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SOIL PROTECTION Catalunya - the Balearic Islands / Principality of Andorra

 
 

soil protection (general information)

 

Vienna Soil Declaration

 

soil functions

sustainability criteria

degradation and control processes

soil protection criteria

soil quality indicators

soil maps

what is soil information used fort?

the purpose of soil maps

soil series and correlation

characteristics of a soils map

management and interpretation of soil information on a digital interface

Soil Series and Soil Types catalogue of Catalonia

presentation

criteria

soil Types (> 2010)

soil Series (1993 - 2009)

SOIL FUNCTION

Soils have the following potential functions:

• BIOMASS PRODUCTION
Food production, forage, fibre, renewable energies, forests.

• TRANSFORMATION AND PURIFICATION SYSTEMS
Physical reactor, chemical reactor and bioreactor
Filtration and purification
Functions within the biogeochemical cycle

• HYDROLOGICAL FUNCTION AT THE PLOT AND BASIN SCALE
Water infiltration, storage and transfer

• FIXATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES
Atmospheric carbon sequestration in the form of organic matter in the soil

• BUFFERING OF CHANGES IN THE pH

• BIOLOGICAL HABITAT
The soil has great biodiversity (animals, bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes). Biological cycles

• GENETIC RESERVE
DNA reserve in soil organisms

• SSUPPORT FOR HOUSING AND ALL HUMAN ACTIVITIES
Housing estates, communication networks, industrial activities and other infrastructures

• SOURCE OF PRIMARY MATERIALS
Gravel, sand, gypsum, limestone, clay, aluminium, iron ore, etc.

• PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS
Testimony of past human activities

• OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL INFORMATION

map of mapped areas

maps of existing soil

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small scale maps and maps of historical interest

bibliographical references

soils in images