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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-751-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-751-2022
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Review article
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14 Dec 2022
Review article |
| 14 Dec 2022
| 14 Dec 2022
Transforming living labs into lighthouses: a promising policy to achieve land-related sustainable development
Johan Bouma
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Soil science, Wageningen University, 6708 Wageningen, the Netherlands
retired
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- Sustainable soil and land management: a systems-oriented overview of scientific literature E. Mason et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2023.1268037
- Comparing LUCAS Soil and national systems: Towards a harmonized European Soil monitoring network C. Froger et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117027
- Soil security in floodplain and river restoration projects M. El Hourani & G. Broll https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100100
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- Living Labs for Future Healthy Soils: A Review A. Lasina et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14101974
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Short summary
In the new
Soil Deal for Europe, land users, mostly farmers, and scientists are required to work jointly in
living labsto develop sustainable land use systems. We propose that threshold values for different ecosystem services in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the EU Green Deal (GD) have to be met to define
lighthousesthat demonstrate successful sustainable land use systems, functioning as inspiring examples. A case study illustrates the important role of soils.
In the new
Soil Deal for Europe, land users, mostly farmers, and scientists are required to work...
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