Managing Soils for Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Por:
Lal, Rattan, Brevik, Eric C., Dawson, Lorna, Field, Damien, Glaser, Bruno, Hartemink, Alfred E., Hatano, Ryusuke, Lascelles, Bruce, Monger, Curtis, Scholten, Thomas, Singh, Bal Ram, Spiegel, Heide, Terribile, Fabio, Basile, Angelo, Zhang, Yakun, Horn, Rainer, Kosaki, Takashi, Reyes Sanchez, Laura Bertha
Publicada:
1 sep 2020
Categoría:
Earth-surface processes
Resumen:
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global food supply chain and
exacerbated the problem of food and nutritional insecurity. Here we
outline soil strategies to strengthen local food production systems,
enhance their resilience, and create a circular economy focused on soil
restoration through carbon sequestration, on-farm cycling of nutrients,
minimizing environmental pollution, and contamination of food. Smart
web-based geospatial decision support systems (S-DSSs) for land use
planning and management is a useful tool for sustainable development.
Forensic soil science can also contribute to cold case investigations,
both in providing intelligence and evidence in court and in ascertaining
the provenance and safety of food products. Soil can be used for the
safe disposal of medical waste, but increased understanding is needed on
the transfer of virus through pedosphere processes. Strengthening
communication between soil scientists and policy makers and improving
distance learning techniques are critical for the post-COVID
restoration.
Filiaciones:
Lal, Rattan:
Ohio State Univ, Carbon Management & Sequestrat Ctr, SENR, 210 Kottman Hall,2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
Brevik, Eric C.:
Dickinson State Univ, Dept Nat Sci & Agr, Dickinson, ND 58601 USA
Dickinson State Univ, Dept Tech Studies, Dickinson, ND 58601 USA
Dawson, Lorna:
James Hutton Inst, Forens Soil Sci Environm & Biochem Sci Dept, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland
Field, Damien:
Univ Sydney, Fac Sci, Sydney Inst Agr, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
Univ Sydney, Fac Sci, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
Glaser, Bruno:
Martin Luther Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Agron & Nutr Sci, Soil Biogeochem, Von Seckendorff Pl 3, D-06120 Halle, Germany
Hartemink, Alfred E.:
Univ Wisconsin, FD Hole Soils Lab, Dept Soil Sci, Madison, WI 53706 USA
Hatano, Ryusuke:
Hokkaido Univ, Res Fac Agr, Kita Ku, Kita 9,Nishi 9, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608589, Japan
Lascelles, Bruce:
Arcadis Consulting Ltd, Environm Planning, Bristol BS2 0FR, Avon, England
Monger, Curtis:
New Mexico State Univ, Dept Plant & Environm Sci, POB 1018, Farmington, NM 87499 USA
Scholten, Thomas:
Univ Tubingen, Dept Geosci, D-72070 Tubingen, Germany
Singh, Bal Ram:
Norwegian Univ Life Sci, Fac Environm Sci & Nat Resource Management, POB 5003, N-1433 As, Norway
Spiegel, Heide:
Austrian Agcy Hlth & Food Safety, Dept Soil Hlth & Plant Nutr, Spargelfeldstr 191, A-1220 Vienna, Austria
Terribile, Fabio:
Univ Naples Federico II, Interdept Res Ctr Earth Crit Zone Supporting Land, I-8055 Portici, NA, Italy
Basile, Angelo:
Natl Res Council Italy CNR, Inst Agr & Forestry Syst Mediterranean ISAFOM, Piazzale Enrico Fermi 1, I-80055 Portici, NA, Italy
Zhang, Yakun:
Univ Wisconsin, FD Hole Soils Lab, Dept Soil Sci, Madison, WI 53706 USA
Horn, Rainer:
Christian Albrechts Univ Kiel, Inst Plant Nutr & Soil Sci, Hermann Rodewaldstr 2, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
Kosaki, Takashi:
Aichi Univ, Dept Global Liberal Arts, Nagoya, Aichi 4538777, Japan
Reyes Sanchez, Laura Bertha:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Agr Engn Dept, Campus Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico City 54750, DF, Mexico
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