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Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes - Sustainable Use of Soil Ecosystem Services and Management (Paperback)
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Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes - Sustainable Use of Soil Ecosystem Services and Management (Paperback)
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Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes: Sustainable Use of
Soil Ecosystem Services and Management focuses on the patterns and
processes of mountainous soils, including threats due to the
fragile nature of mountain ecosystems, and the conservation and
management of soil ecosystem services and restoration processes.
The book covers a balanced approach to land and resource
management, ensuring that environmentally and socio-culturally
sound interventions are developed and applied in the complex
geophysical, ecological, and social landscapes of the world's
mountain systems. The book provides holistic understanding of
mountain soils to help environmental and soil scientists gain
insight and develop new problem-solving approaches. With obvious
up- and downstream linkages (e.g., a large proportion of urban
canters globally depend on water that originates in the mountains)
as well as globalization (e.g., continental-scale impacts of air
pollution and climate change on glaciers), the long-range success
of conservation measures in mountain regions requires that the
following discrete but interconnected interventions be pursued
concurrently: (1) the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem
services, (2) empowerment of mountain communities (including family
farming), and (3) elaboration of more thoughtful, context-specific
policy environments for sustainable mountain development.
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