Embrapa Solos
Soil health, safety and ecosystem services
Information:
www.embrapa.br/solos
Embrapa Solos
R. Jardim Botânico, 1024 – Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro
Title: “Soil health, safety and ecosystem services”
Soil health
The continuous capacity of the soil to function as a vital life system, within the limits of the ecosystem and land use.
Pankhurst et al., 1997.
Strong links between soil safety concepts and soil ecosystem services.
Soil security
● Soil safety is linked to soil quality, soil health and soil protection.
● The dimensions of soil security are: capacity, condition, capital, connectivity and coding of the soil.
Soil ecosystem services (SES)
SES are the benefits to society derived from a healthy ecosystem property or process.
For the full presentation, click here for PDF, or watch the video below.
Panel: Soil Health – Green Rio Online, October 8, 2020
See the first presentation of the video below with Dr. Rachel Prado,
Embrapa Soils.