Ringvorlesung
Date: 22.01.2015, 17:00 – 18:30 h
Where: Institut für Geodäsie und Geoinformation, Nussallee 1, HS I
Lecturer: Dr. Stephen Wagner
Most people do not consider the soil they are standing on. Instead, they even disregard soil as an unnecessary, dirty, even scary object. In fact, soil is the essential – though only thin – surface layer providing all major elements to our ecosystem.
While the Neolithic Revolution boosted land usage, the constant overuse of soil leadsto land degradation. “Modern” techniques such as land grabbing and fracking are the antagonists of sustainable land management. There is however rising awareness about the importance of soil as critical component of the natural ecosystem. The annual celebrations of the “World Soil Day” and the 2015 activities on the “International Year of Soil” of the United Nations help to raise our attention on the natural value of soils.
This presentation will highlight some of the problems soils have to deal with, and will also take into account current activities and future perspectives of the “dirty” skin we are living on.
Organisers: ARTS (Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics)Ringvorlesung
Date: 22.01.2015, 17:00 – 18:30 h
Where: Institut für Geodäsie und Geoinformation, Nussallee 1, HS I
Lecturer: Dr. Stephen Wagner
Most people do not consider the soil they are standing on. Instead, they even disregard soil as an unnecessary, dirty, even scary object. In fact, soil is the essential – though only thin – surface layer providing all major elements to our ecosystem.
While the Neolithic Revolution boosted land usage, the constant overuse of soil leadsto land degradation. “Modern” techniques such as land grabbing and fracking are the antagonists of sustainable land management. There is however rising awareness about the importance of soil as critical component of the natural ecosystem. The annual celebrations of the “World Soil Day” and the 2015 activities on the “International Year of Soil” of the United Nations help to raise our attention on the natural value of soils.
This presentation will highlight some of the problems soils have to deal with, and will also take into account current activities and future perspectives of the “dirty” skin we are living on.
Organisers: ARTS (Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics)