2019 14:00 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522509

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2346-x

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Emmett

ISSN:

0944-1344

Additional Keywords:

Critical zone, ecosystem services, soil processes, integrated modelling. thematic strategy

Date made live:

14 Mar 2019 14:00 +0 (UTC)