Bridging soil biodiversity and human well-being: an actionable framework to measure links between the natural capital and plural value of soils

Lladó, Salvador; Maskell, Lindsay; Jones, Laurence; Yacoub, Cristina; Sánchez-Cueto, Pablo; Bosch, Montse; Philippot, Laurent; Hartmann, Martin; Galindo-Castañeda, Tania; de Goede, Ron; Bongiorno, Giulia; Mörrien, Elly; de Vries, Franciska T.; Soliveres, Santiago; Sessitsch, Angela; Gorfer, Markus; Dehnhardt, Alexandra; Schmidt, Katja; Van de Sande, Tomas; Hestbjerg, Helle; Alsina, Ina; García-Orenes, Fuensanta; Mataix-Solera, Jorge; Olivares-Martínez, Luis Daniel; Toth, Zoltán; Pennanen, Taina; Brennan, Fiona; Finn, John A.; Sirimarco, Ximena; Barral, Maria Paula; Nguefack, Julienne; Tangkoonboribun, Rochana; Stathopoulos, Nikolaos; Zoka, Melpomeni; Zanis, Prodromos; Vlacheas, Panagiotis; Sagarna, Juan; Muñoz, Mercedes; Martin, Alberto; Griffiths, Robert; Robinson, David; Harrison, Paula A.

Bridging soil biodiversity and human well-being: an actionable framework to measure links between the natural capital and plural value of soils

Lladó, Salvador; Maskell, Lindsay ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-7755; Jones, Laurence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4379-9006; Yacoub, Cristina; Sánchez-Cueto, Pablo; Bosch, Montse; Philippot, Laurent; Hartmann, Martin; Galindo-Castañeda, Tania; de Goede, Ron; Bongiorno, Giulia; Mörrien, Elly; de Vries, Franciska T.; Soliveres, Santiago; Sessitsch, Angela; Gorfer, Markus; Dehnhardt, Alexandra; Schmidt, Katja; Van de Sande, Tomas; Hestbjerg, Helle; Alsina, Ina; García-Orenes, Fuensanta; Mataix-Solera, Jorge; Olivares-Martínez, Luis Daniel; Toth, Zoltán; Pennanen, Taina; Brennan, Fiona; Finn, John A.; Sirimarco, Ximena; Barral, Maria Paula; Nguefack, Julienne; Tangkoonboribun, Rochana; Stathopoulos, Nikolaos; Zoka, Melpomeni; Zanis, Prodromos; Vlacheas, Panagiotis; Sagarna, Juan; Muñoz, Mercedes; Martin, Alberto; Griffiths, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3341-4547; Robinson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-4867; Harrison, Paula A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9873-3338. 2025 Bridging soil biodiversity and human well-being: an actionable framework to measure links between the natural capital and plural value of soils. One Earth, 8 (8), 101391. 10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101391

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101391

Abstract/Summary

Human activities contribute to soil degradation globally, endangering life belowground and services like food production and climate regulation. To reverse this situation, an actionable framework to connect soil health and soil biodiversity status with human well-being, integrating the biophysical, economic, and social domains, is urgently needed. Here, learning from previous generalist and soil-specific frameworks, we introduce the Soil Biodiversity and Well-being Framework, which creates the conceptual architecture to quantifiably link soil natural capital with human beneficiaries, soil management, environmental pressures, and societal responses. Furthermore, we outline the requirements for its operationalization, based on a flexible set of measurable indicators for soil natural capital assets, plural valuation of soil-mediated nature’s contributions to people, and human well-being. The implementation of the framework by multiple stakeholders (e.g., scientists, farmers, or policymakers) can generate the multidimensional and quantitative evidence to support action toward transformative change for sustainable soil management and soil biodiversity conservation.

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101391

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Biodiversity and Land Use (2025-)
Environmental Pressures and Responses (2025-)
Land-Atmosphere Interactions (2025-)
UKCEH Fellows

ISSN:

2590-3322

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment
Agriculture and Soil Science

Date made live:

22 Aug 2025 13:25 +0 (UTC)