The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the  United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Keesstra, Saskia D.; Bouma, Johan; Wallinga, Jakob; Tittonell, Pablo; Smith, Pete; Cerdà, Artemi; Montanarella, Luca; Quinton, John N.; Pachepsky, Yakov; van der Putten, Wim H.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Moolenaar, Simon; Mol, Gerben; Jansen, Boris; Fresco, Louise O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-111-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-111-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-111-2016

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07 Apr 2016

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| 07 Apr 2016

The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Saskia D. Keesstra, Johan Bouma, Jakob Wallinga, Pablo Tittonell, Pete Smith, Artemi Cerdà, Luca Montanarella, John N. Quinton, Yakov Pachepsky, Wim H. van der Putten, Richard D. Bardgett, Simon Moolenaar, Gerben Mol, Boris Jansen, and Louise O. Fresco

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to the topical editor and referees of SOIL for the paper Keesstra et al.', Saskia Keesstra, 18 Mar 2016
RC2: 'comments on the paper soil-2015-88', Dominique Arrouays, 16 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'reply to referee D. Arrouays', Saskia Keesstra, 18 Mar 2016
- AC3: 'new version of my paper', Saskia Keesstra, 18 Mar 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (22 Mar 2016) by Peter Finke

ED: Publish as is (27 Mar 2016) by Kristof Van Oost (Executive editor)

AR by Saskia Keesstra on behalf of the Authors (28 Mar 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Soil science, as a land-related discipline, has links to several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals which are demonstrated through the functions of soils and related ecosystem services. We discuss how soil scientists can rise to the challenge both internally and externally in terms of our relations with colleagues in other disciplines, diverse groups of stakeholders and the policy arena. To meet these goals we recommend the set of steps to be taken by the soil science community as a whole.