Global Soil Security

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Soil Security: A Rationale....Pages 3-14
Soil Security: Dimensions....Pages 15-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Soil Capability: Exploring the Functional Potentials of Soils....Pages 27-44
Distinguishing Between Capability and Condition....Pages 45-52
Valuing of Soil Capability in Land Surface Modeling....Pages 53-61
Soil Capability for the USA Now and into the Future....Pages 63-76
Quantifying Capability: GlobalSoilMap....Pages 77-85
Testing the Links Between Soil Security, Sustainable Land Management Practices and Land Evaluation....Pages 87-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
General Concepts of Valuing and Caring for Soil....Pages 101-108
Soil Health: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 109-121
Using Soil Survey to Assess and Predict Soil Condition and Change....Pages 123-135
Root-Microbe Interactions in Response to Soil Conditions....Pages 137-144
Securing Our Soil in Intensive Monoculture Cropping Systems....Pages 145-151
Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Soil Respiration in Tropical Secondary Forests in Southern Mexico....Pages 153-165
Simulating Impacts of Bioenergy Sorghum Residue Return on Soil Organic Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using the DAYCENT Model....Pages 167-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-192
Economics, Energy, Climate Change, and Soil Security....Pages 193-193
Understanding Soils’ Contribution to Ecosystem Services Provision to Inform Farm System Analysis....Pages 195-205
The Dollars and Cents of Soil Health....Pages 207-217
The Value of Soil’s Contributions to Ecosystem Services....Pages 219-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-235
Economics of Land Degradation to Estimate Capital Value of Soil in Eurasia....Pages 193-193
Social Licensing to Secure Soil....Pages 237-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-251
Soil Renaissance and the Connection to Land Managers....Pages 253-253
Links Between Soil Security and the Influence of Soil on Human Health....Pages 255-260
Soil Contamination and Human Health: A Major Challenge for Global Soil Security....Pages 261-274
The Measurement of Soil Security in Terms of Human Health: Examples and Ideas....Pages 275-295
The Meta Soil Model: An Integrative Multi-model Framework for Soil Security....Pages 297-303
Integrating New Perspectives to Address Global Soil Security: Ideas from Integral Ecology....Pages 305-317
Applying the Meta Soil Model: The Complexities of Soil and Water Security in a Permanent Protection Area in Brazil....Pages 319-329
Bridging the Research Management Gap to Restore Ecosystem Function and Social Resilience....Pages 331-340
Engendering Connectivity to Soil Through Aesthetics....Pages 341-350
The Role of Master Gardeners in Providing Horticulture Education to Marion County, Florida, Residents....Pages 351-363
Front Matter....Pages 365-368
Soil-Water-Food Nexus: A Public Opinion and Policy Perspective....Pages 369-369
Whose Security is Important? Communicating Environmental Risk About Soil to a Diverse Audience....Pages 371-381
Save our Soil to Save the Planet....Pages 383-387
Protection of the Soil Resource in the Brazilian Environmental Legislation....Pages 389-395
Creating Incentives to Improve Soil Health Through the Federal Crop Insurance Program....Pages 397-401
US Farm Programs and the Impacts on National and International Soil Security....Pages 403-409
Soil Security for Agricultural Productivity: The Policy Disconnect and a Promising Future....Pages 411-424
Securitisation....Pages 425-435
Front Matter....Pages 437-441
The Place of Soil in International Government Policy....Pages 369-369
Translating Soil Science Knowledge to Public Policy....Pages 443-449
Synthesis: Goals to Achieve Soil Security....Pages 451-456
Back Matter....Pages 457-462
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