Challenges of and opportunities for protecting European soil biodiversity.

Autor: Zeiss R; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany., Eisenhauer N; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany., Orgiazzi A; Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy., Rillig M; Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany., Buscot F; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.; Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle, Germany., Jones A; Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy., Lehmann A; Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany., Reitz T; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.; Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle, Germany., Smith L; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.; Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany., Guerra CA; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.; Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology [Conserv Biol] 2022 Oct; Vol. 36 (5), pp. e13930. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 19.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13930
Abstrakt: Soil biodiversity and related ecosystem functions are neglected in most biodiversity assessments and nature conservation actions. We examined how society, and particularly policy makers, have addressed these factors worldwide with a focus on Europe and explored the role of soils in nature conservation in Germany as an example. We reviewed past and current global and European policies, compared soil ecosystem functioning in- and outside protected areas, and examined the role of soils in nature conservation management via text analyses. Protection and conservation of soil biodiversity and soil ecosystem functioning have been insufficient. Soil-related policies are unenforceable and lack soil biodiversity conservation goals, focusing instead on other environmental objectives. We found no evidence of positive effects of current nature conservation measures in multiple soil ecosystem functions in Europe. In German conservation management, soils are considered only from a limited perspective (e.g., as physicochemical part of the environment and as habitat for aboveground organisms). By exploring policy, evidence, and management as it relates to soil ecosystems, we suggest an integrative perspective to move nature conservation toward targeting soil ecosystems directly (e.g., by setting baselines, monitoring soil threats, and establishing a soil indicator system).
(© 2022 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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