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Earthworms are among the most important soil dwelling invertebrates. Their activity affects both biotic and abiotic soil properties, in turn affecting plant growth. Yet, studies on the effect of earthworm presence on crop yields have not been quantitatively synthesized. Here we show, using meta-analysis, that on average earthworm presence in agroecosystems leads to a 25% increase in crop yield and a 23% increase in aboveground biomass. The magnitude of these effects depends on presence of crop residue, earthworm density and type and rate of fertilization. The positive effects of earthworms become larger when more residue is returned to the soil, but disappear when soil nitrogen availability is high. This suggests that earthworms stimulate plant growth predominantly through releasing nitrogen locked away in residue and soil organic matter. Our results therefore imply that earthworms are of crucial importance to decrease the yield gap of farmers who can't -or won't- use nitrogen fertilizer.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "agroecosystems", "Nitrogen", "growth", "n pools", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "Article", "Animals", "Biomass", "soil carbon", "Oligochaeta", "Ecosystem", "agriculture", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "tolerance", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Carbon", "communities", "13. Climate action", "8. 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Advantages and processes for global C sequestration in AF are unknown. We used a meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis of 427 soil C stock data pairs grouped into four main AF systems\uffe2\uff80\uff94alley cropping, windbreaks, silvopastures, and homegardens\uffe2\uff80\uff94and evaluated changes in AF and adjacent control cropland or pasture. Mean soil C stocks in AF (1\uffe2\uff80\uff90m depth) were 126\uffc2\uffa0Mg\uffc2\uffa0C\uffc2\uffb7ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921, which is 19% more than that in cropland or pasture. The highest C stocks in soil were in subtropical homegardens, AF with younger trees, and topsoil (0\uffe2\uff80\uff9320\uffc2\uffa0cm). Increased soil C stocks in AF were lower than aboveground C stocks in most AF systems, except alley cropping. Homegardens stored the highest C in both aboveground and belowground, especially in the subsoil (20\uffe2\uff80\uff93100\uffc2\uffa0cm). Advantages of AF ecosystem services focusing on mechanisms of belowground C sequestration were analyzed. AF could store 5.3\uffc2\uffa0\uffc3\uff97\uffc2\uffa0109\uffc2\uffa0Mg additional C in soil on 944\uffc2\uffa0Mha globally, with most in the tropics and subtropics. AF systems could greatly contribute to global soil C sequestration if used in larger areas. Future investigations of AF should include (a) mechanistic\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and process\uffe2\uff80\uff90based studies (instead of common monitoring and inventories), (b) models linking forest and crop growth with soil water and C and nutrient cycling, and (c) accurate assessments of the AF area worldwide based on the remote sensing approaches.</p>", "keywords": ["meta-analysis", "2. Zero hunger", "570", "550", "13. Climate action", "sustainable land use", "homegardens", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "agroforestry management", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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To mitigate losses, rehabilitation is high on the conservation agenda. However, the relative functionality and ES delivery of rehabilitated mangroves in different intertidal locations is rarely assessed. In a case study from Panay Island, Philippines, using field- and satellite-derived methods, we assess carbon stocks and coastal protection potential of rehabilitated low-intertidal seafront and mid- to upper-intertidal abandoned (leased) fishpond areas, against reference natural mangroves. Due to large sizes and appropriate site conditions, targeted abandoned fishpond reversion to former mangrove was found to be favourable for enhancing CCMA in the coastal zone. In a municipality-specific case study, 96.7% of abandoned fishponds with high potential for effective greenbelt rehabilitation had favourable tenure status for reversion. These findings have implications for coastal zone management in Asia in the face of climate change.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Carbon Sequestration", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "coastal protection", "mangroves", "Philippines", "Aquatic Science", "15. Life on land", "Oceanography", "Pollution", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "rehabilitation", "carbon stocks", "13. Climate action", "Wetlands", "11. Sustainability", "14. Life underwater", "ecosystem services", "Ponds", "abandoned aquaculture ponds", "Ecosystem", "Environmental Restoration and Remediation", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.049"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Marine%20Pollution%20Bulletin", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.049", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.049", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.049"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoena.2019.100006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:03Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-05-24", "title": "Ecosystem services from combined natural and engineered water and wastewater treatment systems: going beyond water quality enhancement", "description": "Abstract   Combined natural and engineered water and waste water systems (cNES) are nature-based solutions that utilise naturally occurring processes to remove impurities from water and therefore contribute to the ecosystem service of water quality enhancement. We hypothesise that these systems may also have a potential to deliver ecosystem services other than their primary purpose of water purification and we use spatially-explicit modelling tools to determine these benefits. We focused on three different types of cNES: bank filtration (BF), managed aquifer recharge/soil aquifer treatment (MAR/SAT), and constructed wetlands (CW), and combined the ecosystem services cascade, DESSIN and CICES conceptual frameworks with multiple InVEST 3.4.4 models to investigate the spatial distribution of intermediate ecosystem services within the sites as well as in the surrounding landscape. We also determined the role of habitats present within the sites in wider landscape\u2019s connectivity to the nearest Natura 2000 areas using the Circuitscape 4.0 model, assessed the public perception of the aesthetic value of two of the cNES technologies, i.e. CW and MAR/SAT, via an online survey, and linked the determined ecosystem services to their likely beneficiaries. Our results indicated that the sites characterised with semi-natural ecosystems had a good potential for ecosystem services provision and that the selected cNES technologies were favourably received by the public as compared to their engineered equivalents. We concluded that determination of ecosystem services potential from nature-based solutions, such as cNES technologies, should be done in consideration of various contextual factors including the type of habitats/ecosystems present within the proposed solutions, the location within the landscape as well as properties and ecosystem services potential of the areas surrounding the sites, all of which can be facilitated by deployment of spatially-explicit ecosystem service models at early stages of the planning process.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nature-based solutions", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Water and waste water treatment", "Habitat connectivity", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "551", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Circuitscape", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Ecosystem services", "InVEST models", "14. Life underwater", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoena.2019.100006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoena.2019.100006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoena.2019.100006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoena.2019.100006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ppees.2011.12.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-12-23", "title": "Stability Of Above-Ground And Below-Ground Processes To Extreme Drought In Model Grassland Ecosystems: Interactions With Plant Species Diversity And Soil Nitrogen Availability", "description": "Extreme drought events have the potential to cause dramatic changes in ecosystem structure and function, but the controls upon ecosystem stability to drought remain poorly understood. Here we used model systems of two commonly occurring, temperate grassland communities to investigate the shortterm interactive effects of a simulated 100-year summer drought event, soil nitrogen (N) availability and plant species diversity (low/high) on key ecosystem processes related to carbon (C) and N cycling. Whole ecosystem CO2 fluxes and leaching losses were recorded during drought and post-rewetting. Litter decomposition and C/N stocks in vegetation, soil and soil microbes were assessed 4 weeks after the end of drought. Experimental drought caused strong reductions in ecosystem respiration and net ecosystem CO2 exchange, but ecosystem fluxes recovered rapidly following rewetting irrespective of N and species diversity. As expected, root C stocks and litter decomposition were adversely affected by drought across all N and plant diversity treatments. In contrast, drought increased soil water retention, organic nutrient leaching losses and soil fertility. Drought responses of above-ground vegetation C stocks varied depending on plant diversity, with greater stability of above-ground vegetation C to drought in the high versus low diversity treatment. This positive effect of high plant diversity on above-ground vegetation C stability coincided with a decrease in the stability of microbial biomass C. Unlike species diversity, soil N availability had limited effects on the stability of ecosystem processes to extreme drought. Overall, our findings indicate that extreme drought events promote post-drought soil nutrient retention and soil fertility, with cascading effects on ecosystem C fixation rates. Data on above-ground ecosystem processes underline the importance of species diversity for grassland function in a changing environment. Furthermore, our results suggest that plant\u2013soil interactions play a key role for the short-term stability of above-ground vegetation C storage to extreme drought events.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "changement climatique", "Plant-soil interactions", "fertilit\u00e9 des sols", "Biodiversit\u00e9 et Ecologie", "flux de co2", "interaction plante- sol", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil fertility", "\u00e9cosyst\u00e8me", "01 natural sciences", "changement climatique;flux de CO2;\u00e9cosyst\u00e8me;interaction plante- sol;fertilit\u00e9 des sols", "6. Clean water", "Biodiversity and Ecology", "[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "CO 2 fluxes", "13. Climate action", "Climate change", "Ecosystem services", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "flux de CO2", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "Productivity"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02649087/file/Stability_of_above_ground_1.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2011.12.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Perspectives%20in%20Plant%20Ecology%2C%20Evolution%20and%20Systematics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ppees.2011.12.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ppees.2011.12.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ppees.2011.12.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1002/ldr.3006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:14:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-05-12", "title": "Impacts of climate change adaptation options on soil functions: A review of European case-studies", "description": "Abstract<p>Soils are vital for supporting food security and other ecosystem services. Climate change can affect soil functions both directly and indirectly. Direct effects include temperature, precipitation, and moisture regime changes. Indirect effects include those that are induced by adaptations such as irrigation, crop rotation changes, and tillage practices. Although extensive knowledge is available on the direct effects, an understanding of the indirect effects of agricultural adaptation options is less complete. A review of 20 agricultural adaptation case\uffe2\uff80\uff90studies across Europe was conducted to assess implications to soil threats and soil functions and the link to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The major findings are as follows: (a) adaptation options reflect local conditions; (b) reduced soil erosion threats and increased soil organic carbon are expected, although compaction may increase in some areas; (c) most adaptation options are anticipated to improve the soil functions of food and biomass production, soil organic carbon storage, and storing, filtering, transforming, and recycling capacities, whereas possible implications for soil biodiversity are largely unknown; and (d) the linkage between soil functions and the SDGs implies improvements to SDG 2 (achieving food security and promoting sustainable agriculture) and SDG 13 (taking action on climate change), whereas the relationship to SDG 15 (using terrestrial ecosystems sustainably) is largely unknown. The conclusion is drawn that agricultural adaptation options, even when focused on increasing yields, have the potential to outweigh the negative direct effects of climate change on soil degradation in many European regions.</p>", "keywords": ["sol", "[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "Sustainable Development Goals", "Sustainable development goals", "regional case studies", "adaptation", "Soil degradation", "01 natural sciences", "service \u00e9cosyst\u00e9mique", "630", "333", "soil", "12. Responsible consumption", "soil degradation", "Regional case-studies", "Agrucultural adaption", "DPSIR", "11. Sustainability", "regional case-studies", "Agricultural adaptation; DPSIR; Regional case-studies; Soil degradation; Sustainable Development Goals; Environmental Chemistry; Development3304 Education; 2300; Soil Science", "Climate change", "Research Articles", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900", "agricultural adaptation", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "services \u00e9cosyst\u00e9miques", "13. Climate action"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ldr.3006"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land%20Degradation%20%26amp%3B%20Development", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/ldr.3006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/ldr.3006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/ldr.3006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-05-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1002/ldr.3080", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:14:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-07-04", "title": "A framework for scaling sustainable land management options", "description": "Abstract<p>Improvements in land use and management are needed at a global scale to tackle interconnected global challenges of population growth, poverty, migration, climate change, biodiversity loss, and degrading land and water resources. There are hundreds of technical options for improving the sustainability of land management and preventing or reversing degradation, but there are many sociocultural, institutional, economic, and policy barriers hindering their adoption at large scale. To tackle this challenge, the Dryland Systems Program of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification convened an expert group to consider barriers and incentives to scaling technologies, processes, policies, or institutional arrangements. The group reviewed existing frameworks for scaling sustainable land management (SLM) interventions across a range of contexts and identified eight critical actions for success: (a) plan iteratively; (b) consistently fund; (c) select SLM options for scaling based on best available evidence; (d) identify and engage with stakeholders at all scales; (e) build capacity for scaling; (f) foster institutional leadership and policy change to support scaling; (g) achieve early benefits and incentives for as many stakeholders as possible; and (h) monitor, evaluate, and communicate. Incentives for scaling were identified for the private sector, farmers and their communities, and policy makers. Based on these findings, a new action framework for scaling is presented that analyses the contexts where specific SLM interventions can be scaled, so that SLM options can be screened and adapted to these contexts, piloted and disseminated. The framework can help countries achieve land degradation neutrality.</p", "keywords": ["330", "incentives", "private sector", "land; management; options; scaling; sustainable; Environmental Chemistry; Development3304 Education; 2300; Soil Science", "farmers", "water resources", "01 natural sciences", "stakeholders", "case studies", "630", "12. Responsible consumption", "economic aspects", "agricultural development", "Drylands Agriculture", "11. Sustainability", "policy making", "land; management; options; scaling; sustainable", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "land degradation", "capacity building", "land management", "1. No poverty", "land use", "15. Life on land", "sustainability", "Sustainable Agriculture", "6. Clean water", "communities", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "ecosystem services", "corporate culture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ldr.3080"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3080"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land%20Degradation%20%26amp%3B%20Development", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/ldr.3080", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/ldr.3080", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/ldr.3080"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-07-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1002/ldr.3424", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:14:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-08-09", "title": "Characterizing and evaluating the impacts of national land restoration initiatives on ecosystem services in Ethiopia", "description": "Abstract<p>Land restoration is considered to be the remedy for 21st century global challenges of land degradation. As a result, various land restoration and conservation efforts are underway at different scales. Ethiopia is one of the countries with huge investments in land restoration. Tremendous land management practices have been implemented across the country since the 1970s. However, the spatial distribution of the interventions has not been documented, and there is no systematic, quantitative evidence on whether land restoration efforts have achieved the restoration of desired ecosystem services. Therefore, we carried out a meta\uffe2\uff80\uff90analysis of peer\uffe2\uff80\uff90reviewed scientific literature related to land restoration efforts and their impacts in Ethiopia. Results show that most of the large\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale projects have been implemented in the highlands, specifically in Tigray and Amhara regions covering about 24 agroecological zones, and land restoration impact studies are mostly focused in the highlands but restricted in about 11 agroecological zones. The highest mean effect on agricultural productivity is obtained from the combination of bunds and biological interventions followed by conservation agriculture practices with 170% and 18% increases, respectively. However, bunds alone, biological intervention alone, and terracing (fanya juu) reveal negative effects on productivity. The mean effect of all land restoration interventions on soil organic carbon is positive, the highest effect being from \uffe2\uff80\uff9cbunds + biological\uffe2\uff80\uff9d (139%) followed by exclosure (90%). Reduced soil erosion and runoff are the dominant impacts of all interventions. The results can be used to improve existing guidelines to better match land restoration options with specific desired ecosystem functions and services. Although the focus of this study was on the evaluation of the impacts of land restoration efforts on selected ecosystem services, impacts on livelihood and national socioeconomy have not been examined. Thus, strengthening socioeconomic studies at national scale to assess the sustainability of land restoration initiatives is an essential next step.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "land restoration", "land degradation", "ecological restoration", "1. No poverty", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "landscape conservation", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "ecosystem services", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3424"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land%20Degradation%20%26amp%3B%20Development", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/ldr.3424", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/ldr.3424", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/ldr.3424"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-11-11T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s00267-021-01437-2", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:14:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-02-11", "title": "Evaluating Non-Market Values of Agroecological and Socio-Cultural Benefits of Diversified Cropping Systems", "description": "Abstract<p>We explored how consumers value the ecological and socio-cultural benefits of diversified food production systems in Finland. We used a stated preference method and contingent valuation to quantify consumers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 willingness to pay (WTP) for the benefits of increased farm and regional scale diversity of cultivation practices and crop rotations. Three valuation scenarios were presented to a representative sample of consumers: the first one focused on agroecosystem services on cropland, the second on wider socio-cultural effects and the third was a combination of them. The results suggest that consumers are willing to pay on the average \uffe2\uff82\uffac228 per household annually for the suggested diversification. This is equal to \uffe2\uff82\uffac245 per hectare of cultivated cropland. The results also indicate that 21% of consumers were not willing to pay anything to support more diverse cropping systems. The relatively high WTP for both agroecological and socio-cultural benefits provide important messages for actors in the food chain and for policy makers on future targeting of economic resources within agri-environmental schemes.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Family Characteristics", "330", "Sustainable agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "Valuation", "sustainable agriculture", "Diverse farming system", "agroecosystem services", "Agro-ecosystem services", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "10. No inequality", "valuation", "Finland", "diverse farming system", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00267-021-01437-2.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01437-2"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s00267-021-01437-2", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s00267-021-01437-2", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s00267-021-01437-2"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-02-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10745-012-9538-8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:03Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-11-19", "title": "Effects Of Landscape Segregation On Livelihood Vulnerability: Moving From Extensive Shifting Cultivation To Rotational Agriculture And Natural Forests In Northern Laos", "description": "This study investigates four decades of socio-economic and environmental change in a shifting cultivation landscape in the northern uplands of Laos. Historical changes in land cover and land use were analyzed using a chronological series of remote sensing data. Impacts of landscape change on local livelihoods were investigated in seven villages through interviews with various stakeholders. The study reveals that the complex mosaics of agriculture and forest patches observed in the study area have long constituted key assets for the resilience of local livelihood systems in the face of environmental and socio-economic risks. However, over the past 20 years, a process of segregating agricultural and forest spaces has increased the vulnerability of local land users. This process is a direct outcome of policies aimed at increasing national forest cover, eradicating shifting cultivation and fostering the emergence of more intensive and commercial agricultural practices. We argue that agriculture-forest segregation should be buffered in such a way that a diversity of livelihood opportunities and economic development pathways can be maintained.", "keywords": ["http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_195", "550", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "t\u00e9l\u00e9d\u00e9tection", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "2739 Public Health", "910", "630", "couverture v\u00e9g\u00e9tale", "conservation des for\u00eats", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3062", "for\u00eat", "K01 - Foresterie - Consid\u00e9rations g\u00e9n\u00e9rales", "11. Sustainability", "910 Geography & travel", "intensification", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6498", "2. 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Life on land", "shifting cultivation", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7038", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000157", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000115", "Land sparing", "Shifting cultivation", "impact sur l'environnement", "ecosystem services", "2303 Ecology", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6662"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://boris.unibe.ch/17755/1/Castella2013_Article_EffectsOfLandscapeSegregationO.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9538-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Human%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10745-012-9538-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10745-012-9538-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10745-012-9538-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-11-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-012-1258-8", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-05-01", "title": "Soil Properties Following Reforestation Or Afforestation Of Marginal Cropland", "description": "Aims Reforestation or afforestation of marginal agri- cultural lands offers opportunities to sequester soil organic carbon (SOC), improve the quality of degrad- ed soils, and provide ecosystem services. The objec- tives of this study were to identify the extent and distribution of marginally productive cropland in the state of Iowa and to quantify the changes in SOC and relevant soil properties following tree planting. Methods A geographic information system (GIS) analysis was used to identify 1.05 million ha of mar- ginal cropland within the state. Soil samples were collected from four locations with (<51 yr-old) forest plantations and adjacent crop fields. Soil samples were analyzed for SOC, total nitrogen (TN), pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), ammonium acetate- extractable K, Ca, Mg, and Na, and particle size. Results The forested soils had 30.0\u00b15.1 % (mean \u00b1standard error) more SOC than the tilled cropland. The average annualchangeinSOC following treeplant- ing was estimated to be 0.56\u00b10.05 Mg C ha \ufffd1 yr \ufffd1 . Differences were observed in several soil properties but strong correlations with SOC content were only observed for bulk density and extractable Ca. Conclusions These results indicate that within 5 dec- ades of tree planting on former cropland or pasture there was consistently and significantly greater SOC in soil beneath the trees.", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "2. Zero hunger", "Climate change mitigation", "550", "Soil organic carbon", "Ecosystem services", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil quality", "630"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Sauer, Thomas J., James, David E., Cambardella, Cynthia A., Hernandez-Ramirez, Guillermo,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1258-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-012-1258-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-012-1258-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-012-1258-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-05-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s13280-016-0836-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:25Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-11-17", "title": "The impact of swidden decline on livelihoods and ecosystem services in Southeast Asia: A review of the evidence from 1990 to 2015", "description": "Open AccessEl cambio econ\u00f3mico global y las intervenciones pol\u00edticas est\u00e1n impulsando las transiciones de los sistemas de golondrina larga (EPA) a usos alternativos de la tierra en las tierras altas del sudeste asi\u00e1tico. Este estudio presenta una revisi\u00f3n sistem\u00e1tica de c\u00f3mo estas transiciones impactan en los medios de vida y los servicios ecosist\u00e9micos en la regi\u00f3n. M\u00e1s de 17 000 estudios publicados entre 1950 y 2015 se redujeron, en funci\u00f3n de la relevancia y la calidad, a 93 estudios para su posterior an\u00e1lisis. Nuestro an\u00e1lisis de las transiciones del uso de la tierra de los sistemas de cultivo sucios a los intensificados mostr\u00f3 varios resultados: m\u00e1s hogares hab\u00edan aumentado los ingresos generales, pero estos beneficios tuvieron un costo significativo, como la reducci\u00f3n de las pr\u00e1cticas consuetudinarias, el bienestar socioecon\u00f3mico, las opciones de medios de vida y los rendimientos de los productos b\u00e1sicos. El examen de los efectos de las transiciones en las propiedades del suelo revel\u00f3 impactos negativos en el carbono org\u00e1nico del suelo, la capacidad de intercambio cati\u00f3nico y el carbono sobre el suelo. En conjunto, los impulsores inmediatos y subyacentes de las transiciones de la EPA a los usos alternativos de la tierra, especialmente la intensificaci\u00f3n de los cultivos comerciales perennes y anuales, condujeron a disminuciones significativas en la seguridad de los medios de vida preexistentes y los servicios ecosist\u00e9micos que respaldan esta seguridad. Nuestros resultados sugieren que las pol\u00edticas que imponen transiciones en el uso de la tierra a los agricultores de las tierras altas para mejorar los medios de vida y los entornos han sido err\u00f3neas; en el contexto de los diversos usos de la tierra, la agricultura sucia puede apoyar los medios de vida y los servicios ecosist\u00e9micos que ayudar\u00e1n a amortiguar los impactos del cambio clim\u00e1tico en el sudeste asi\u00e1tico.", "keywords": ["Economics", "Cropping", "Geography", " Planning and Development", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Optimal Operation of Water Resources Systems", "Review", "02 engineering and technology", "livelihoods", "910", "630", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "land-use change", "Livelihood", "Engineering", "Context (archaeology)", "Natural resource economics", "11. Sustainability", "Business", "Asia", " Southeastern", "2. 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Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Land use", "Shifting cultivation", "ecosystem services", "Drivers and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation", "2303 Ecology"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/248831/3/01_Dressler_The_impact_of_swidden_decline_2017.pdf.jpg"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0836-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ambio", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s13280-016-0836-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s13280-016-0836-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s13280-016-0836-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-11-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2011.12.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-01-30", "title": "Grazing Exclusion Affects Soil And Plant Communities, But Has No Impact On Soil Carbon Storage In An Upland Grassland", "description": "We evaluated the impact of 7 years of grazing exclusion on vegetation and belowground properties related to soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling in grazed, upland grassland in northern England. For this, we compared a landscape-level, moorland restoration project (grazing exclusion) with adjacent continuously grazed acidic grasslands to test whether changes in vegetation composition after restoration impacted on soil properties including soil C storage. Grazing exclusion significantly increased the proportion of dwarf-shrubs at the expense of graminoids. Despite high seasonal variability, this change in vegetation was associated with increased plant litter mass, soil moisture content and the ratio of dissolved organic to inorganic N, and reductions in rates of ammonium mineralisation, soil microbial activity, and microbial biomass N. Our observations suggest that grazing-exclusion as a restoration tool for upland habitats results in a slowing down of rates of C and N cycling. However, as yet, this has had no detectable impact on total C and N stocks in surface soil. Whereas increases in soil C and N stocks might be expected in the longer term, our results suggest that a certain level of grazing is compatible with the provision of ecosystem services such as soil C storage under traditional upland farming practices.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nitrogen", "Uplands", "Calluna vulgaris", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Yorkshire Dales", "Carbon", "13. Climate action", "Ecosystem services", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Grass-dominated ecosystems", "Soil properties", "Grazing management", "Moorland"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.12.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2011.12.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2011.12.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2011.12.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2017.05.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-05-16", "title": "Evaluating The Effect Of Shade Trees On Provision Of Ecosystem Services In Intensively Managed Coffee Plantations", "description": "Abstract   Intensively managed cropping systems with emphasis on productivity of the main crop can benefit from additional ecosystem services brought by integration of trees in the system \u2212 but potential drawbacks must also be accounted for. In an on-farm study, we used a variety of plant, soil and water- related variables to assess the effect of Erythrina spp. and Musa spp. on the provision of ecosystem services in productive, high-quality Coffea arabica plantations in Costa Rica. We found 1) no significant effect of shade trees on coffee production overall; 2) evidence that shade trees do affect flowering and subsequent cherry development, with effects strongly dependent on climate and annual variations in coffee plant physiology; 3) Erythrina shade trees significantly increased soil litter and relative infiltration rate of water in the soil, both linked to soil conservation and decrease in erosion; 4) even in highly fertilized environments, Erythrina trees do fix N which was taken up by adjacent coffee plants. The lack of significant negative effect of shade trees on overall coffee yield and the observation of the provision of other useful services was not unexpected, because of 1) the low density of shade trees in the study site (100\u2013350 trees/ha pruned twice a year on average) and 2) the sensitivity of coffee yields to other interacting effects such as climate, pests and diseases and physiological variations in the plant. Pending further long-term research into the factors affecting coffee yield, we find shade trees provide sufficient ecosystem services to justify their integration in even intensively managed plantations.", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "0106 biological sciences", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1920", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2658", "adaptation aux changements climatiques", "910", "\u00e9cosyst\u00e8me agricole", "01 natural sciences", "630", "agroforestry", "[SDV.BV] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1721", "Erythrina", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35657", "agroforesterie", "2. 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Life on land", "K10 - Production foresti\u00e8re", "services \u00e9cosyst\u00e9miques", "r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 la s\u00e9cheresse", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_11670", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7713", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.05.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2017.05.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2017.05.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2017.05.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106593", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:03Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-01-31", "title": "Valuing diversification benefits through intercropping in Mediterranean agroecosystems: A choice experiment approach", "description": "Abstract   The agricultural sector faces a series of environmental challenges such as water and soil pollution, erosion or biodiversity loss, especially in monoculture systems. Alternatively, crop diversification is seen as an option to reduce negative impacts and to enhance agricultural Ecosystem Services (ES). Most of these ES, such as improving resilience, despite the benefits and the high social value, do not take part in the market. In this context, the present paper presents an analysis of social preferences regarding crop diversification practices in Mediterranean agroecosystems. To do so, a choice experiment has been developed to assess social demand for more welfare-improving agricultural cropping systems. Benefits were obtained from improving environmental and cultural ES provision due to intercropping, as crop diversification practices. The results show a strong social preference for crop diversification with regard to all the benefits considered in the experiment. In fact, the total economic value for non-market goods and services provided by intercropping, which ranges from 900 to 1400 \u20ac/ha/year, for some crops might be potentially higher than cropland financial benefits. These results highlight the social support for a change in agricultural model to reach sustainable agroecosystems, which is essential to ensure the success of agrarian and rural development policies.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture", "Diversified farming", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Total economic value", "woody crops", "13. Climate action", "Ecosystem services", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Willingness to pay", "Social preferences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106593"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Economics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106593", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106593", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106593"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.020", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-12-28", "title": "Soil Macrofauna As Indicators Of Soil Quality And Land Use Impacts In Smallholder Agroecosystems Of Western Nicaragua", "description": "Abstract   The tropical dry forest region along the western slope of Central America represents a biodiverse and fragile area that is under increasing pressure from agricultural production, thus threatening the provision of ecosystem services, the integrity of these landscapes, and the rural communities who depend on them. To address this issue, we evaluated the influence of common agricultural management practices (cropping and livestock systems) vs. the Quesungual slash-and-mulch agroforestry system (QSMAS) on diverse parameters of soil quality and function. We then used this information to identify soil invertebrate bioindicators that represent key aspects of soil quality (chemical fertility, physical properties, aggregate morphology, and biological functioning). In February of 2011 soil sampling was conducted on six hillside farms near the town of Somotillo in western Nicaragua to assess soil properties and the abundance and diversity of soil macrofauna within four management systems: (1) QSMAS, based on maize production, (2) traditional maize cropping system with few trees (TC), (3) silvopastoral system with low tree density (SP), and (4) secondary forest (SF), used as a reference. The conversion of forest to agriculture demonstrated the greatest impact of management in this study. For example, SF presented significantly higher diversity of soil invertebrate taxonomic groups than either TC or SP ( P  P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "570", "utilizaci\u00f3n de la tierra", "Forest conversion", "Soil invertebrates", "soil fertility", "land use", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "fertilidad del suelo", "15. Life on land", "shifting cultivation", "Quesungual slash-and-mulch agroforestry system", "Indicator Value Index", "630", "cultivo migratorio", "agroforestry", "Soil ecosystem services", "Bioindicators", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "fauna del suelo", "agroforesteria", "soil fauna"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.020"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Indicators", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.020", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.020", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.020"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1890/08-0172.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-09-17", "title": "Effects Of Warming And Altered Precipitation On Plant And Nutrient Dynamics Of A New England Salt Marsh", "description": "<p>Salt marsh structure and function, and consequently ability to support a range of species and to provide ecosystem services, may be affected by climate change. To better understand how salt marshes will respond to warming and associated shifts in precipitation, we conducted a manipulative experiment in a tidal salt marsh in Massachusetts, USA. We exposed two plant communities (one dominated by Spartina patens\uffe2\uff80\uff93Distichlis spicata and one dominated by short form Spartina alterniflora) to five climate manipulations: warming via passive open\uffe2\uff80\uff90topped chambers, doubled precipitation, warming and doubled precipitation, extreme drought via rainout shelter, and ambient conditions. Modest daytime warming increased total aboveground biomass of the S. alterniflora community (24%), but not the S. patens\uffe2\uff80\uff93D. spicata community. Warming also increased maximum stem heights of S. alterniflora (8%), S. patens (8%), and D. spicata (15%). Decomposition was marginally accelerated by warming in the S. alterniflora community. Drought markedly increased total biomass of the S. alterniflora community (53%) and live S. patens (69%), perhaps by alleviating waterlogging of sediments. Decomposition was accelerated by increased precipitation and slowed by drought, particularly in the S. patens\uffe2\uff80\uff93D. spicata community. Flowering phenology responded minimally to the treatments, and pore water salinity, sulfide, ammonium, and phosphate concentrations showed no treatment effects in either plant community. Our results suggest that these salt marsh communities may be resilient to modest amounts of warming and large changes in precipitation. If production increases under climate change, marshes will have a greater ability to keep pace with sea\uffe2\uff80\uff90level rise, although an increase in decomposition could offset this. As long as marshes are not inundated by flooding due to sea\uffe2\uff80\uff90level rise, increases in aboveground biomass and stem heights suggest that marshes may continue to export carbon and nutrients to coastal waters and may be able to increase their carbon storage capability by increasing plant growth under future climate conditions.</p>", "keywords": ["Greenhouse Effect", "0106 biological sciences", "570", "Spartina patens", "Time Factors", "open-topped chamber", "Light", "Rain", "Plant Development", "Distichlis spicata", "Sodium Chloride", "01 natural sciences", "Spartina alterniflora", "Distichlis spicata;", "Spartina alterniflora;", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "decomposition", "Temperature", "Water", "nutrient cycling", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Circadian Rhythm", "salt marsh", "climate change", "Massachusetts", "13. Climate action", "Wetlands", "altered precipitation", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0172.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Applications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1890/08-0172.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1890/08-0172.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1890/08-0172.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.072", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-05-25", "title": "Variation In Carbon Storage Among Tree Species: Implications For The Management Of A Small-Scale Carbon Sink Project", "description": "Despite growing evidence for an effect of species composition on carbon (C) storage and sequestration, few projects have examined the implications of such a relationship for forestry and agriculture-based climate change mitigation activities. We worked with a community in Eastern Panama to determine the average above- and below-ground C stocks of three land-use types in their territory: managed forest, agroforests and pasture. We examined evidence for a functional relationship between tree-species diversity and C storage in each land-use type, and also explored how the use of particular tree species by community members could affect C storage. We found that managed forests in this landscape stored an average of 335 Mg C ha \ufffd 1 , traditional agroforests an average of 145 Mg C ha \ufffd 1 , and pastures an average of 46 Mg C ha \ufffd 1 including all vegetation-based C stocks and soil C to 40 cm depth. We did not detect a relationship between diversity and C storage; however, the relative contributions of species to C storage per hectare in forests and agroforests were highly skewed and often were not proportional to species\u2019 relative abundances. We conclude that protecting forests from conversion to pasture would have the greatest positive impact on C stocks, even though the forests are managed by community members for timber and non-timber forest products. However, because several of the tree species that contribute the most to C storage in forests were identified by community members as preferred timber species, we suggest that species-level management will be important to avoiding C-impoverishment through selective logging in these forests. Our data also indicate that expanding agroforests into areas currently under pasture could sequester significant amounts of carbon while providing biodiversity and livelihood benefits that the most common reforestation systems in the region \u2013 monoculture teak plantations \u2013 do not provide. # 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "Tropical land-use change", "0106 biological sciences", "Clean development mechanism", "13. Climate action", "Ecosystem services", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Agroforestry", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Catherine Potvin, Catherine Potvin, Kathryn R. Kirby,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.072"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Forest%20Ecology%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.072", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.072", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.072"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-10-06", "title": "Unpacking ecosystem service bundles: Towards predictive mapping of synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services", "description": "<p>Multiple ecosystem services (ES) can respond similarly to social and ecological factors to form bundles. Identifying key social-ecological variables and understanding how they co-vary to produce these consistent sets of ES may ultimately allow the prediction and modelling of ES bundles, and thus, help us understand critical synergies and trade-offs across landscapes. Such an understanding is essential for informing better management of multi-functional landscapes and minimising costly trade-offs. However, the relative importance of different social and biophysical drivers of ES bundles in different types of social-ecological systems remains unclear. As such, a bottom-up understanding of the determinants of ES bundles is a critical research gap in ES and sustainability science. Here, we evaluate the current methods used in ES bundle science and synthesize these into four steps that capture the plurality of methods used to examine predictors of ES bundles. We then apply these four steps to a cross-study comparison (North and South French Alps) of relationships between social-ecological variables and ES bundles, as it is widely advocated that cross-study comparisons are necessary for achieving a general understanding of predictors of ES associations. We use the results of this case study to assess the strengths and limitations of current approaches for understanding distributions of ES bundles. We conclude that inconsistency of spatial scale remains the primary barrier for understanding and predicting ES bundles. We suggest a hypothesis-driven approach is required to predict relationships between ES, and we outline the research required for such an understanding to emerge.</p>", "keywords": ["natural capital", "Social-ecological systems", "577", "land use", "Trade-off", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "cross-study comparison", "01 natural sciences", "333", "social-ecological systems", "Cross-study comparison", "Land use", "Natural capital", "[SDE.ES] Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society", "Ecosystem services", "[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society", "ecosystem services", "French Alps", "trade-off", "biodiversity", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/413028/1/Spake_et_alUnpacking_ecosystem_service_bundles_acceptedMS.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Environmental%20Change", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.08.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.033", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-11-29", "title": "Impacts of forests and forestation on hydrological services in the Andes: A systematic review", "description": "Abstract   Several Andean countries have planned to restore forest cover in degraded land to enhance the provision of multiple ecosystem services in response to international commitments such as the Bonn Challenge. Hydrological services, e.g. water supply, hydrological regulation and erosion mitigation, are particularly important to sustain the life of more than fifty million Andean people. While rapid and important forest cover changes have occurred during recent decades, critical information on the impact of forestation on hydrological services has not yet been synthesized in the context of Andean ecosystems. We define forestation as the establishment of forest by plantation or natural regeneration on areas that either had forest in the past or not. To help improve decision-making on forestation in the Andes, we reviewed the available literature concerning the impacts of forestation on water supply, hydrological regulation and mitigation of erosion and landslides. We also examined available data on the most relevant hydrological processes such as infiltration, evapotranspiration and runoff in forest stands. Hydrological services from native forests were also included as a reference state for comparing processes and services provided by forestation. Following systematic review protocols, we synthesized 155 studies using different methods, including meta-analyses and meta-regressions. Results show that forestation has had clear impacts on degraded soils, through reducing water erosion of soils and risk of moderate floods, increasing soil infiltration rate by 8 and topsoil organic matter (SOM). We found that 20\u202fyears of tree plantation was sufficient to recover infiltration rate and sediment yield close to the levels of native forests whereas SOM, soil water storage and surface runoff of native forests could not be recovered by forestation in the time scales examined. The benefits in terms of hydrological regulation are at the expense of a reduction in total water supply since forest cover was associated with higher water use in most Andean regions. Forestation with native species was underrepresented in the reviewed studies. The impact of forestation on landslides has also been largely overlooked in the Andes. At high elevations, exotic tree plantations on Andean grasslands (e.g. paramo and puna) had the most detrimental consequences since these grasslands showed an excellent capacity for hydrological regulation and erosion mitigation but also a water yield up to 40% higher than tree plantations. People engaged in forest restoration initiative should be aware that hydrological services may take some time for society and the environment to show clear benefits after forestation.", "keywords": ["P33 - Chimie et physique du sol", "Pine plantations", "forest rehabilitation", "propri\u00e9t\u00e9 physicochimique du sol", "550", "F40 - \u00c9cologie v\u00e9g\u00e9tale", "Monitoring", "Ecosystem service", "[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "ecological restoration", "05 Environmental Sciences", "systematic reviews", "0207 environmental engineering", "forest cover", "hydrology", "02 engineering and technology", "hydrologie", "01 natural sciences", "630", "cycle hydrologique", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3062", "for\u00eat", "K01 - Foresterie - Consid\u00e9rations g\u00e9n\u00e9rales", "11. Sustainability", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_13802", "reconstitution foresti\u00e8re", "P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion", "Land-use", "Nature and Landscape Conservation", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "forests", "P36 - \u00c9rosion", " conservation et r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration des sols", "2. Zero hunger", "Policy and Law", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7182", "Forestry", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_401", "06 Biological Sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Management", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_11670", "[SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "13. Climate action", "degraded land", "07 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3731"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.033"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Forest%20Ecology%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.033", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.033", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.033"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125466", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-12-16", "title": "Spatial differentiation characteristics and driving factors of agricultural eco-efficiency in Chinese provinces from the perspective of ecosystem services", "description": "Farmland ecosystem service is an important output of agricultural production, but it has been incompletely reflected in current studies on eco-efficiency. In this study, the value of improved farmland ecosystem services is used as one of the expected outputs. The data envelopment method is used to evaluate the agricultural eco-efficiency (AEE) of 31 provincial administrative regions in China from 2006 to 2018. The spatial autocorrelation method is used to explore the characteristics of AEE in China. Geographical detector model (Geodetector) is adopted to detect the driving factors of AEE spatial differentiation in China. China\u2019s AEE trend from 2006 to 2018 was downward with the efficiency value decreasing from 1.023 to 0.995. China\u2019s AEE level has improved with an average of 1.004. The spatial distribution pattern represented in space is in the following order: eastern region &gt; western region &gt; northeast region &gt; central region. The AEE gap among provinces in the western region is the largest, and that in the northeast region is the smallest. China\u2019s AEE spatial correlation distribution presents random distribution characteristics. During the research period, the lowehigh (LH) efficiency response area has centered on Yunnan Province. The lowelow (LL) level concentration area has centered on Inner Mongolia autonomous region and Liaoning Province. The highelow (HL) level diffusion effect agglomeration area has centered on Heilongjiang Province. Energy input, water resource input, and carbon emission are the core drivers of AEE spatial differentiation in China. Water resource input, pesticide input and labor input are the significant control factors of AEE spatial differentiation in the eastern, central, and western regions of China.", "keywords": ["Economics and Econometrics", "China", "Environmental Engineering", "Economics", "Discrete Choice Models in Economics and Health Care", "Social Sciences", "Mathematical analysis", "01 natural sciences", "Environmental science", "Data envelopment analysis", "Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Impact Analysis", "11. Sustainability", "FOS: Mathematics", "Ecosystem services", "Spatial distribution", "Biology", "Ecosystem Services", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Agricultural economics", "2. Zero hunger", "Global and Planetary Change", "Global Analysis of Ecosystem Services and Land Use", "Geography", "Ecology", "Distribution (mathematics)", "Statistics", "FOS: Environmental engineering", "Spatial analysis", "Agriculture", "Remote sensing", "15. Life on land", "Economics", " Econometrics and Finance", "Driving factors", "Archaeology", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Physical Sciences", "Spatial heterogeneity", "Common spatial pattern", "Mathematics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125466"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Cleaner%20Production", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125466", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125466", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125466"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.jnc.2016.09.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:46Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-09-15", "title": "Biodiversity And Ecological Long-Term Plots In Southern Patagonia To Support Sustainable Land Management: The Case Of Pebanpa Network", "description": "Historically, interactions and trends between biodiversity, ecosystem function (EF) and land use practices in southern Patagonia (Argentina) have been largely undocumented and poorly understood. Since 2002, 1214 permanent and semi-permanent plots within the PEBANPA Network have enabled researchers to monitor and assess functions and trends among vegetation parameters, biodiversity, forest dynamics, soil physicochemical characteristics, and land use management. The objectives of this manuscript are to communicate the role and rationale of the PEBANPA Network, summarize examples of the main results found within the network and provide guidance to decision makers with respect to advancing sustainable land management in southern Patagonia. As examples, rangeland health indices, seedling and sapling regeneration under different timber managed forests, litterfall and seeds production under silvopastoral use, and soil carbon content impacted by livestock grazing have all been assessed. Vegetation and environmental variables including soil respiration, soil water infiltration, soil water retention capacity, soil erosion, and litter cover were measured under different grazing intensities. Livestock and forestry production have caused changes in the original floristic patterns, with several areas experiencing desertification. Heavy stocking rates have caused the greatest impacts on grassland soil carbon (C) loss as a consequence of soil erosion. We were able to conclude that low \u2212 medium grazing intensities yield the most positive impacts for biodiversity and soil physicochemical characteristics. Studies regarding levels of seedling and sapling regeneration post-harvest of timber further supported the importance of long-term monitoring due to the strongest evidence of interactions occurring 20 to 30 years after harvest. Distribution patterns of vascular plants and epigaeic coleopterons diversity revealed statistically significant differences among geographical zones and dominant vegetation types. The PEBANPA Network helps southern Patagonia address the challenges of unsustainable land management and climate change through monitoring ecosystem function and services. Long-term monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem function help decision makers better understand the impacts of land use practices, develop well-informed policies and secure present and future human well-being.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "LIVESTOCK GRAZING", "ECOSYSTEM SERVICES", "LAND USE PRACTICES", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "CARBON SEQUESTRATION", "13. Climate action", "LONG-TERM MONITORING", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1", "BIODIVERSITY", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2016.09.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20for%20Nature%20Conservation", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.jnc.2016.09.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.jnc.2016.09.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.jnc.2016.09.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-05-13", "title": "Priorities for research in soil ecology", "description": "The ecological interactions that occur in and with soil are of consequence in many ecosystems on the planet. These interactions provide numerous essential ecosystem services, and the sustainable management of soils has attracted increasing scientific and public attention. Although soil ecology emerged as an independent field of research many decades ago, and we have gained important insights into the functioning of soils, there still are fundamental aspects that need to be better understood to ensure that the ecosystem services that soils provide are not lost and that soils can be used in a sustainable way. In this perspectives paper, we highlight some of the major knowledge gaps that should be prioritized in soil ecological research. These research priorities were compiled based on an online survey of 32 editors of Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology. These editors work at universities and research centers in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.The questions were categorized into four themes: (1) soil biodiversity and biogeography, (2) interactions and the functioning of ecosystems, (3) global change and soil management, and (4) new directions. The respondents identified priorities that may be achievable in the near future, as well as several that are currently achievable but remain open. While some of the identified barriers to progress were technological in nature, many respondents cited a need for substantial leadership and goodwill among members of the soil ecology research community, including the need for multi-institutional partnerships, and had substantial concerns regarding the loss of taxonomic expertise.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "aboveground-belowground interactions", "Biologia", "Aboveground-belowground interactions", "910", "soil processes", "soil microbial ecology", "Microbial ecology", "Novel environments", "Soil food web", "11. Sustainability", "Climate change", "0503 Soil Sciences", "Global change", "biodiversity", "ecosystem management", "2. Zero hunger", "biodiversity\u2013ecosystem functioning", "0303 health sciences", "Plant-microbe interaction", "Agronomy & Agriculture", "Soil processes", "climate change", "ekosysteemipalvelut", "Biogeography", "international", "570", "Soil management", "Ecosystem service", "Biodiversity\u2013ecosystem functioning", "0607 Plant Biology", "plant-microbe interactions", "soil biodiversity", "Chemical ecology", "Aboveground-belowground interactions; Biodiversity\u2013ecosystem functioning; Biogeography; Chemical ecology; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Global change; Microbial ecology; Novel environments; Plant-microbe interactions; Soil biodiversity; Soil food web; Soil management; Soil processes", "climatic changes", "eli\u00f6maantiede", "12. Responsible consumption", "Aboveground-belowground interaction", "03 medical and health sciences", "soil food web", "Novel environment", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "Ecosystem services", "Biology", "global change", "maaper\u00e4nsuojelu", "chemical ecology", "500", "15. Life on land", "Soil biodiversity", "biodiversiteetti", "ekosysteemit (ekologia)", "mikrobiekologia", "13. Climate action", "ilmastonmuutos", "novel environments", "ta1181", "soil management", "Plant-microbe interactions", "0703 Crop And Pasture Production"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://usiena-air.unisi.it/bitstream/11365/1134372/2/Eisenhauer_et_al_research_priorities_20170503.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153389", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-01-30", "title": "Systems knowledge for sustainable soil and land management", "description": "While soils and land are pivotal elements of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and societal challenges, they face degradation and reduction of related functions and services worldwide. Societal demands on soils and land are increasing, including contributions to climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services, biodiversity and biomass production for food, feed, fiber and energy. This adverse combination of reducing capacities and increasing demands requires rapid transition towards sustainable soil and land management that mitigates trade-offs and creates synergies. Likewise, a transformation of soil and land research is required to scientifically support the sustainable transformation. Based on a literature analysis combined with engagement of soil and land scientists, we developed a systemic research framework for sustainable soil and land management to support the implementation of the Horizon Europe Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe'. The framework summarizes soil and land related topics into six societal challenges and associates them with eight knowledge types that outline integrated research for development and implementation of sustainable soil and land management. We propose that research should be aligned with living labs and lighthouses to leverage local solutions, innovation, training and education. We outline the role of experimentation, data analysis, assessment, modelling and the importance of research for institutions, governance and policy support. For encouraging a swift transition towards a systems approach for sustainable soil and land management, we concluded that among all knowledge types, those addressing socio-economic interrelations with soil health and related policies currently represent the biggest bottleneck.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Ecosystem service", "Climate Change", "Holistic", "Sustainable Development", "15. Life on land", "Soil degradation", "01 natural sciences", "333", "Holistic ; Soil degradation ; Living labs ; Ecosystem service ; Sustainable development ; Soil health", "12. Responsible consumption", "Soil", "Living labs", "13. Climate action", "Sustainable development", "Soil health", "Sustainable development; Holistic; Soil health; Ecosystem service; Soil degradation; Living labs", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "11. Sustainability", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153389"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153389", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153389", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153389"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.01.030", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:17:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-02-13", "title": "Soil quality \u2013 A critical review", "description": "Sampling and analysis or visual examination of soil to assess its status and use potential is widely practiced from plot to national scales. However, the choice of relevant soil attributes and interpretation of measurements are not straightforward, because of the complexity and site-specificity of soils, legacy effects of previous land use, and trade-offs between ecosystem services. Here we review soil quality and related concepts, in terms of definition, assessment approaches, and indicator selection and interpretation. We identify the most frequently used soil quality indicators under agricultural land use. We find that explicit evaluation of soil quality with respect to specific soil threats, soil functions and ecosystem services has rarely been implemented, and few approaches provide clear interpretation schemes of measured indicator values. This limits their adoption by land managers as well as policy. We also consider novel indicators that address currently neglected though important soil properties and processes, and we list the crucial steps in the development of a soil quality assessment procedure that is scientifically sound and supports management and policy decisions that account for the multi-functionality of soil. This requires the involvement of the pertinent actors, stakeholders and end-users to a much larger degree than practiced to date.", "keywords": ["Monitoring", "Ecosystem service", "Land quality", "Soil fertility", "stakeholders", "Soil quality", "tierras", "Soil health", "Stakeholder", "soil quality", "agentes interesados", "Soil capability", "2. Zero hunger", "Minimum data set", "soil health", "soil fertility", "indicadores", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "indicators", "6. Clean water", "ecosystem service", "land", "monitoring", "Indicator", "Soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil threat"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.01.030"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Biology%20and%20Biochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.01.030", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.01.030", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.01.030"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/ncomms6612", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:17:55Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-11-26", "title": "Afforestation Or Intense Pasturing Improve The Ecological And Economic Value Of Abandoned Tropical Farmlands", "description": "Abstract<p>Increasing demands for livelihood resources in tropical rural areas have led to progressive clearing of biodiverse natural forests. Restoration of abandoned farmlands could counter this process. However, as aims and modes of restoration differ in their ecological and socio-economic value, the assessment of achievable ecosystem functions and benefits requires holistic investigation. Here we combine the results from multidisciplinary research for a unique assessment based on a normalization of 23 ecological, economic and social indicators for four restoration options in the tropical Andes of Ecuador. A comparison of the outcomes among afforestation with native alder or exotic pine, pasture restoration with either low-input or intense management and the abandoned status quo shows that both variants of afforestation and intense pasture use improve the ecological value, but low-input pasture does not. Economic indicators favour either afforestation or intense pasturing. Both Mestizo and indigenous Saraguro settlers are more inclined to opt for afforestation.</p>", "keywords": ["Conservation of Natural Resources", "Restoration ecology", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "Environmental science", "Trees", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Livelihood", "Afforestation", "Agroforestry Systems and Biodiversity Enhancement", "ddc:630", "Ecosystem services", "Pasture", "Agroforestry", "Tropical Deforestation", "Biology", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Global and Planetary Change", "Global Analysis of Ecosystem Services and Land Use", "Geography", "Ecology", "1. No poverty", "Life Sciences", "Forestry", "Agriculture", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Pinus", "ddc:", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Physical Sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Ecuador", "Drivers and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6612"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Nature%20Communications", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/ncomms6612", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/ncomms6612", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/ncomms6612"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-11-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-09-18", "title": "Multi-Functional Land Use Is Not Self-Evident for European Farmers: A Critical Review", "description": "Soils perform more functions than primary productivity. Examples of these functions are the recycling of nutrients, the regulation and purification of water, the regulation of the climate, and supporting biodiversity. These abilities are generally referred to as the soil quality. Soil management that favors primary productivity may have positive and negative impacts on the other functions, and vice versa, depending on soil and climatic conditions. All these functions are under pressure, particularly in intensive agriculture. In the absence of mandatory regulations, most European farmers give limited attention to other functions than primary productivity in spite of recommendations by scientists, society and policy makers to acknowledge the ecosystem services provided by soils. The present paper analyses the underlying causes of this limited attention for the multi-functionality of soils by farmers. It is concluded that their focus on primary productivity may stem from (1) insufficient visible proof for soil degradation and benefits of preventive measures over curative measures, (2) limited awareness or conviction of long-term synergies, (3) insufficient remuneration of ecosystem services by society or compensation of yield penalties in favor of these services, (4) lacking trustworthy knowledge about and support for multi-functional soil management, and (5) absence of incentives and regulations on soil management and their enforcement. All these shortcomings need to be addressed by advisors, scientists, and policy makers, whilst acknowledging the need for underpinning and differentiation of incentives and regulations.", "keywords": ["GLOBAL DILEMMA", "DEPLETE SOIL-NITROGEN", "ECOSYSTEM SERVICES", "COVER CROPS", "CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE", "01 natural sciences", "primary productivity", "soil degradation", "MANAGEMENT", "QUALITY", "GE1-350", "soil quality", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "CLIMATE-CHANGE", "soil health", "land management", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Environmental sciences", "ORGANIC-MATTER", "13. Climate action", "CATTLE SLURRY", "soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Environmental%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fenvs.2020.575466"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-09-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s41597-025-05976-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-10-27", "title": "A global database on land use and management change effects on soil KMnO4-oxidisable organic carbon (POXC)", "description": "Abstract                   <p>                     Soil carbon transformation is vital for ecosystem functions like food production and climate regulation. While soil organic carbon is a key soil health indicator, its sensitivity to management changes is debated. Alternative indicators, such as permanganate-oxidisable carbon (POXC), are being explored. This database compiles 10,068 comparisons of soil POXC content from 284 peer-reviewed studies published up to 2023, covering 45 countries and 63 land use types, including arable land, grassland, agroforestry, and forests. Most studies focused on arable land (                     n                     \uffe2\uff80\uff89=\uffe2\uff80\uff897,809), examining input changes (                     n                     \uffe2\uff80\uff89&gt;\uffe2\uff80\uff89500) and tillage intensity (                     n                     \uffe2\uff80\uff89&gt;\uffe2\uff80\uff89200). The most studied land-use changes were grassland conversion to arable land (n\uffe2\uff80\uff89=\uffe2\uff80\uff89324) and vice versa (n\uffe2\uff80\uff89=\uffe2\uff80\uff89261). The dataset includes rich metadata on geographical context, soil types, key properties (pH, clay content), POXC protocols, and data quality scores. This resource supports scientific and policy discussions on POXC\uffe2\uff80\uff99s potential as a practical indicator for improving land use and soil health management.                   </p", "keywords": ["agroforesterie", "cycle du carbone", "changement climatique", "Data Descriptor", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_195", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7170", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24866", "gestion des ressources naturelles", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1348040570280", "utilisation des terres", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207", "services \u00e9cosyst\u00e9miques", "fertilit\u00e9 du sol", "politique fonci\u00e8re", "gestion fonci\u00e8re", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1070", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000115", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4182", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1666", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_17299"], "contacts": [{"organization": "C\u00e9cile Ch\u00e9ron-Bessou, Damien Beillouin, Alexis Thoumazeau, Lydie Chapuis-Lardy, Tiphaine Chevallier, Julien Demenois, Paul N. Nelson,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05976-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Scientific%20Data", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41597-025-05976-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41597-025-05976-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41597-025-05976-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-10-27T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-03-16", "title": "Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services", "description": "Abstract<p>Greenspaces are important for sustaining healthy urban environments and their human populations. Yet their capacity to support multiple ecosystem services simultaneously (multiservices) compared with nearby natural ecosystems remains virtually unknown. We conducted a global field survey in 56 urban areas to investigate the influence of urban greenspaces on 23 soil and plant attributes and compared them with nearby natural environments. We show that, in general, urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil multiservices, with only six of 23 attributes (available phosphorus, water holding capacity, water respiration, plant cover, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and arachnid richness) significantly greater in greenspaces, and one (available ammonium) greater in natural areas. Further analyses showed that, although natural areas and urban greenspaces delivered a similar number of services at low (&gt;25% threshold) and moderate (&gt;50%) levels of functioning, natural systems supported significantly more functions at high (&gt;75%) levels of functioning. Management practices (mowing) played an important role in explaining urban ecosystem services, but there were no effects of fertilisation or irrigation. Some services declined with increasing site size, for both greenspaces and natural areas. Our work highlights the fact that urban greenspaces are more similar to natural environments than previously reported and underscores the importance of managing urban greenspaces not only for their social and recreational values, but for supporting multiple ecosystem services on which soils and human well-being depends.</p", "keywords": ["Medio ambiente natural", "2410.05 Ecolog\u00eda Humana", "Health", " Toxicology and Mutagenesis", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "710", "Urban Green Space", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "zelene povr\u0161ine", "ekosistemske storitve", " zelene povr\u0161ine", " urbani gozdovi", " tla", "Urban planning", "Natural (archaeology)", "11. Sustainability", "Urban Heat Islands and Mitigation Strategies", "info:eu-repo/classification/udc/630*1:630*9", "2. Zero hunger", "Global and Planetary Change", "Global Analysis of Ecosystem Services and Land Use", "Geography", "Ecology", "2417.13 Ecolog\u00eda Vegetal", "Carbon cycle", "3. Good health", "soil", " ecosystem services", " urban forests", "2511 Ciencias del Suelo (Edafolog\u00eda)", "Archaeology", "Physical Sciences", "urban forests", "HT361-384", "Ecolog\u00eda (Biolog\u00eda)", "Urbanization. City and country", "Environmental Engineering", "711.4:911.375", "631.4", "Environmental science", "soil", "12. Responsible consumption", "Impact of Urban Green Space on Public Health", "Urban ecosystem", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "Ecosystem services", "14. Life underwater", "Agroforestry", "info:eu-repo/classification/udc/630*1", "Biology", "City planning", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "SDG-15: Life on land", "tla", "FOS: Environmental engineering", "15. Life on land", "ekosistemske storitve", "Urban ecology", "HT165.5-169.9", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "urbani gozdovi", "502.3", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-024-00154-z.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/npj%20Urban%20Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-03-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12338", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-29", "title": "Investigating The Long-Term Legacy Of Drought And Warming On The Soil Microbial Community Across Five European Shrubland Ecosystems", "description": "Abstract<p>We investigated how the legacy of warming and summer drought affected microbial communities in five different replicated long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term (&gt;10\uffc2\uffa0years) field experiments across Europe (EU\uffe2\uff80\uff90FP7 INCREASE infrastructure). To focus explicitly on legacy effects (i.e., indirect rather than direct effects of the environmental factors), we measured microbial variables under the same moisture and temperature in a brief screening, and following a pre\uffe2\uff80\uff90incubation at stable conditions. Specifically, we investigated the size and composition of the soil microbial community (PLFA) alongside measurements of bacterial (leucine incorporation) and fungal (acetate in ergosterol incorporation) growth rates, previously shown to be highly responsive to changes in environmental factors, and microbial respiration. We found no legacy effects on the microbial community size, composition, growth rates, or basal respiration rates at the effect sizes used in our experimental setup (0.6\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb0C, about 30% precipitation reduction). Our findings support previous reports from single short\uffe2\uff80\uff90term ecosystem studies thereby providing a clear evidence base to allow long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term, broad\uffe2\uff80\uff90scale generalizations to be made. The implication of our study is that warming and summer drought will not result in legacy effects on the microbial community and their processes within the effect sizes here studied. While legacy effects on microbial processes during perturbation cycles, such as drying\uffe2\uff80\uff93rewetting, and on tolerance to drought and warming remain to be studied, our results suggest that any effects on overall ecosystem processes will be rather limited. Thus, the legacies of warming and drought should not be prioritized factors to consider when modeling contemporary rates of biogeochemical processes in soil.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "decomposition", "Hot Temperature", "Bacteria", "soil C cycle", "Climate Change", "global climate change", "warming adaptation", "Fungi", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "carbon sequestration", "6. Clean water", "ecosystem service", "Droughts", "Europe", "Leucine", "13. Climate action", "temperature acclimation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "mineralization", "Seasons", "Ecosystem", "Soil Microbiology", "Acetic Acid"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12338"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12338", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12338", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12338"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-10-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/26395916.2024.2401945", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-10-08", "title": "Valuation of soil-mediated contributions to people (SmCPs) \u2013 a systematic review of values and methods", "description": "Soils have the capacity to contribute to human wellbeing through a variety of pathways. Preserving these contributions in light of human and climate-induced changes requires consideration of the numerous benefits \u2013 both in research and policy-making. Previous research has demonstrated how the benefits can be recognized through valuation, but a comprehensive understanding of how different types of valuation of soil-mediated contributions to people (SmCPs) are incorporated across various contexts is missing. Under the framework of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the current study undertook a systematic review of the literature to identify knowledge gaps and future research agendas in understanding the value of SmCPs to people. We analyse the frequency of methods, data and actors included in the studies as well as the consideration of drivers and quality of life categories linked to the valuation of SmCPs. Although the majority of studies were solely concerned with either monetary or non-monetary valuation approaches, several studies acknowledged the limitations of pure economic valuation and attempted an integrated valuation of both non-monetary and monetary approaches. Despite these efforts, there is further potential for fully integrating both monetary and non-monetary valuation methods to encompass a more comprehensive valuation approach through interdisciplinary approaches.", "keywords": ["Environmental sciences", "GF1-900", "non-monetary", "Human ecology. Anthropogeography", "Ram Pandit", "GE1-350", "Monetary valuation", "nature\u2019s contributions to people", "soil", "ecosystem service"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2401945"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecosystems%20and%20People", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/26395916.2024.2401945", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/26395916.2024.2401945", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/26395916.2024.2401945"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-10-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1088/1748-9326/aaeb5f", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-10-25", "title": "Revisiting IPCC Tier 1 coefficients for soil organic and biomass carbon storage in agroforestry systems", "description": "Open AccessLos sistemas agroforestales comprenden \u00e1rboles y cultivos, o \u00e1rboles y pastos dentro del mismo campo. A nivel mundial, cubren aproximadamente mil millones de hect\u00e1reas de tierra y contribuyen a los medios de vida de m\u00e1s de 900 millones de personas. Los sistemas agroforestales tienen la capacidad de secuestrar grandes cantidades de carbono (C) tanto en el suelo como en la biomasa. Sin embargo, estos sistemas a\u00fan no se han considerado completamente en el enfoque de la contabilidad C desarrollado por el Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Clim\u00e1tico, en gran parte debido a la alta diversidad de los sistemas agroforestales y la escasez de datos relevantes. Nuestra revisi\u00f3n de la literatura identific\u00f3 un total de 72 art\u00edculos cient\u00edficos revisados por pares asociados con el almacenamiento de biomasa C (50) y con el carbono org\u00e1nico del suelo (SOC) (122), que contienen un total de 542 observaciones (324 y 218, respectivamente). Con base en una s\u00edntesis de las observaciones informadas, presentamos un conjunto de coeficientes de Nivel 1 para el almacenamiento de biomasa C para cada uno de los ocho sistemas agroforestales principales identificados, incluidos cultivos en callejones, barbechos, setos, multiestratos, parques, cultivos perennes sombreados, silvoarables y sistemas silvopastoriles, desglosados por clima y regi\u00f3n. Utilizando la misma clasificaci\u00f3n agroforestal, presentamos un conjunto de factores de cambio de stock (FLU) y tasas de acumulaci\u00f3n/p\u00e9rdida de COS para tres cambios principales en el uso de la tierra (Luc): de tierras de cultivo a agroforester\u00eda; de bosques a agroforester\u00eda; y de pastizales a agroforester\u00eda. A nivel mundial, los factores medios de cambio de stock SOC (\u00b1 intervalos de confianza) se estimaron en 1,25 \u00b1 0,04, 0,89 \u00b1 0,07 y 1,19 \u00b1 0,10, para los tres LUC principales, respectivamente. Sin embargo, estos coeficientes promedio ocultan enormes disparidades entre y dentro de diferentes climas, regiones y tipos de sistemas agroforestales, lo que destaca la necesidad de adoptar los coeficientes m\u00e1s desagregados que se proporcionan en este documento. Alentamos a los gobiernos nacionales a sintetizar datos de experimentos de campo locales para generar factores espec\u00edficos de cada pa\u00eds para una estimaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s s\u00f3lida de la biomasa y el almacenamiento de COS.", "keywords": ["emission factor", "Carbon sequestration", "Biomass (ecology)", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering", "climate change mitigation", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "Climate change mitigation", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7427", "Agroforestry Systems and Biodiversity Enhancement", "Soil water", "11. Sustainability", "Climate change", "GE1-350", "TD1-1066", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35657", "agroforesterie", "2. Zero hunger", "changement climatique", "Global and Planetary Change", "Geography", "Ecology", "Physics", "Q", "Life Sciences", "Forestry", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Soil carbon", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_207", "s\u00e9questration du carbone", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_926", "Archaeology", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4182", "Physical Sciences", "Ecosystem Functioning", "mati\u00e8re organique du sol", "P33 - Chimie et physique du sol", "land use change", "P40 - M\u00e9t\u00e9orologie et climatologie", "Science", "QC1-999", "stockage", "Soil Science", "utilisation des terres", "Environmental science", "biomasse", "Ecosystem services", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1666", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1301", "Agroforestry", "Soil Carbon Sequestration", "Biology", "Land use", " land-use change and forestry", "Ecosystem", "Soil science", "15. Life on land", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331583", "carbon sequestration", "Agronomy", "Environmental sciences", "Carbon dioxide", "13. Climate action", "FOS: Biological sciences", "Environmental Science", "Land use", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "carbone", "Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems", "Drivers and Impacts of Tropical Deforestation"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaeb5f"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Research%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1088/1748-9326/aaeb5f", "name": "item", "description": "10.1088/1748-9326/aaeb5f", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1088/1748-9326/aaeb5f"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-12-14T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1098/rsfs.2010.0023", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:45Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-07-12", "title": "How Can Land-Use Modelling Tools Inform Bioenergy Policies?", "description": "<p>Targets for bioenergy have been set worldwide to mitigate climate change. Although feedstock sources are often ambiguous, pledges in European nations, the United States and Brazil amount to more than 100 Mtoe of biorenewable fuel production by 2020. As a consequence, the biofuel sector is developing rapidly, and it is increasingly important to distinguish bioenergy options that can address energy security and greenhouse gas mitigation from those that cannot. This paper evaluates how bioenergy production affects land-use change (LUC), and to what extent land-use modelling can inform sound decision-making. We identified local and global internalities and externalities of biofuel development scenarios, reviewed relevant data sources and modelling approaches, identified sources of controversy about indirect LUC (iLUC) and then suggested a framework for comprehensive assessments of bioenergy. Ultimately, plant biomass must be managed to produce energy in a way that is consistent with the management of food, feed, fibre, timber and environmental services. Bioenergy production provides opportunities for improved energy security, climate mitigation and rural development, but the environmental and social consequences depend on feedstock choices and geographical location. The most desirable solutions for bioenergy production will include policies that incentivize regionally integrated management of diverse resources with low inputs, high yields, co-products, multiple benefits and minimal risks of iLUC. Many integrated assessment models include energy resources, trade, technological development and regional environmental conditions, but do not account for biodiversity and lack detailed data on the location of degraded and underproductive lands that would be ideal for bioenergy production. Specific practices that would maximize the benefits of bioenergy production regionally need to be identified before a global analysis of bioenergy-related LUC can be accomplished.</p>", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "MISCANTHUS", "330", "550", "AGRICULTURE", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "333", "12. Responsible consumption", "ENERGY", "03 medical and health sciences", "ORGANIC-CARBON", "BENEFITS", "11. Sustainability", "feedstocks", "SWITCHGRASS", "indirect land-use change", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "[SDV.SA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS", "CLIMATE-CHANGE", "15. Life on land", "biofuels", "NITROGEN", "greenhouse gas", "13. Climate action", "BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK", "environmental economics", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2010.0023"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Interface%20Focus", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1098/rsfs.2010.0023", "name": "item", "description": "10.1098/rsfs.2010.0023", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1098/rsfs.2010.0023"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-02-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12323", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-10-12", "title": "Multi-Nutrient Vs. Nitrogen-Only Effects On Carbon Sequestration In Grassland Soils", "description": "Abstract<p>Human activities have greatly increased the availability of biologically active forms of nutrients [e.g., nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg)] in many soil ecosystems worldwide. Multi\uffe2\uff80\uff90nutrient fertilization strongly increases plant productivity but may also alter the storage of carbon (C) in soil, which represents the largest terrestrial pool of organic C. Despite this issue is important from a global change perspective, key questions remain on how the single addition of N or the combination of N with other nutrients might affect C sequestration in human\uffe2\uff80\uff90managed soils. Here, we use a 19\uffe2\uff80\uff90year old nutrient addition experiment on a permanent grassland to test for nutrient\uffe2\uff80\uff90induced effects on soil C sequestration. We show that combined NPKMg additions to permanent grassland have \uffe2\uff80\uff98constrained\uffe2\uff80\uff99 soil C sequestration to levels similar to unfertilized plots whereas the single addition of N significantly enhanced soil C stocks (N\uffe2\uff80\uff90only fertilized soils store, on average, 11\uffc2\uffa0t C\uffc2\uffa0ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 more than unfertilized soils). These results were consistent across grazing and liming treatments suggesting that whilst multi\uffe2\uff80\uff90nutrient additions increase plant productivity, soil C sequestration is increased by N\uffe2\uff80\uff90only additions. The positive N\uffe2\uff80\uff90only effect on soil C content was not related to changes in plant species diversity or to the functional composition of the plant community. N\uffe2\uff80\uff90only fertilized grasslands show, however, increases in total root mass and the accumulation of organic matter detritus in topsoils. Finally, soils receiving any N addition (N only or N in combination with other nutrients) were associated with high N losses. Overall, our results demonstrate that nutrient fertilization remains an important global change driver of ecosystem functioning, which can strongly affect the long\uffe2\uff80\uff90term sustainability of grassland soil ecosystems (e.g., soils ability to deliver multiple ecosystem services).</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Carbon Sequestration", "root mass", "Nitrogen", "grasslands", "nitrogen losses", "Phosphorus", "nitrogen fertilization", "Biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "Plant Roots", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "England", "nutrient addition", "13. Climate action", "Potassium", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Seasons", "plant productivity", "ecosystem services", "Ecosystem"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12323"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12323", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12323", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12323"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-10-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/gcb.12160", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:18:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-02-06", "title": "How Much Land-Based Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Can Be Achieved Without Compromising Food Security And Environmental Goals?", "description": "Abstract<p>Feeding 9\uffe2\uff80\uff9310\uffc2\uffa0billion people by 2050 and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Both challenges must be met while reducing the impact of land management on ecosystem services that deliver vital goods and services, and support human health and well\uffe2\uff80\uff90being. Few studies to date have considered the interactions between these challenges. In this study we briefly outline the challenges, review the supply\uffe2\uff80\uff90 and demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side climate mitigation potential available in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AFOLU sector and options for delivering food security. We briefly outline some of the synergies and trade\uffe2\uff80\uff90offs afforded by mitigation practices, before presenting an assessment of the mitigation potential possible in theAFOLUsector under possible future scenarios in which demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures codeliver to aid food security. We conclude that while supply\uffe2\uff80\uff90side mitigation measures, such as changes in land management, might either enhance or negatively impact food security, demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side mitigation measures, such as reduced waste or demand for livestock products, should benefit both food security and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. Demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures offer a greater potential (1.5\uffe2\uff80\uff9315.6\uffc2\uffa0GtCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90eq. yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921) in meeting both challenges than do supply\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures (1.5\uffe2\uff80\uff934.3\uffc2\uffa0GtCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90eq. yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921at carbon prices between 20 and 100\uffc2\uffa0US$ tCO2\uffe2\uff80\uff90eq. yr\uffe2\uff88\uff921), but given the enormity of challenges, all options need to be considered. Supply\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures should be implemented immediately, focussing on those that allow the production of more agricultural product per unit of input. For demand\uffe2\uff80\uff90side measures, given the difficulties in their implementation and lag in their effectiveness, policy should be introduced quickly, and should aim to codeliver to other policy agenda, such as improving environmental quality or improving dietary health. These problems facing humanity in the 21st Century are extremely challenging, and policy that addresses multiple objectives is required now more than ever.</p>", "keywords": ["Greenhouse Effect", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Mitigation", "330", "Climate", "Climate Change", "AFOLU", "710", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "630", "Food Supply", "12. Responsible consumption", "11. Sustainability", "Ecosystem services", "Humans", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture", "Forestry", "food security", "Food security", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "004", "13. Climate action", "GHG", "Gases", "environment"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12160"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Global%20Change%20Biology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/gcb.12160", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/gcb.12160", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/gcb.12160"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-05-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/nph.18631", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:19:25Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-11-22", "title": "A research agenda for nonvascular photoautotrophs under climate change", "description": "Summary<p>Nonvascular photoautotrophs (NVP), including bryophytes, lichens, terrestrial algae, and cyanobacteria, are increasingly recognized as being essential to ecosystem functioning in many regions of the world. Current research suggests that climate change may pose a substantial threat to NVP, but the extent to which this will affect the associated ecosystem functions and services is highly uncertain. Here, we propose a research agenda to address this urgent question, focusing on physiological and ecological processes that link NVP to ecosystem functions while also taking into account the substantial taxonomic diversity across multiple ecosystem types. Accordingly, we developed a new categorization scheme, based on microclimatic gradients, which simplifies the high physiological and morphological diversity of NVP and world\uffe2\uff80\uff90wide distribution with respect to several broad habitat types. We found that habitat\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific ecosystem functions of NVP will likely be substantially affected by climate change, and more quantitative process understanding is required on: (1) potential for acclimation; (2) response to elevated CO2; (3)\uffc2\uffa0role of the microbiome; and (4) feedback to (micro)climate. We suggest an integrative approach of innovative, multimethod laboratory and field experiments and ecophysiological modelling, for which sustained scientific collaboration on NVP research will be essential.</p", "keywords": ["epiphytes", "nonvascular vegetation", "0106 biological sciences", "model\u2013data integration", "Lichens", "Climate Change", "biocrusts", "Bryophyta", "Plants", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "climate change", "lichens and bryophytes", "13. Climate action", "biocrusts; climate change; ecosystem services; epiphytes; functional traits; lichens and bryophytes; model-data integration; nonvascular vegetation", "functional traits", "ecosystem services", "biocrusts; climate change; ecosystem services; epiphytes; functional traits; lichens and bryophytes; model-data integration; nonvascular vegetation.", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unige.it/bitstream/11567/1100674/2/New%20Phytologist%20-%202023%20-%20Porada%20-%20A%20research%20agenda%20for%20nonvascular%20photoautotrophs%20under%20climate%20change.pdf"}, {"href": "https://cris.unibo.it/bitstream/11585/917373/2/New%20Phytologist%20-%202022%20-%20Porada%20-%20A%20research%20agenda%20for%20nonvascular%20photoautotrophs%20under%20climate%20change.pdf"}, {"href": "https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/nph.18631"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18631"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/New%20Phytologist", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/nph.18631", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/nph.18631", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/nph.18631"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-12-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/sum.12288", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:19:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-09-16", "title": "The elusive role of soil quality in nutrient cycling: a review", "description": "Abstract<p>Cycling of nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus, is one of the ecosystem services we expect agricultural soils to deliver. Nutrient cycling incorporates the reuse of agricultural, industrial and municipal organic residues that, misleadingly, are often referred to as \uffe2\uff80\uff98wastes\uffe2\uff80\uff99. The present review disentangles the processes underlying the cycling of nutrients to better understand which soil properties determine the performance of that function. Four processes are identified (i) the capacity to receive nutrients, (ii) the capacity to make and keep nutrients available to crops, (iii) the capacity to support the uptake of nutrients by crops and (iv) the capacity to support their successful removal in harvested crop. Soil properties matter but it is imperative that, as constituents of \uffe2\uff80\uff98soil quality\uffe2\uff80\uff99, they should be evaluated in the context of management options and climate and not as ends in their own right. The effect of a soil property may vary depending on the prevailing climatic and hydrologic conditions and on other soil properties. We recognize that individual soil properties may be enhancing one of the processes underlying the cycling of nutrients but simultaneously weakening others. Competing demands on soil properties are even more obvious when considering other soil functions such as primary production, purification and flow regulation of water, climate modification and habitat provision, as shown by examples. Consequently, evaluations of soil properties and management actions need to be site\uffe2\uff80\uff90specific, taking account of local aspects of their suitability and potential challenges.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Ecosystem service", "nutrient cycling", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "residue", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil quality", "phosphorus", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/sum.12288"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12288"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/sum.12288", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/sum.12288", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/sum.12288"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-09-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1126/science.abq4062", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:19:30Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-11-24", "title": "Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil properties, and biodiversity may occur but have never been addressed simultaneously. Using a standardized survey at 98 sites across six continents, we show that interactions between grazing pressure, climate, soil, and biodiversity are critical to explain the delivery of fundamental ecosystem services across drylands worldwide. Increasing grazing pressure reduced ecosystem service delivery in warmer and species-poor drylands, whereas positive effects of grazing were observed in colder and species-rich areas. Considering interactions between grazing and local abiotic and biotic factors is key for understanding the fate of dryland ecosystems under climate change and increasing human pressure.</p></article>", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "570", "Ecosystem services (ES)", "Livestock", "Climate", "Climate Change", "Wild", "630", "Dryland", "Soil", "SDG-02: Zero hunger", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "Climate change", "Humans", "Ecosystem services", "grazing", "Herbivory", "14. Life underwater", "climate", "Institut f\u00fcr Biochemie und Biologie", "Ecosystem", "biodiversity", "SDG-15: Life on land", "2. Zero hunger", "Systems", "Drylands", "Qu\u00edmica", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "Grazing", "13. Climate action", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "ddc:570", "ecosystem services", "Rangeland"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq4062"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1126/science.abq4062", "name": "item", "description": "10.1126/science.abq4062", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1126/science.abq4062"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-11-25T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.20944/preprints202304.0088.v1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-04-07", "title": "A Review of Permanent Grassland Grazing Management Practices and the Impacts on Principal Soil Quality Indicators", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Grasslands are at risk of degradation due to unsustainable management practices and climate change. Sustainable grassland soil management can promote ecosystem service delivery and improve the resilience of the entire grassland ecosystem to anthropogenic change. Here, we re-view the principal soil quality indicators (SQIs) and how they have been used to evaluate the sustainability of different grassland management practices globally. We then discuss sustainable grazing management practices, before reviewing some novel grassland species which may im-prove grassland resilience with relevance for grassland management in Europe and the UK. We also give an overview of current sustainable grassland management methods and their assessment at field scale. From this, we suggest that sustainable Grazing Management Plans (GMPs), together with the testing of drought-resistant grass species and appropriate SQIs monitoring, is key to increasing resilience of grassland ecosystems to anthropogenic change.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "330", "S", "QH301 Biology", "soil quality indicators; grazing management; ecosystem services; permanent grasslands; management practices", "Agriculture", "15. Life on land", "12. Responsible consumption", "Permanent grasslands", "permanent grasslands", "QH301", "Soil quality indicators", "13. Climate action", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "agricultural_science_and_agronomy_16", "management practices", "Ecosystem services", "Grazing management", "soil quality indicators", "grazing management", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1910970/1/A53%20Grassland%20erosion%20Agronomy.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/5/1366/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202304.0088.v1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.20944/preprints202304.0088.v1", "name": "item", "description": "10.20944/preprints202304.0088.v1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.20944/preprints202304.0088.v1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-04-06T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.25674/so92iss2pp121", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:03Z", "type": "Journal Article", "title": "Lessons from the WBF2020: extrinsic and intrinsic value of soil organisms", "description": "Following our participation in the first World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, Switzerland, we provide a summary of the main themes of the conference, as well as an overview of the session that was focused on soil biodiversity. One of the main themes of the conference was the valuation of biodiversity and what contributes to the value of biodiversity. In this article we explore whether we should move away from the notion that we can only 'sell' soil biodiversity based on the function and services it provides, and rather shift towards valuing soil biodiversity based on its intrinsic value and our relationship with it.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "ecosystem functions and services", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "Microbiology", "QR1-502", "03 medical and health sciences", "QL1-991", "13. Climate action", "intrinsic value", "world biodiversity forum", "Zoology", "valuing soil biodiversity", "Taxonomy"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.25674/so92iss2pp121"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20organisms", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.25674/so92iss2pp121", "name": "item", "description": "10.25674/so92iss2pp121", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.25674/so92iss2pp121"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5061/dryad.m63xsj45g", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:59Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Plant litter chemistry controls coarse-textured soil carbon dynamics", "description": "unspecifiedThe data are archieved as a .csv text file.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Decomposition", "Ecosystem function and services", "plant litter", "13. Climate action", "soil organic matter", "soil carbon storage", "Carbon cycle", "FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences", "15. Life on land", "Priming effect"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Huys, Raoul, Poirier, Vincent, Bourget, Malo, Roumet, Catherine, Hattenschwiler, Stephan, Fromin, Nathalie, Munson, Alison, Freschet, Gr\u00e9goire,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m63xsj45g"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5061/dryad.m63xsj45g", "name": "item", "description": "10.5061/dryad.m63xsj45g", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5061/dryad.m63xsj45g"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-09-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10568/97603", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:25:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-07-04", "title": "A framework for scaling sustainable land management options", "description": "Abstract<p>Improvements in land use and management are needed at a global scale to tackle interconnected global challenges of population growth, poverty, migration, climate change, biodiversity loss, and degrading land and water resources. There are hundreds of technical options for improving the sustainability of land management and preventing or reversing degradation, but there are many sociocultural, institutional, economic, and policy barriers hindering their adoption at large scale. To tackle this challenge, the Dryland Systems Program of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification convened an expert group to consider barriers and incentives to scaling technologies, processes, policies, or institutional arrangements. The group reviewed existing frameworks for scaling sustainable land management (SLM) interventions across a range of contexts and identified eight critical actions for success: (a) plan iteratively; (b) consistently fund; (c) select SLM options for scaling based on best available evidence; (d) identify and engage with stakeholders at all scales; (e) build capacity for scaling; (f) foster institutional leadership and policy change to support scaling; (g) achieve early benefits and incentives for as many stakeholders as possible; and (h) monitor, evaluate, and communicate. Incentives for scaling were identified for the private sector, farmers and their communities, and policy makers. Based on these findings, a new action framework for scaling is presented that analyses the contexts where specific SLM interventions can be scaled, so that SLM options can be screened and adapted to these contexts, piloted and disseminated. The framework can help countries achieve land degradation neutrality.</p", "keywords": ["330", "incentives", "private sector", "farmers", "water resources", "01 natural sciences", "stakeholders", "case studies", "630", "12. Responsible consumption", "economic aspects", "agricultural development", "Drylands Agriculture", "11. Sustainability", "policy making", "land; management; options; scaling; sustainable", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "land degradation", "capacity building", "land management", "1. No poverty", "land use", "15. Life on land", "sustainability", "Sustainable Agriculture", "6. Clean water", "communities", "climate change", "13. Climate action", "ecosystem services", "corporate culture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ldr.3080"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10568/97603"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land%20Degradation%20%26amp%3B%20Development", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10568/97603", "name": "item", "description": "10568/97603", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10568/97603"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-07-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agriculture11070583", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-24", "title": "Soil Health Evaluation of Farmland Based on Functional Soil Management\u2014A Case Study of Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, China", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Given that farmland serves as a strategic resource to ensure national food security, blind emphasis on the improvement of food production capacity can lead to soil overutilization and impair other soil functions. Hence, the evaluation of soil health (SH) should comprehensively take soil productivity and ecological environmental effects into account. In this study, five functions from the perspective of functional soil management were summarized, including primary productivity, provision and cycling of nutrients, the provision of functional and intrinsic biodiversity, water purification and regulation, and carbon sequestration and regulation. For each soil function, in view of the natural and ameliorable conditions affecting SH, basic indicators were selected from the two aspects of inherent and dynamic properties, and restrictive indicators were chosen considering the external properties or environmental elements, with the minimum limiting factor method coupled with weighted linear model. The new evaluation system was tested and verified in Yixing City, China. The healthy and optimally functional soils were concentrated in the northeast and mid-west of Yixing City, whereas unhealthy soils were predominant in the south and around Taihu Lake. The main limitations to SH improvement included cation exchange capacity, nutrient elements, and soluble carbon. The SH evaluation method was verified using the crop performance validation method, and a positive correlation was noted between food production stability index and soil health index, indicating that the evaluation system is reasonable.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil obstacles", "soil health", "Agriculture (General)", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "sustainable soil management", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "soil multifunctionality", "6. Clean water", "S1-972", "soil ecosystem services", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/7/583/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070583"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agriculture11070583", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agriculture11070583", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agriculture11070583"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-06-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.2166/bgs.2019.931", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-09", "title": "Urban agriculture as a keystone contribution towards securing sustainable and healthy development for cities in the future", "description": "Abstract                <p>Research and practice during the last 20 years has shown that urban agriculture can contribute to minimising the effects of climate change by, at the same time, improving quality of life in urban areas. In order to do so most effectively, land use and spatial planning are crucial so as to obtain and maintain a supportive green infrastructure and to secure citizens' healthy living conditions. As people today trend more towards living in green and sustainable city centres that can offer fresh and locally produced food, cities become again places for growing food. The scope of urban agriculture thereby is to establish food production sites within the city's sphere; for example, through building-integrated agriculture including concepts such as aquaponics, indoor agriculture, vertical farming, rooftop production, edible walls, as well as through urban farms, edible landscapes, school gardens and community gardens. Embedded in changing urban food systems, the contribution of urban agriculture to creating sustainable and climate-friendly cities is pivotal as it has the capacity to integrate other resource streams such as water, waste and energy. This article describes some of the current aspects of the circular city debate where urban agriculture is pushing forward the development of material and resource cycling in cities.</p>", "keywords": ["Urbanization. City and country", "Ecosystem service", "Environmental engineering", "infrastructure", "630: Landwirtschaft", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "urban farming", "Urban farming", "recirculation", "11. Sustainability", "Recirculation", "Ecosystem services", "agriculture", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Infrastructure", "circular city", "Circular city", "1. No poverty", "Agriculture", "TA170-171", "15. Life on land", "Urban agriculture", "13. Climate action", "Earth and Related Environmental Sciences", "HT361-384", "Natural Sciences", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://iwaponline.com/bgs/article-pdf/2/1/1/868208/bgs0020001.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2019.931"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Blue-Green%20Systems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2166/bgs.2019.931", "name": "item", "description": "10.2166/bgs.2019.931", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2166/bgs.2019.931"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-12-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fenvs.2015.00081", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:07Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-12-22", "title": "Making the Most of Our Land: Managing Soil Functions from Local to Continental Scale", "description": "Open AccessThe challenges of achieving both food security and environmental sustainability have resulted in a confluence of demands on land within the European Union (EU): we expect our land to provide food, fiber and fuel, to purify water, to sequester carbon, and provide a home to biodiversity as well as external nutrients in the form of waste from humans and intensive livestock enterprises. All soils can perform all of these five functions, but some soils are better at supplying selective functions. Functional Land Management is a framework for policy-making aimed at meeting these demands by incentivizing land use and soil management practices that selectively augment specific soil functions, where required. Here, we explore how the demands for contrasting soil functions, as framed by EU policies, may apply to very different spatial scales, from local to continental scales. At the same time, using Ireland as a national case study, we show that the supply of each soil function is largely determined by local soil and land use conditions, with large variations at both local and regional scales. These discrepancies between the scales at which the demands and supply of soil functions are manifested, have implications for soil and land management: while some soil functions must be managed at local (e.g., farm or field) scale, others may be offset between regions with a view to solely meeting national or continental demands. In order to facilitate the optimization of the delivery of soil functions at national level, to meet the demands that are framed at continental scale, we identify and categorize 14 policy and market instruments that are available in the EU. The results from this inventory imply that there may be no need for the introduction of new specific instruments to aid the governance of Functional Land Management. We conclude that there may be more merit in adapting existing governance instruments by facilitating differentiation between soils and landscapes.", "keywords": ["550", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Soil functions", "intensification culturale", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "sciences du sol", "scale", "11. Sustainability", "Functional Land Management", "GE1-350", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Functional Land Management;ecosystem services;policy;soil functions;sustainable intensification", "sustainable intensification", "Sustainable intensification", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Functional Land Management; ecosystem services; policy; soil functions; sustainable intensification", "durabilit\u00e9 du sol", "soil functions", "15. Life on land", "[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Environmental sciences", "13. Climate action", "Environmental Science", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "ecosystem services", "policy"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00081"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Environmental%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fenvs.2015.00081", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fenvs.2015.00081", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00081"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-12-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fenvs.2019.00113", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:07Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-08-22", "title": "Modeling of Soil Functions for Assessing Soil Quality: Soil Biodiversity and Habitat Provisioning", "description": "Soil biodiversity and habitat provisioning is one of the soil functions that agricultural land provides to society. This paper describes assessment of the soil biodiversity function (SB function) as a proof of concept to be used in a decision support tool for agricultural land management. The SB function is defined as \u201cthe multitude of soil organisms and processes, interacting in an ecosystem, providing society with a rich biodiversity source and contributing to a habitat for aboveground organisms.\u201d So far, no single measure provides the full overview of the soil biodiversity and how a soil supports a habitat for a biodiverse ecosystem. We have assembled a set of attributes for a proxy-indicator system, based on four \u201cintegrated attributes\u201d: (1) soil nutrient status, (2) soil biological status, (3) soil structure, and (4) soil hydrological status. These attributes provide information to be used in a model for assessing the capacity of a soil to supply the SB function. A multi-criteria decision model was developed which comprises of 34 attributes providing information to quantify the four integrated attributes and subsequently assess the SB function for grassland and for cropland separately. The model predictions (in terms of low\u2014moderate\u2014high soil biodiversity status) were compared with expert judgements for a collection of 137 grassland soils in the Netherlands and 52 French soils, 29 grasslands, and 23 croplands. For both datasets, the results show that the proposed model predictions were statistically significantly correlated with the expert judgements. A sensitivity analysis indicated that the soil nutrient status, defined by attributes such as pH and organic carbon content, was the most important integrated attribute in the assessment of the SB function. Further progress in the assessment of the SB function is needed. This can be achieved by better information regarding land use and farm management. In this way we may make a valuable step in our attempts to optimize the multiple soil functions in agricultural landscapes, and hence the multifaceted role of soils to deliver a bundle of ecosystem services for farmers and citizens, and support land management and policy toward a more sustainable society.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "570", "land management", "soil biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "15. Life on land", "habitat provisioning", "630", "ecosystem service", "[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "Europe", "Environmental sciences", "soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "GE1-350", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "qualitative modeling", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00113"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Environmental%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fenvs.2019.00113", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fenvs.2019.00113", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00113"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-08-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fenvs.2016.00047", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:07Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-06-21", "title": "High Nature Value Farmland: Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon in Europe", "description": "High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF) is commonly associated with low intensity agricultural systems. HNVFs cover ~32% of the agricultural land in Europe and are of strategic importance for the European Union policy since they are reservoirs of biodiversity and provide several ecosystem services. Carbon sequestration is an important service that can be supplied by HNVFs as addressed in this study. Considering soil carbon content as a proxy for soil carbon storage, we compare HNVFs with soils that undergo more conventional land management (nHNVFs) and study the consequences of diverse land uses and geographic regions as additional explanatory variables. The results of our research show that, at the European level, organic carbon content is higher in HNVF than in nHNVF. However, this difference is strongly affected by the type of land use and the geographic region. Rather than seeing HNVF and nHNVF as two sharply distinct categories, as for carbon storage potential, we provide indications that the interplay between soil type (HNVF or nHNVF), land use, and geographic region determines carbon content in soils.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "330", "550", "land use", "Soil carbon storage", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "LUCAs dataset", "13. Climate action", "soil carbon storage", "Land use", "Environmental Science", "11. Sustainability", "Ecosystem services", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "HNV farmland", "ecosystem services"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://oceanrep.geomar.de/35086/1/Gardi_et_al_2016.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2016.00047"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Environmental%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fenvs.2016.00047", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fenvs.2016.00047", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fenvs.2016.00047"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-06-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/ijerph19042372", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-02-21", "title": "How Socio-Economic Drivers Explain Landscape Soil Erosion Regulation Services in Polish Catchments", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Most studies that address the relationship between socio-economic characteristics and soil erosion focus on the effects of soil erosion on socio-economic conditions at different levels, from global to smallholder. Few, if any, efforts are made to address the influence of socio-economic variables on the soil erosion rate as an indicator of landscape degradation. The present study was carried out using spatial data from 402 catchments that cover Poland, to find out how socio-economic variables, which include area-weighted average income per capita (PLN km\u22122), area-weighted average gross domestic product (PLN km\u22122), population density (person km\u22122), and human development index can drive the soil erosion rate (kg ha\u22121 yr\u22121), along with annual precipitation, soil and geomorphological variables that include soil organic carbon content, soil water content, clay ratio, stream gradient, and terrain slope. The results showed that the soil erosion rate is indirectly driven by the socio-economic variables in the study catchments, as it is alleviated by increasing population density, the area-weighted average gross domestic product, and the human development index. Furthermore, analyzing the incremental relationship between soil erosion rate and the area-weighted average of socio-economic variables revealed that no uniform change can be observed in the relationship between the area-weighted average socio-economic variables and soil erosion in the study catchments.</p></article>", "keywords": ["HDI", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "landscape; ecosystem services; soil erosion regulation; area-weighted average income per capita; area-weighted average GDP; HDI", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Area-weighted average income per capita", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "Carbon", "Area-weighted average GDP", "Soil erosion regulation", "Soil", "Socioeconomic Factors", "13. Climate action", "11. 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For instance, the European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity and the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas contain maps with rather coarse information on soil biodiversity. This paper presents a methodology to map soil biodiversity with limited data and models. Two issues were addressed. First, the lack of consensus to quantify the soil biodiversity function and second, the limited data to represent large areas. For the later issue, we applied a digital soil mapping (DSM) approach at the scale of the Netherlands and Europe. Data of five groups of soil organisms (earthworms, enchytraeids, micro-arthropods, nematodes, and micro-organisms) in the Netherlands were linked to soil habitat predictors (chemical soil attributes) in a regression analysis. High-resolution maps with soil characteristics were then used together with a model for the soil biodiversity function with equal weights for each group of organisms. To predict soil biodiversity at the scale of Europe, data for soil biological (earthworms and bacteria) and chemical (pH, soil organic matter, and nutrient content) attributes were used in a soil biodiversity model. Differential weights were assigned to the soil attributes after consulting a group of scientists. The issue of reducing uncertainty in soil biodiversity modelling and mapping by the use of data from biological soil attributes is discussed. Considering the importance of soil biodiversity to support the delivery of ecosystem services, the ability to create maps illustrating an aggregate measure of soil biodiversity is a key to future environmental policymaking, optimizing land use, and land management decision support taking into account the loss and gains on soil biodiversity.</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Physical geography", "Soil multi-functionality", "soil biodiversity", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil functions", "15. 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