Menon, M., Rousseva, S., Nikolaidis, N.P. et al. (21 more authors) (2013) SoilTrEC: A global initiative on critical zone research and integration. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21 (4). 3191 - 3195. ISSN 0944-1344
Abstract
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. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 Springer Verlag. |
Keywords: | Critical Zone; Ecosystem services; Integrated modelling; Soil processes; Thematic strategy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2015 10:12 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jul 2015 08:38 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2346-x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11356-013-2346-x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84900 |