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The Relevance of Geopedology for Policy Making and Soil Security

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Policy making and soil security require to address the sustainable management of soil resources at the landscape level. Therefore, geopedology can become highly relevant for effective policy making for achieving long term soil protection. The necessary pre-condition is the availability of a solid scientific basis and detailed data on the actual status and trends of soils within relevant landscapes. The recent emergence of high-resolution digital soil mapping techniques offers new possibilities for achieving such a knowledge base. Several examples from the European Union demonstrate that geopedology can be a valuable tool for understanding soil processes at the landscape level and design effective soil protection policies.

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  1. Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy

    L. Montanarella

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  1. Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Joseph Alfred Zinck

  2. School of Science, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia

    Graciela Metternicht

  3. Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología (FCyT) Centre. Centro Regional de Geomática, Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos (UADER), Paraná-Oro Verde, Entre Rios, Argentina

    Héctor Francisco del Valle

  4. Instituto de Suelos, National Agricultural Technology Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Marcos Angelini

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Montanarella, L. (2023). The Relevance of Geopedology for Policy Making and Soil Security. In: Zinck, J.A., Metternicht, G., del Valle, H.F., Angelini, M. (eds) Geopedology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20667-2_25

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