What is all the fuss about? · Soil resilience: a fundamental component of soil quality. Soil...
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Helaina Black, Soil Ecologist
Soil Functions …
What is all the fuss about?
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Bite sizes …
A wee history lesson What does it mean? The range of soil functions Significance of soil functions Scientific approaches Challenges and knowledge gaps
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A wee bit of (soil) science history …
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1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050
Evolution of soil functions
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Soil functions … What does it mean?
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Recognise that there are different perspectives
Process Role System Service
FUNCTION
Jax, K. 2005. Function and “functioning” in ecology: what does it mean? OIKOS 111(3): 641-648.
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Process perspective
Process Role System Service
FUNCTION
Function describes the interactions of soil components
which illustrate changes in time in processes without consideration
of cause-effect relationships
e.g., cation-exchange capacity, function of clay minerals,
decomposition of organic matter
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Role perspective
Role System Service
FUNCTION
Function describes a role of individual soil components.
e.g., the function of humus in
water retention, the function of earthworms, the function of
methanotrophic microbes
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System perspective
Process Role System Service
FUNCTION
Function describes the state / functioning of a system as a reflection of complex interactions between processes and components e.g. carbon and nutrient cycling, water cycling, atmospheric gas exchanges
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Service perspective
Process Role System Service
FUNCTION
Function describes characteristics of the system that are of practical use for humans or other living beings. e.g., nutrient availability for crop growth, sequestration of carbon, water retention preventing flooding, physical medium for plant growth, reservoir of biodiversity with conservation value
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“Soil functions are general capabilities of soils that are important for various
agricultural, environmental, nature protection, landscape architecture and
urban applications.”
http://www.isric.org/about-soils/functions-soil Blum, W.E.H. 1993. Soil Protection concept of the Council of Europe and Integrated Soil Research. In: Soil and Environment Vol. I. Integrated soil and sediment research: a basis for proper protection (eds. H.J.P. Eijsackers & T. Hamers), pp. 37-47. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht.
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The range of soil functions…
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BIOMASS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
BIODIVERSITY & GENE POOL
RAW MATERIALS
PLATFORM
CULTURE & HERITAGE
SOIL FOR OUR FUTURE
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Approaches to characterising soil functions…
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What would influence soil functions
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Characterising soil functions
Inherent properties and processes Parent material Natural hazards Climate Place in a landscape Vegetation cover Land use Management Pollution ….
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Bio
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LCA/ALC
Crop suitability
Tree suitability
Fertility indices
Conditions for the preservation of remains
Past climate reconstructions from soils
HOST
Critical loads
NVZ
GAEC
Carbon assessments
Modelling GHG emissions
Recording of rare species
Suitability for native habitats
Food supply for birds and animals
DNA surveys
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Knowledge and skills gaps…
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Knowledge
Current status and trends Spatial organisation Dynamics of function Response to drivers of change Management options Restoration potential
Skills / tools
Contemporary and adequate data
Modelling approaches
Measurement and monitoring tools
Indicators
Merging classical expert knowledge with contemporary scientific approaches
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Restoration of function? Seybold et al 1999. Soil resilience: a fundamental component of soil quality. Soil Science 164(4); 224-234
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Carbon sequestration
Risks to water quality
Biodiversity conservation How to quantify function
Unacceptable status
Speed of change
Relevance of change
Unacceptable change
How to define multi-
functionality
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Capacity for soil functions
Unconstrained biophysical capacity e.g. properties and processes
Socially (politically) constrained capacity = achievable function e.g. people and society’s willingness and abilities
Economically constrained capacity e.g. pressures & drivers
Constrained biophysical capacity e.g. soil type x land use x management
Minimum Maximum
centuries
decades
years
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Pyramid of scientific knowledge and approaches…
ESS
SOIL FUNCTIONS
SOIL SYSTEMS
SOIL PROCESSES
SOIL PROPERTIES
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Significance of soil functions…
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Revised World Soil Charter
“Soils are a key enabling resource, central to the creation of a host of
goods and services integral to ecosystems and human well-being…”
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/GSP/docs/ITPS_Pillars/annexVII_WSC.pdf http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/intergovernmental-technical-panel-on-soils/en/
39th session of the UN FAO Conference
(June 2015)
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Wrapping up…
Appreciate perspectives Know your context Multi-functionality is the future Ground-breaking science is needed It matters what you do
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Thank you