1. SoilTrEC: a global initiative on critical zone research and integration.
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Menon, Manoj, Rousseva, Svetla, Nikolaidis, Nikolaos, Gaans, Pauline, Panagos, Panos, Souza, Danielle, Ragnarsdottir, Kristin, Lair, Georg, Weng, Liping, Bloem, Jaap, Kram, Pavel, Novak, Martin, Davidsdottir, Brynhildur, Gisladottir, Gudrun, Robinson, David, Reynolds, Brian, White, Tim, Lundin, Lars, Zhang, Bin, and Duffy, Christopher
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NONRENEWABLE natural resources ,SOIL conservation projects ,ECOSYSTEM services ,SOIL conservation research ,CONSERVATION projects (Natural resources) ,SOIL conservation services (Government) ,SOIL ecology ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy - Abstract
The article presents information on the SoilTrEC project, a global initiative on Critical Zone (CZ) research and integration for the preservation of soil ecosystems. Topics include the efforts of the European Union Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection to mitigate soil degradation; the European Commission-funded research project on Soil Transformations in European Catchments (SoilTrEC); soil conservation services; and integrated modeling of soil processes.
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- 2014
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