Preventing degradation, facilitating restoration, and maintaining soil health is fundamental
for achieving ecosystem stability and resilience. A healthy soil ecosystem is supported by …

Land degradation is one of the most pressing environmental problems of the 21st century
particularly due to its impact on global food security and environmental quality through the …

Soil is not a renewable resource, at least within the human timescale. In general, any
anthropic exploitation of soils tends to disturb or divert them from a more “natural” …

The soil consists of a plethora of both biotic and abiotic matter and provides the medium for
plant growth, habitat for microorganism, which plays an important role in maintaining and …

Soil quality is one of the three components of environmental quality, besides water and air
quality (Andrews et al., 2002). Water and air quality are defined mainly by their degree of …

Soil health is an emerging field that holistically approaches key challenges within soil
science through a chemical, physical, and biological lens. In recent years, soil health has …

Defining clear goals for ecosystem restoration, and developing effective tools to assess and
monitor progress, are critical to achieve restoration success. Soil quality indicators can be …

Healthy soil supports ecosystem function. The health of arid soils is impacted by
disturbances and perturbations, which can influence the physical, chemical and biological …

Soil quality/soil health is frequently defined as “the capacity of soil to perform its functions” or
“how well is the soil functioning for a specific goal or use”(Karlen et al., 2003). Although both …

While soil quality encompasses physical and chemical besides biological characteristics,
soil health is primarily an ecological characteristic. Ecosystem health has been defined in …