Know your soil bugs. Part of Learning form the Land series from Innovation in Agriculture Teaching Toolkit Soils' Got talent Competition Elaine Ingham Roots of our Profits on how to ensure healthy soil. More on Oribatid mites
Some key charactersIn helping us know what we do about soil. Edward Hyams is my favourite. He has similar politics, was around Wye College when I was there, and found old Roman vines round there that led to the replanting of grape vines in Britain. Wrote brilliant Soil & Civilisation. Let's not forget Charles Kellogg in the States who replaced . National Cooperative Soil Survey. - what needs to happen now, but wont. Some social scientist should do some work on how the 'Soil' has droppped in terms of importance over last 50 years. |
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Soil | Link | Description |
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BSSS | British Society of Soil Science | Aims to promote the study and profession of soil science. |
CAP Compliance | Cross Compliance Guidance & Soil Management | This Guidance should be read in conjunction with the new Soil Protection Review 2010. |
EU Commision on Soil | Thematic Strategy | Latest at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/soil/pdf/COM(2012)46_EN.pdf |
Food Ethics | Soil - A fragile foundation | In 'Analysis', 'Don't treat the soil like dirt' says Charlie - author of this site. |
LEAF | LEAF & ASDA Simply Sustainable Soils | Simply Sustainable Soils shows way to check health of soils |
One & only Earth | Nature Geoscience | Role of plants and soil in unique evolution of our Life on Earth |
Planet Earth online | NERC Podcast | Monitoring Soil Health & Complexity |
Soil Biodiversity | EU Atlas of Soil Biodiversity | Photographs, informative texts and maps to explain and illustrate the great diversity of life in the soils across Europe |
Soil Biology Primer | National Resources Conservation Service | USDA e-book with all chapters, but not all photos |
Soil Ecology | Applied Soil Ecology Journal | Addresses the role of soil organisms and their interactions in relation to: agricultural productivity, nutrient cycling and other soil processes |
Soil & Health Library | Justin Crawford | Access to e-book versions of famous Soil and Health books, now out of copyright |
Soil Protection | Soil Protection Review 2010 | To tackle degradation threats to soil |
Soil Systems | Cranfield | Aims to understand how the physical, chemical and biological constituents of soils are arranged in space and time. |
Summer | http://www.summerofsoil.se/soil/ | Summer of Soil: Online tutorial on the importance of Soil |
USDA | Healthy Soil | Overview of basic soil quality concepts, a soil quality glossary, and an online Soil Biology Primer |
WOSSAC | World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue | Provides a secure home for soil survey reports, maps, imagery and photographs |
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