Soil Biodiversity: State‐of‐the‐Art and Possible Implementation in Chemical Risk Assessment

Autor: Luca Montanarella, Michiel Rutgers, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Andreas Focks, Jörg Römbke, Silvia Pieper, Liesje Mommer, Mike Coulson, Andreas Toschki
Přispěvatelé: Animal Ecology
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: van Gestel, C A M, Mommer, L, Montanarella, L, Pieper, S, Coulson, M, Toschki, A, Rutgers, M, Focks, A & Römbke, J 2021, ' Soil Biodiversity : State-of-the-Art and Possible Implementation in Chemical Risk Assessment ', Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 541-551 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4371
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 17(3), 541-551
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 17(3), 541-551. SETAC Press
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 17 (2021) 3
ISSN: 1551-3793
1551-3777
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4371
Popis: Protecting the structure and functioning of soil ecosystems is one of the central aims of current regulations of chemicals. This is, for instance, shown by the emphasis on the protection of key drivers and ecosystem services as proposed in the protection goal options for soil organisms by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Such targets require insight into soil biodiversity, its role in the functioning of ecosystems, and the way it responds to stress. Also required are tools and methodologies for properly assessing biodiversity. To address these issues, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe 14th Special Science Symposium (SESSS14) was held 19 to 20 November 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The central aim of the SESSS14 was to provide information on how to include soil biodiversity and soil functions as protection goal options in the risk assessment and quantification of the effects of chemicals and other stressors (including their respective regulations). This paper is based on the presentations and discussions at the SESSS14 and will give a brief update on the scientific state‐of‐the art on soil biodiversity, novel scientific developments, experimental and modeling approaches, as well as case studies. It will also discuss how these approaches could inform future risk assessment of chemicals and other stressors in the regulatory context of protecting soil ecosystems. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2021;17:541–551. © 2020 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC)
KEY POINTS The SETAC Europe 14th Special Science Symposium (SESSS14) aimed at providing information on how to include soil biodiversity and soil functions (ecosystem services) as protection goal options in the risk assessment and quantification of the effects of chemicals and other stressors.Definitions and associated terminology currently used to describe soil biodiversity are given, together with a brief but comprehensive state‐of‐the‐art overview of the current scientific knowledge on soil biodiversity and its relation to the functioning of soils.Backgrounds and current practices regarding the way protection of soil biodiversity is addressed in chemical regulations are described, including drawbacks and the possible ways forward.Novel methods for assessing biodiversity in soils are presented, as well as approaches, both experimental and modeling, for assessing effects of (chemical) stressors on soil biodiversity and the potential consequences for ecosystem services.
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