Priorities towards national-level soil protection: a survey of soil stakeholders in Scotland

Soil protection policies are being developed in many countries, particularly those in the European Union where pan-national regulatory frameworks now exist. We report an analysis of a survey of the views of a wide range of stakeholders in the soil resource of Scotland, including representatives of r...

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Published in:Soil use and management 2004-06, Vol.20 (2), p.190-194
Main Authors: Adderley, W.P, Davidson, D.A, Salt, C.A, Grieve, I.C, Hopkins, D.W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
biodiversity
Biological and medical sciences
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics
Environmental degradation: ecosystems survey and restoration
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
land use
Pollution, environment geology
rural development
soil erosion
Soil erosion, conservation, land management and development
soil pollution
soil resource management
soil resources
Soil science
soil surveys
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Summary:Soil protection policies are being developed in many countries, particularly those in the European Union where pan-national regulatory frameworks now exist. We report an analysis of a survey of the views of a wide range of stakeholders in the soil resource of Scotland, including representatives of rural and urban land users, public bodies and authorities, non-governmental environmental organizations, and soil scientists based in Scotland. The four soil issues considered of particular importance were soil pollution, soil erosion, loss of soils to development, and loss of biodiversity. Comments were strongly polarized, either strongly promoting issues or indicating lack of awareness, on a set of topics: the loss of valued soils, loss of archaeological sites, and changes in terrestrial carbon store. It is argued that an integrated approach is required to implement any future soil protection strategies, and that special attention should be paid to monitoring long-term changes and to provision of soil survey data from urban areas.
ISSN:0266-0032
1475-2743
DOI:10.1079/SUM2004253