Soil Health for Maintenance of Biodiversity and Agroecosystems Productivity

Dear Colleagues,

Soil health is the capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals and humans. The concept of soil health emerged from soil quality in the 1990s. Since then, this concept has evolved with the incorporation of new soil quality indicators and the development of mathematical models that are easily adopted by researchers and farmers around the world. Good soil health experiences applied in tropical and temperate environments need to be collated. In this Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), we intend to gather articles that deal with conceptual aspects of soil quality and the use of technology to improve soil health. We will accept manuscripts focused on different aspects of soil health, including modeling, soil quality indicators, sustainable systems (no-tillage, agroforestry, etc.), beneficial microorganisms, and soil amendments such as remineralizers, compost and biochar. Papers dealing with new approaches to soil health and biodiversity are also welcome. Other acceptable manuscript types include methodological papers, position papers, brief reports and commentaries.

Dr. Cicero de Figueiredo
Dr. Ieda de Carvalho Mendes
Dr. Gilberto de Oliveira Mendes
Guest Editors

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• soil health
• soil quality
• soil organic matter
• carbon sequestration
• biochar
• no-till
• soil remineralizer
• phosphate rock
• beneficial microorganisms