Soil research in Latvia within the framework of EU activities: situation and actualities
2005
Karklins, A., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia)
Soil is the natural body, finite and hardly renewable resource that is under pressure from many activities, mostly human induced. Our existence fully depends from ability of soil to maintain their ecological functions. Awareness about threats and damages to soil possibly came with some backwardness but still we should react adequately and immediately to solve the problems which might impair or even endanger our existence. As soils have not national boundaries and factors affecting them also cross any manmade borderlines research for better understanding the processes that led to soil degradation, investigation of possible remediation techniques and evaluating policy impact and changes on soil resources should be performed collectively. Therefore soil research and information acquisition about Latvia soils need to be strongly coordinated within the world-wide soil information framework following the standards set up internationally. Current situation and future prospects are discussed focusing on EU Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection which is core activity currently in Europe.
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