Four approaches to setting soil health targets and thresholds in agricultural soils.

Autor: Matson A; Wageningen Environmental Research, Postbus 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: amanda.matson@wur.nl., Fantappiè M; Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Via Lanciola 12/A, 50125, Firenze, Italy. Electronic address: maria.fantappie@crea.gov.it., Campbell GA; Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, United Kingdom. Electronic address: grant.campbell@abdn.ac.uk., Miranda-Vélez JF; Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830, Tjele, Denmark. Electronic address: jorge_mv@agro.au.dk., Faber JH; Wageningen Environmental Research, Postbus 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: jack.faber@wur.nl., Gomes LC; Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830, Tjele, Denmark. Electronic address: lucas.gomes@agro.au.dk., Hessel R; Wageningen Environmental Research, Postbus 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: rudi.hessel@wur.nl., Lana M; Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7043, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: marcos.lana@slu.se., Mocali S; Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria, Via Lanciola 12/A, 50125, Firenze, Italy. Electronic address: stefano.mocali@crea.gov.it., Smith P; Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, United Kingdom. Electronic address: pete.smith@abdedn.ac.uk., Robinson DA; UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, United Kingdom. Electronic address: davi2@ceh.ac.uk., Bispo A; INRAE, Info&Sols, 45075, Orléans, Cedex 2, France. Electronic address: antonio.bispo@inrae.fr., van Egmond F; Wageningen Environmental Research, Postbus 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: fenny.vanegmond@wur.nl., Keesstra S; Wageningen Environmental Research, Postbus 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands; Climate-Kic Holding B.V., Plantage Middenlaan 45, 1018, DC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: saskia.keesstra@wur.nl., Saby NPA; INRAE, Info&Sols, 45075, Orléans, Cedex 2, France. Electronic address: nicolas.saby@inrae.fr., Smreczak B; Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100, Pulawy, Poland. Electronic address: bozenas@iung.pulawy.pl., Froger C; INRAE, Info&Sols, 45075, Orléans, Cedex 2, France. Electronic address: claire.froger@inrae.fr., Suleymanov A; INRAE, Info&Sols, 45075, Orléans, Cedex 2, France. Electronic address: azamat.suleymanov@inrae.fr., Chenu C; AgroParisTech, INRAE, Bâtiment EGER, Campus AgroParisTech Grignon, 78850, Thiverval, France. Electronic address: claire.chenu@inrae.fr.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2024 Dec; Vol. 371, pp. 123141. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123141
Abstrakt: Soil health is a key concept in worldwide efforts to reverse soil degradation, but to be used as a tool to improve soils, it must be definable at a policy level and quantifiable in some way. Soil indicators can be used to define soil health and quantify the degree to which soils fulfil expected functions. Indicators are assessed using target and/or threshold values, which define achievable levels of the indicators or functions. However, defining robust targets and thresholds is not a trivial task, as they should account for soil, climate, land-use, management, and history, among others. This paper introduces and discusses (through theory and stakeholder feedback) four approaches to setting targets and thresholds: fixed, reference, distribution and relative change. Three approaches (not including relative change) are then illustrated using a case study, located in Denmark, Italy, and France, which highlights key strengths and weaknesses of each approach. Finally, a framework is presented that facilitates both choosing the most appropriate target/threshold method for a given context, and using targets/thresholds to trigger follow-up actions to promote soil health.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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