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Dazzi C
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Importance of soil science in the European Green Deal
2021
This is the Congress inauguration statement of Professor Carmelo Dazzi (President of the European Society for Soil Conservation) to the international conference “Sustainable Management of Cultural Landscapes in the context of the European Green Deal”, held in Santo Stefano di Camastra (Sicily, Italy) jointly organized by the European Society for Soil Conservation and the European Ecocycles Society on November 9-14, 2021.
Pedotechnique application and soil security in intensive viticulture: an (im)possible link!
2018
Since ancient times Man and Soil have experienced interwoven links. Nowadays soil scientists continue to stress such links highlighting the importance of soil to provide man’s growing demand for food, water and energy, and also the soil’s im- portance in providing ecosystem services that affect climate change, human health and biodiversity. In soil management for agricultural purposes, pedotechniques to tailor soils suita- ble for table grapes cultivation in large-scale farming are used to get substantial fi- nancial returns. However, farmers in tailoring soils for high income crops, fre- quently do not take into account the fundamental objective of the pedotechnique, i. e. to meet the need…
Gypsum and Halite Deposition on Cyanobacteria and Algae in Salt‐Affected Soils.
2014
Soil surface communities are different from those of bulk soil due to the development of photo‐ synthetic communities comprising cyanobacteria, algae, and other bacteria which contribute to the formation of biological soil crusts. The structure of ecological niches forming biological crusts in saline soil environments is characterized by communities dominated by extremophiles organisms like archea, halophilic bacteria and cyanobacteria that can have a direct or indirect role in shaping soil properties. For example gypsum and halite were found by some authors as‐ sociated with the cyanobacterium Entophysalis (Braithwaite and Whitton, 1987); moreover the crystallization of gypsum and halite a…
The influence of industrial emissions of zinc plant on the properties of chernozem soil.
2018
East Kazakhstan is a storehouse of ore raw materials. Here the main ore-mining industrial objects are concentrated. Most of these deposits and ore deposits are characterized by polymetallic and substantially lead-zinc ore composition. When developing ore deposits, the soil-vegetation cover of the territories is disturbed, and sometimes their complete destruction occurs. On the investigated object leached and podzolized chernozems are widespread. The study of the soil cover at the territories adjacent to the zinc plant showed a negative impact of the plant's emissions on the soil and vegetation cover. Thus, where there is a major outflow from the wind rose, there are manifestations of deep e…
Resistance of solonetzic soils to rocket and space activity impact in central Kazakhstan.
2018
Introduction. This paper provides the results of a comparative analysis of physicochemical and biological characteristics of soil cover at the fall places of the first stage of “Proton" Launch vehicle (LV) in the area of Yu-2 (Central Kazakhstan). In particular, we considered the ecological stability of brown solonetzic soils in combination with Solonetz soil, to chemical pollution and variability of soil microflora to mechanical stresses during the fall of the separated parts of space launch vehicles (SLV SP). Materials and Methods. We have chosen those Kazakhstan's territories that are used by the Baikonur Cosmodrome as an impact areas of separating parts of space launch vehicles (SLV SP …
Un concetto di suolo per valorizzare i servizi ecosistemici nell’economia del dopo Covid 19
2021
Changes in land use and soil management and the introduction of new technologies which exploiting environmental resources have in many cases led to an increase in soil degradation. A new definition of soil could be useful because it could lead to the genesis of a new discipline that we could call pedo-economics.
Soil genetic erosion: a new concept for a new environmental challenge and a new soil paradigm
2018
The author proposes a new concept of soil erosion to shed new light on soil erosion an ecological environment conservation in order that politicians and administrators could pay great attention to preserve soil resources. A new concept of soil erosion is suggested by proposing ideas, explaining concepts, summarizing and case studies. The economic value should be assigned to the soil ecosystem services and the new concept of soil erosion that could be called “soil genetic erosion” is proposed. Soils are very diverse natural resources that positively affect and promote the economy of the social systems if they are maintained in good health.
Biotechnology of the Recultivation of Technogenically Disturbed Landscapes in the South and East of Kazakhstan (биотехнология рекультивации техногенн…
2018
Reclamation of technogenically disturbed lands requires several procedures and assignments. In the South of Kazakhstan during the field development of phosphate deposits, pastoral type lands were disturbed. Reclamation works were done in two stages - technical and biological. The technical stage included the dump planning, loamy ground delivery for bottom lining, layer-bylayer covering and stabilisation. The biological stage included planting of phyto-meliorants, biochar and carbamide insertion under crops. In the city of Ridder, around the mining processing industry, the black humus soil was exposed to aggressive emission of zinc plant. The soil is currently degraded and devoid of vegetati…